Acronyms Used in Special Education and at SSD

ABE: Adult Basic Education

ABS: Adaptive Behavior Scale

ADC: Adult Day Care

ADHC: Adult Day Health Care

ADL: Activites of Daily Living

AES: Alternative Education Setting

AFB: American Federation of the Blind

AFO: Adaptive Foot Orthotics

AHEAD: Association on Higher Education & Disability

AIT: Auditory Integration Training

APE: Adaptive Physical Education

APSE: Association for Persons in Supported Employment

ARCH: Assistance with Respite Care in the Home

ASA: Autism Society of America

ASHA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

CA: Chronological Age

CAP: Client Assistance Program

CASA: Court-Appointed Special Advocate

CASE: Council for Administrators of Special Education

CBTS: Community-Based Transition Services

CEC: Council for Exceptional Children

CF: Cystic Fibrosis

CHADD: Children with Attention Deficit Disorder

CI: Community Integration

CID: Central Institute for the Deaf

CIL: Center for Independent Living

CISE: Center for Innovations in Special Education

CMHC: Community Mental Health Center

CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

COOP: Cooperative Work-Experience Program

CP: Cerebral Palsy

CtLC: Charting the LifeCourse

DD: Developmental Disabilities

DDTC: Developmental Disabilities Treatment Center

DP: Diagnostic Placement

ED: Emotionally Disturbed

EPSDT: Medicaid Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program

ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center

FBA: Functional Behavior Assessment

FLA: Family Living Arrangement

GE: Grade Equivalent

I & R: Information & Referral

ILA: Independent Living Arrangement

ILC: Independent Living Center

IPE: Individualized Plan for Employment

IQ: Intelligence Quotient

IRWE: Impairment-Related Work Expenses

ISL: Independent Supported Living

ISP: Individualized Service Plan

ITP: Individualized Treatment Plan

MACDDS: Missouri Association of County Developmental Disabilities Services

MAPS: McGill Action Planning System

MCHR: Missouri Commission on Human Rights

MD: Muscular Dystrophy

MHA: Mental Health Association

MHIA: Missouri Head Injury Association

MOCABI: Missouri Critical Adaptive Behaviors Inventory

MOCDD: Missouri Children with Developmental Disability Waiver

MoP&A or MPAS: Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services

MPC: Missouri Planning Council

NAMI: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

NASBE: National Association State Boards of Education

NASDE: National Association of State Directors of Special Education

NCLD: National Center for Learning Disabilities

NH: Non-handicapped

NICHCY: National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

NIH: National Institutes of Health

NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health

NORD: National Organization for Rare Disorders

NOS: Not Otherwise Specified

OA: Office of Administration

O & M: Orientation and Mobility

OBE: Outcome Based Education

OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

OH: Orthopedically Handicapped

P & A: Protection & Advocacy

PASS: Plan for Achieving Self-Support

PBIS: Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

PCA: Personal Care Assistant

PCP: Person-Centered Plan

PDC: Professional Development Committee

PDD: Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PI: Physical Impairment

PICS: Picture Interest Career Inventory

PL: Public Law

PS: Partially Sighted

PTI: Parent Training and Information Center

RAC: Regional Advisory Council

RO: Regional Office

RP: Responsible Party

RSB: Rehabilitation Services for the Blind

RSMo: Revised Statutes of Missouri

RTC: Residential Treatment Center

RTI: Response to Intervention

SB: Senate Bill

SB: Spina Bifida

SB: Standards Based

SD: Standard Deviation

SDD: Severe Developmental Disabilities

SEA: State Educational Agency

SED: Serious Emotional Disturbance

SH: Severely Handicapped

SHCN: Special Health Care Needs

SI: Sensory Integration

SIB: Self-Injurious Behavior

SIS: Supports Intensity Scale

SLD: Specific Learning Disability

SLI: Speech/Language Impairment

SOC: System of Care

SOP: Summary of Performance

SP: Speech Impairment

SPP: State Performance Plan

SSA: Social Security Administration

SSDI: Social Security Disability Insurance

SSI: Supplementary Security Income

SWEP: Summer Work Experience Program

TA: Technical Assistance

TAC: Technology Access Center

TASH: The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury

TPI: Transition Planning Inventory