| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ARC |
The Arc (formerly the Association for Retarded Citizens) |
| ASHA |
American Speech-Language Hearing Association |
| ASL |
American Sign Language |
| BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| BD |
Behavior Disorder |
| CA |
Chronological Age |
| CEC |
Council for Exceptional Children |
| CHADD |
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder |
| CNS |
Central Nervous System |
| CP |
Cerebral Palsy |
| CSHS |
Children's Special Health Services |
| DA |
Developmental Age |
| DAP |
Developmentally Appropriate Practice |
| dB |
decibel |
| D/B |
Deaf/Blind |
| DD |
Developmental Disability or Developmental Delay |
| DEC |
Developmental Evaluation Center |
| DEIE |
Division of Early Intervention and Education |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| ECAC |
Exceptional Children's Assistance Center |
| EC |
Exceptional Children |
| ECE |
Early Childhood Education |
| ECI |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| ECSE |
Early Childhood Special Education |
| ED |
Emotional Disturbance or Emotional Disorder |
| EI |
Early Intervention |
| EIS |
Early Intervention Services |
| ESY |
Extended School Year |
| FAPE |
Free, Appropriate Public Education |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FSN |
Family Support Network |
| HI |
Hearing Impairment or Head Injury |
| HRI |
High Risk Intervention |
| HS |
Head Start |
| ICC |
Interagency Coordinating Council |
| IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEP |
Individualized Education Program |
| IFSP |
Individualized Family Service Plan |
| IHP |
Individual Habilitation Plan |
| IQ |
Intelligence Quotient |
| LD |
Learning Disabilities |
| LEA |
Local Education Agency |
| LICC |
Local Interagency Coordinating Council |
| LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
| MA |
Mental Age |
| MDE |
Multidisciplinary Evaluation |
| MH |
Mentally Handicapped or Multi-Handicapped |
| MMR |
Mild or Moderate Mental Retardation |
| MR |
Mental Retardation |
| MR/DD |
Mental Retardation/Developmental Disability |
| NAEYC |
National Association for the Education of Young Children |
| NC-ICC |
North Carolina Interagency Coordinating Council |
| NEC*TAS |
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System |
| NICCHY |
National Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities |
| NICU |
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| OCR |
Office of Civil Rights |
| OHI |
Other Health Impaired |
| OT |
Occupational Therapy or Occupational Therapist |
| PAC |
Parent Advisory Council (Division of Public Health) |
| PACT |
Parents and Children Together/Training |
| Part B |
Part of IDEA that regulates educational services to children with
disabilities ages 3 to 21 |
| Part C |
Part of IDEA that regulates educational services to children with
disabilities birth to 36 months |
| PL |
Public Law |
| PL 94-142 |
Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now IDEA |
| PL 99-457 |
Amendment to 94-142 that authorized early intervention for infants
and toddlers with disabilities and required preschool services for
3 to 5 year olds. Currently called IDEA. |
| PT |
Physical Therapy or Physical Therapist |
| RN |
Registered Nurse |
| SEA |
State Education Agency |
| Section 504 |
Portion of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended |
| Section 619 |
The portion of IDEA that deals solely with the preschool program |
| SED |
Severe Emotional Disturbance |
| SEE |
Signing Exact English |
| SICC |
State Interagency Coordinating Council |
| S/L |
Speech and Language |
| SLI |
Speech/Language Impaired |
| SLP |
Speech- Language Pathologist |
| SLT |
Speech and Language Therapy or Speech and Language Therapist |
| SS |
Social Security |
| SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
| TA |
Technical Assistance |
| TASH |
The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps; formerly the
Association for the Severely Handicapped |
| TEACCH |
Treatment & Education of Autistic & related Communication
handicapped CHildren |
| TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TDD |
Telecommunication Device for the Deaf |
| VI |
Visual Impairment |
| WCH |
Women's and Children's Health |
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