Acronym List

A

  • ACA – Affordable Care Act 
  • AAC – Augmented and Alternative Communication 
  • ACCES-VR – Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation 
  • ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
  • ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • ADL – Activities of Daily Living
  • AIS – Academic Intervention Services
  • ASL – American Sign Language
  • AT – Assistive Technology
  • APS – Adult Protective Services
  • ASD – Autism Spectrum Disorder 

B

  • BH – Behavior Health
  • BIP – Behavior Intervention Plan
  • BOCES – Board of Cooperative Educational Services

C

  • CAH – Care at Home
  • CAP – Client Assistance Program
  • CAS – Coodinated Assessment System
  • CASA – Community Alternative Systems Agency 
  • CC/CM – Care Coordinator/Care Manager
  • CCO – Care Coordination Organization
  • CDOS – Career Development and Occupational Studies
  • CH – Community Habilitation
  • CHHUNY – Children’s Health Home of Upstate NY
  • CP – Cerebral Palsy
  • CPS – Child Protective Services
  • CPEP – Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program
  • CPSE – Committee on Preschool Special Education
  • CSE – Committee on Special Education
  • CSS – Consolidated Supports & Services
  • CT – Consultant Teacher
  • CTE – Career and Technology Education 

D

  • DB – Deaf-Blind
  • DD – Developmental Disabilities
  • DDAWNY – Developmental Disabilities Alliance of WNY
  • DDP – Developmental Disabilities Profile
  • DDPC – Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
  • DDRO – Developmental Disabilities Regional Office
  • DME – Durable Medical Equipment
  • DOH – Department of Health
  • DOL – Department of Labor
  • DSM – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
  • DSS – Department of Social Services
  • DTx – Day Treatment 

E

  • EAP– Employee Assistance Program
  • ED – Emotional Disturbance
  • EEOC – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • EI – Early Intervention
  • ELL/MLL – English Langage Learner/Multi-Linqual Learner • EMOD – Environmental Modification
  • ESSA – Every Student Succeeds Act
  • ESY – Extended School Year
  • ETP – Employment Training Program

F

  • FA– Family Assistance
  • FACE – Family and Community Engagement
  • FAPE – Free and Appropriate Public Education
  • FAS – Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • FBA – Functional Behavior Assessment
  • FD – Front Door
  • FERPA – Family Education & Right to Privacy Act 
  • FET – Family Education and Training
  • FOIL – Freedom of Information Law
  • FSS – Family Support Services 

H

  • HCBS – Home Community Based Service Waiver 
  • HHS – Health and Human Services
  • HI – Hearing Impairment
  • HHUNY – Health Homes of Upstate New York 
  • HMO – Health Maintenance Organization 
  • HUD – Housing and Urban Development 

I

  • IBS – Intensive Behavioral Services
  • ID – Intellectual Disability
  • IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • IEE – Independent Educational Evaluation
  • IEP – Individualized Education Program
  • ILC – Independent Living Center
  • IPE – Individualized Plan for Employment
  • IRA – Individualized Residential Alternative
  • IRWE – Impairment Related Work Expense
  • ISS – Individual Support Services
  • ITT – Interdisciplinary Treatment Team
  • IWRP – Individual Written Rehabilitation Plan

L

  • LCED – Level of Care Eligibility Determination 
  • LD – Learning Disability
  • LDA – Learning Disabilities Association
  • LEA – Local Education Agency
  • LLMSW – Licensed Master Social Worker
  • LRE – Least Restrictive Environment

N

  • NIMH – National Institute of Mental Health 
  • NOD – Notice of Determination
  • NP – Nurse Practitioner
  • NYSCB – New York State Commission for the Blind
  • NYSAA – New York State Alternate Assessment
  • NYSED – New York State Education Department 

M

  • MCO – Managed Care Organization
  • MD – Multiple Disabilities
  • MDR – Manifestation Determination Review
  • MHC – Mental Health Counselor
  • MICA – Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers
  • MTSS – Multi-Tiered System of Support
  • MUR – Medicaid Utilization Review 

O

  • OASAS – Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services 
  • OCFS – Office of Children and Family Services
  • OCYFS – Office for Children, Youth and Family Support
  • OCR – Office for Civil Rights
  • OHI – Other Health Impairment
  • OI – Orthopedic Impairment
  • OMH – Office of Mental Health
  • OPWDD – Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
  • OSE – Office of Special Education
  • OSERS – Office of Special Education & Rehabilitation Services
  • OT – Occupational Therapy
  • OTDA – The NYS Office of Temporary and Disability
    Assistance 

P

  • PA – Physician’s Assistant
  • PA – Public Assistance
  • PASS – Plan for Achieving Self Support
  • PBIS – Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies
  • PCP – Person Centered Planning
  • PIT – Partnership Implementation Team
  • PLEP – Present Level of Educational Performanc
  • Pre-ETS – Pre-Employment Transition Services
  • PT – Physical Therapy
  • PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • PWN – Prior Written Notice

Q

  • QA – Quality Assurance 

R

  • RR – Resource Room
  • RPC – Regional Partnership Center (formerly RSE-TASC)
  • RTI – Response to Intervention 

S

  •  SACC – Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential 
  •  SAMHSA – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • SCIP – Strategies for Crisis Intervention & Prevention
  • SD – Self Determination
  • SEMP – Supportive Employment Medicaid Program
  • SEIT – Special Education Itinerant Teacher
  • SEQA – Special Education Quality Assurance
  • SLD – Specific Learning Disability
  • SLP/SP – Speech/Language Pathology
  • SNAP – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  • SNT – Supplemental Needs Trust
  • SPOA – Single Point of Access
  • SSA – Social Security Administration
  • SSDI – Social Security Disability Insurance
  • SSI – Supplemental Security Income
  • SST – Student Support Team
  • SLT – Speech Language Therapy
  • SWD – Student with a Disability

T

  • TAP – Technical Assistance Partnership
  • TANF – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  • TASH – The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
  • TBI -Traumatic Brain Injury
  • TDD – Telephone Device for the Deaf
  • TRAID – Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities
  • TTY – Teletypewriter

U

  • UPK – Universal Pre-K 

V

  • VI – Visual Impairment 
  • VRC – Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 

W

  • WIC -Women, Infants, Children

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