Abbreviations - compiled by Irma

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Irma from this list has forwarded me this awesome list of abbreviations. I have

taken some out - but will load the whole list to the www.texasautismadvocacy.org

website under " special education "

Irma Canfield wrote:From: " Irma Canfield "

To:

Subject: ABBREVIATIONS

Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 15:33:29 -0700

AANE Asperger's Association of New England

ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis

ABC Autism Behavior Checklist

ABI Adaptive Behavior Inventory

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

AIT Advanced Individual Training

AIT Auditory Integration Therapy

ALE Alternative Learning Experience

ANI Autism Network International

APD Auditory Processing Disorder

APE Adaptive Physical Education

ARD Admission, Review, Dismissal (used in Texas)

AS Asperger's Syndrome (DSM IV 299.80)

AS Autistic Spectrum

ASA Autism Society of America

ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder

ASPEN Asperger Syndrome Parent Education Network

ASPIE A person with Asperger's Syndrome (informal, don't use unless sure it

won't offend)

BBRS Burks' Behavior Rating Scale

BD Behavioral Disorder

BD/ED Behavior Disordered / Emotionally Disturbed

BIP Behavior Improvement Plan

BMP Behavior Management Plan

BP Bi-Polar (formerly called " manic-depressive " )

CAN Cure Autism Now - advocacy organization

CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorder

CARD Center for Autism and Related Disorders (used in land)

ARD Admission, Review, Dismissal (used in Texas)

CARS Childhoold Autism Rating Scale (diagnostic and evaluation tool)

CD Conduct Disorder

CNS Central Nervous System

COSAC Center for Outreach and Services for the Autistic Community (New Jersey)

COTA Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

CPS Child Protective Services

DAN Defeat Autism Now! (organizational site at

http://www.autism.com/ari/dan.html)

DAS Differential Abilities Scales

DCD Development Coordination Disorder (DSM IV 315.4)

DD Development Disorder

DD Developmental Disabilities

DH Developmentally Handicapped

DHS Department of Human Services

DMG Dimethyl Glycine

DPT A triple inoculation given to kids: Diptheria, Pertussis (whooping cough),

Tetanus

DR Disability Rights

DREDF Disability Rights Education Defense Fund

DSM Diagnostic Statistical Manual - enormous industry-standard catalogue of

medical diagnoses

DSM-IV Diagnostic Statistical Manual (edition IV) - the current version of this

publication

DSMR Diagnostic Statistical Manual (Revised) - preceded DSM-IV

DX Diagnosis

EBD Emotional Behavioral Disorder

ECT ElectroConvulsive Therapy (electroshock)

ED Emotionally Disturbed

EEG ElectroEncephaloGram (basically, a graph of brain-wave activity)

EFD Executive Functioning Disorder

EI Emotionally Impaired

EI Early Intervention

EKG ElectroCardioGram (basically, a graph of the heart's electrical activity)

EPD Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization (say this one right the first try & win

a prize!)

ESY Extended School Year

FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education

FAS Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

FBA Functional Behavior Assessment

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FERPA Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FOIA Freedom Of Information Act

HFA High Functioning Autism (defined as autism occurring without mental

retardation, e.g. w/ IQ 70 or higher)

IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome

ICDM A book (used by health insurors for billing purposes) which classifies

diseases by numbers

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEP Individual Education Program

LD Learning Disability

LEA Local Education Agency

LEA Local Education Authority

LRE Least Restrictive Environment (phrase used in IDEA)

M-D Manic Depression (now called bipolar depression)

MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team (called " CSE " in some states)

MMR Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccination

MR Mental Retardation, Mentally Retarded (IQ less than 70)

MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging

NAAR National Alliance for Autism Research

NACD National Academy of Child Development

NICHCY National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

NIH National Institute for Health

NT Neurologically Typical (no diagnosible neurological disorder)

NT Neurotypical (no diagnosible neurological disorder)

NVLD Non-Verbal Learning Disability

OASIS On-line Asperger's Syndrome Information and Support (organizational site

at http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger)

OCB Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

ODD Oppositional-Defiant Disorder

OHI Other Health Impaired

OSEP Office of Special Education Programs (located Washington, DC)

OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

OT Occupational Therapist

OT Occupational Therapy

PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PDR Physician's Desk Reference

PET Positron Emission Tomography

PLEP Present Level of Educational Performance

PLOP Present Level of Performance

PT Physical Therapist

PT Physical Therapy

PTI Parent Training and Information Center

S & LP Speech and Language Pathologist

SI Sensory Integration

SIB Self-Injurious Behavior

SLP Speech and Language Pathologist

SM Selective Mutism

SNT Special Needs Trust

SSD Social Security Disability

SSI Supplemental Security Income

SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (class of meds, incl. Prozac,

Zoloft, Praxil, Luvox)

TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Disorders

TS Tourette's Syndrome

VAERs Vaccine Adverse Experience Reports (published by FDA)

VQ Verbal IQ

VR Vocational Rehabilitation

WAIS Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (an IQ test)

WISC Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (an IQ test)

M. Guppy

Don't tell God how big your storm is ~ tell the storm how big your God is!

www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

A Regional Coordinator for The TEAM Project in Houston

www.PartnersTX.org - -

[Guest guest]

Irma- what a great idea! Thanks!

Aliza

--- Guppy wrote:

> Irma from this list has forwarded me this awesome

> list of abbreviations. I have taken some out - but

> will load the whole list to the

> www.texasautismadvocacy.org website under " special

> education "

>

> Irma Canfield wrote:From:

> " Irma Canfield "

> To:

> Subject: ABBREVIATIONS

> Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 15:33:29 -0700

>

> AANE Asperger's Association of New England

> ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis

> ABC Autism Behavior Checklist

> ABI Adaptive Behavior Inventory

> ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

> ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

> ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

> AIT Advanced Individual Training

> AIT Auditory Integration Therapy

> ALE Alternative Learning Experience

> ANI Autism Network International

> APD Auditory Processing Disorder

> APE Adaptive Physical Education

> ARD Admission, Review, Dismissal (used in Texas)

> AS Asperger's Syndrome (DSM IV 299.80)

> AS Autistic Spectrum

> ASA Autism Society of America

> ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder

> ASPEN Asperger Syndrome Parent Education Network

> ASPIE A person with Asperger's Syndrome (informal,

> don't use unless sure it won't offend)

> BBRS Burks' Behavior Rating Scale

> BD Behavioral Disorder

> BD/ED Behavior Disordered / Emotionally Disturbed

> BIP Behavior Improvement Plan

> BMP Behavior Management Plan

> BP Bi-Polar (formerly called " manic-depressive " )

> CAN Cure Autism Now - advocacy organization

> CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorder

> CARD Center for Autism and Related Disorders (used

> in land)

> ARD Admission, Review, Dismissal (used in Texas)

> CARS Childhoold Autism Rating Scale (diagnostic and

> evaluation tool)

> CD Conduct Disorder

> CNS Central Nervous System

> COSAC Center for Outreach and Services for the

> Autistic Community (New Jersey)

> COTA Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

> CPS Child Protective Services

> DAN Defeat Autism Now! (organizational site at

> http://www.autism.com/ari/dan.html)

> DAS Differential Abilities Scales

> DCD Development Coordination Disorder (DSM IV

> 315.4)

> DD Development Disorder

> DD Developmental Disabilities

> DH Developmentally Handicapped

> DHS Department of Human Services

> DMG Dimethyl Glycine

> DPT A triple inoculation given to kids: Diptheria,

> Pertussis (whooping cough), Tetanus

> DR Disability Rights

> DREDF Disability Rights Education Defense Fund

> DSM Diagnostic Statistical Manual - enormous

> industry-standard catalogue of medical diagnoses

> DSM-IV Diagnostic Statistical Manual (edition IV) -

> the current version of this publication

> DSMR Diagnostic Statistical Manual (Revised) -

> preceded DSM-IV

> DX Diagnosis

> EBD Emotional Behavioral Disorder

> ECT ElectroConvulsive Therapy (electroshock)

> ED Emotionally Disturbed

> EEG ElectroEncephaloGram (basically, a graph of

> brain-wave activity)

> EFD Executive Functioning Disorder

> EI Emotionally Impaired

> EI Early Intervention

> EKG ElectroCardioGram (basically, a graph of the

> heart's electrical activity)

> EPD Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization (say this

> one right the first try & win a prize!)

> ESY Extended School Year

> FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education

> FAS Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

> FBA Functional Behavior Assessment

> FDA Food and Drug Administration

> FERPA Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act

> FOIA Freedom Of Information Act

> HFA High Functioning Autism (defined as autism

> occurring without mental retardation, e.g. w/ IQ 70

> or higher)

> IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome

> ICDM A book (used by health insurors for billing

> purposes) which classifies diseases by numbers

> IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

> IEP Individual Education Program

> LD Learning Disability

> LEA Local Education Agency

> LEA Local Education Authority

> LRE Least Restrictive Environment (phrase used in

> IDEA)

> M-D Manic Depression (now called bipolar

> depression)

> MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team (called " CSE " in some

> states)

> MMR Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccination

> MR Mental Retardation, Mentally Retarded (IQ less

> than 70)

> MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging

> NAAR National Alliance for Autism Research

> NACD National Academy of Child Development

> NICHCY National Information Center for Children and

> Youth with Disabilities

> NIH National Institute for Health

> NT Neurologically Typical (no diagnosible

> neurological disorder)

> NT Neurotypical (no diagnosible neurological

> disorder)

> NVLD Non-Verbal Learning Disability

> OASIS On-line Asperger's Syndrome Information and

> Support (organizational site at

> http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger)

> OCB Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

> OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

> ODD Oppositional-Defiant Disorder

> OHI Other Health Impaired

> OSEP Office of Special Education Programs (located

> Washington, DC)

> OSERS Office of Special Education and

> Rehabilitative Services

> OT Occupational Therapist

> OT Occupational Therapy

> PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder

> PDR Physician's Desk Reference

> PET Positron Emission Tomography

> PLEP Present Level of Educational Performance

> PLOP Present Level of Performance

> PT Physical Therapist

> PT Physical Therapy

> PTI Parent Training and Information Center

> S & LP Speech and Language Pathologist

> SI Sensory Integration

> SIB Self-Injurious Behavior

> SLP Speech and Language Pathologist

> SM Selective Mutism

> SNT Special Needs Trust

> SSD Social Security Disability

> SSI Supplemental Security Income

> SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (class

> of meds, incl. Prozac, Zoloft, Praxil, Luvox)

> TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and

> Related Communication Disorders

> TS Tourette's Syndrome

> VAERs Vaccine Adverse Experience Reports (published

> by FDA)

> VQ Verbal IQ

> VR Vocational Rehabilitation

> WAIS Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (an IQ test)

>

> WISC Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (an

> IQ test)

>

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>

>

> M. Guppy

> Don't tell God how big your storm is ~ tell the

> storm how big your God is!

>

> www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

>

> A Regional Coordinator for The TEAM Project in

> Houston

> www.PartnersTX.org - -

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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> removed]

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[Guest guest]

> Irma from this list has forwarded me this awesome list of

abbreviations. I have taken some out - but will load the whole list

to the www.texasautismadvocacy.org website under " special education "

Your Welcome Aliza and ,

I can't remember who sent this to me where credit is due but thought

I pass it on, sorry unable to take credit for it.

I'm glad you removed some that does not apply. Maybe before adding it

to the list or sorry if this is too late, we could add abbreviations

that might apply to our Texas list that were not on the list sent,

example:

ATP - Assistive Technology Program

AU - Autism

BMC - Behavior Mastery Center

CBI - Community Based Instruction

IA - Instructional Assistant

IEE - Independent Educational Evaluation

LDAA - Locally Developed Alternative Assessment

OI - Orthopedic Impairment

PAC - Parent Advisory committee

PATH - Partnerships Assisting Texans with Handicaps

PPCD - Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities

REACH - Resource for Autistic Children

SDAA - State Developed Alternate Assessment

TAAS - Texas Assessment of Academic Skils

TAKS - Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills

TEA - Texas Education Agency

TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

VI - Visual Impairment

VB - Verbal Behavior or AVB (Applied Verbal Behavior)