ABA........................... Applied Behavior Analysis
ACC........................... Augmentative and Alternative Communications
ACT........................... Adapted Cueing Technique
ADA........................... American with Disabilities Act
ADD........................... Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD........................ Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
ADL........................... Activities for Daily Living
AFDC......................... Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFO........................... Ankle-Foot Orthotics
AHA........................... American Hyperlexia Association
AIT............................. Auditory Integrated Training
AOS........................... Apraxia of Speech
APD........................... Auditory Processing Disorder
APIB.......................... Assessment of Pre-Term Infant Behavior
ARC........................... Association for Retarded Children
AS.............................. Asperger’s’ Syndrome
ASA........................... Autism Society of America
ASD........................... Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASHA......................... American Speech Language Hearing Association
ASL............................ American Sign Language
ASPIE........................ Person with Asperger’s Syndrome
AT.............................. Assistive Technology
BD.............................. Behavior Disorder
BIP............................. Behavior Intervention Plan
BMP........................... Behavior Management Plan
CA.............................. Chronological Age
CAH........................... Care At Home
CAPD......................... Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CARS......................... Childhood Autism Rating Scale (diagnostic tool)
CAS........................... Childhood Apraxia of Speech
CEC........................... Council for Exceptional Children
CFB............................ Commission for the Blind
CHADD..................... Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
CHAT......................... Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (diagnostic tool)
CHD........................... Congenital Heart Disease
CLTL.......................... Community Long Term Care
CP.............................. Cerebral Palsy
CPI............................. Crisis Prevention Institute
CRS............................ Children’s Rehabilitative Services
D&E........................... Diagnosis and Evaluation
DAN........................... Defeat Autism Now
DAS........................... Developmental Apraxia of Speech
DCD........................... Developmental Coordination Disorder
DD.............................. Developmental Disability
DDSN........................ Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
DDSO........................ Developmentally Disabled Service Office
DMG.......................... DiMethyl Glycine
DOB........................... Date of Birth
DS.............................. Down Syndrome
DSI............................. Dysfunction of Sensory Integration (another acronym for SID)
DSM-IV..................... Diagnostic Statistical Manual, 4th Revision
DSN........................... Department of Special Needs
DSS............................ Department of Social Services
DTT............................ Discrete Trial Teaching
DVD........................... Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia
DX.............................. Diagnosis
EBD............................ Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
ED/EH........................ Emotional Disorder/Emotional Handicap
EI................................ Early Intervention(ist)
EISP........................... Early Intervention Service Program
EMD/EMH................. Educable Mental Disability/Educable Mental Handicap
ENT............................ Ear, Nose and Throat
ESY............................ Extended School Year
FA.............................. Essential Fatty Acid
FA.............................. Functional Assessment
FAPE.......................... Free Appropriate Public Education
FAS/FAE.................... Fetal Alcoholic Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects
FBA............................ Functional Behavioral Assessment
FC.............................. Facilitated Communication
FRAXA...................... Fragile X Syndrome
FRC............................ Family Resource Center
FST............................ Family Support Plan
FTT............................ Failure to Thrive
GDD........................... Global Development Delay
GF/CF........................ Gluten Free/Casein-Free Diet (wheat and dairy
GIMC......................... Georgia Instructional Material Center
GLRS......................... Georgia Learning Resources System
G-PAT........................ Georgia Project for Assistive Technology
GPN........................... Georgia Psycho-educational Network
HCBS......................... Home and Community Based Services
HFA........................... High Functioning Austism
HI............................... Hearing Impaired
HI/HH......................... Hearing Impaired/Hearing Handicapped
HMO.......................... Health Maintenance Organization
HOH........................... Hard of Hearing
I&R............................ Information and Referral
ID............................... Intellectual Disability
IDEA.......................... Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990
IDEIA......................... Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004)
IEP............................. Individualized Education Plan
IFSP........................... Individualized Family Service Plan
IHP............................. Individualized Habilitation Program
ILC............................. Independent Living Center
IPP............................. Individual Program Plan
IRR............................. Interrelated Services
IRWE......................... Impairment-Related Work Expense
LBW........................... Low Birth Weight
LD.............................. Learning Disability
LEA............................ Local Education Agency
LKS............................ Landau-Kleffler Syndrome (a form of aphasias with seizure-like activity)
LLD............................ Language-based Learning Disability
LRE............................ Least Restrictive Environment
MBD.......................... Minimal Brain Dysfunction (another name for ADD/ADHD)
MD............................. Muscular Dystrophy
MH............................. Mental Health (DMH – Department of Mental Health)
MH............................. Multiple Handicapped
MIT............................ Melodic Intonation Therapy
MMR.......................... Mild or Moderate Mental Retardation
MR............................. Mental Retardation
MRI............................ Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MS............................. Multiple Sclerosis
NBD........................... Neurobiological Disorders
NCLB......................... No Child Left Behind
NDT........................... Neuro-developmental Treatment
NICU......................... Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NIH............................ National Institute of Health
NIMH......................... National Institute of Mental Health
NS.............................. Noonan’s Syndrome
NT.............................. Neurologically Typical (normally developing) or “no text”
NTD........................... Neural Tube Defect
O2............................... Oxygen
OCD........................... Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODD........................... Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OHI............................ Other Health Impaired
OI/OH........................ Orthopedically Impaired/Handicapped
OSEP......................... Office of Special Education Programs (Federal)
OSERS....................... Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT.............................. Occupational Therapy
P&A........................... Protection and Advocacy Agency
PACT......................... Parent and Childhood Training
PBS............................ Positive Behavior Support
PCA........................... Personal Care Assistant
PDD........................... Pervasive Development Disorder (milder end of the Autism spectrum)
PDD-NOS.................. Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified
PECS.......................... Picture Exchange Communications System
PICU.......................... Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
PMD........................... Profoundly Mentally Disabled
PT............................... Physical Therapy
PTRC......................... Parent Training and Resource Center
PTSD.......................... Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PVL............................ Peri Ventricular Leukomalacia
RESA......................... Regional Educational Service Agency
ROM.......................... Range of Motion
RTI............................. Response to Intervention
SI................................ Speech Impairment or Sensory Integration
SIB............................. Self-Injurious Behavior
SID............................. Sensory Integration Disorder
SLD............................ Specific Learning Disability
SLP............................ Speech Language Pathologist
SPD............................ Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder
SSA............................ Social Security Administration
SSDI........................... Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI............................. Supplemental Security Income
ST............................... Speech Therapy
TBI............................. Traumatic Brain Injury
TEACCH.................... Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children
TEFRA....................... Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
TMD/TMH................. Trainable Mentally Disabled/Handicapped
TS............................... Tourette Syndrome
TX.............................. Treatment
UAPDD...................... University Affiliated Program for Developmental Disabilities
UCP........................... United Cerebral Palsy Association
VI/VH......................... Visually Impaired/Handicapped
WIC........................... Women, Infants and Children Program
WNL.......................... Within Normal Limits
Source: Georgia PTA Leadership Resource 2005 - 2006
