ABA:Applied Behavioral Analysis
Act:Assertive Community Treatment
ADA:Americans with Disabilities Act
add:Attention Deficit Disorder
adhd:Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
ag:Annual Goal
ape:Adapted Physical Education
as:Asperger Syndrome
asd:Autism Spectrum Disorder
asl:American Sign Language

BD:Behavior Disorder
bcsw:Board Certified Social Worker
BIP:Behavior Intervention Plan

caah:Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless
cahsd:Capital Area Human Services District
cart:Child and Adolescent Response Team
cc:Children Choice (waiver)
cd:Cognitive Delay
cfr:Code of Federal Regulations
cltp:Community Living Training Program
cmv:CytoMegaloVirus
cp:Cerebral Palsy
cpoc:Comprehensive Plan Of Care
cshs:Children's Special Health Services

dd:Developmental Disability
ddc:Developmental Disabilities Council (Louisiana)
dhh:Department of Health and Hospitals

ecss:Early Child Support and Services
ed:Emotionally Disturbed
eDA:Elderly and Disabled Adults Waivers
epsdt:Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis Treatment
esy:Extended School Year
etv:Education and Training Vouchers program

fape:Free Appropriate Public Education
ferpa:Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
fins:Families in Need of Services

hi:Hearing Impaired
hiv:Human Immunodeficiency Virus
hmd:Hyaline Membrane Disease
hmis:Homeless Management Information System
hud:Department of Housing and Urban Development

iap:Individualized Accommodation Plan
ideia:Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Education Act (Federal law governing special education)
iep:Individualized Education Program
ifsp:Individualized Family Service Plan
ihp:Individualized Health Plan
ilsp:Independent Living Skills Program
isp:Individual Service Plan
itp:Individualized Transition Plan
iv:Intravenous

lacan:Louisiana Citizens for Action Now
latan:Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network
lcsw:Licensed Clinical Social Worker
ld:Learning Disability
lea:Local Education Agency
leap:Louisiana Education Assessment Program
lmft:Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
lpc:Licensed Professional Counselor
lre:Least Restrictive Environment
lrs:Louisiana Rehabilitation Services
lt-pcs:Long Term Personal Care Services

mhr:Mental Health Rehabilitation
mst:MultiSystemic Therapy

nami:National Alliance on Mental Illness
nclb:No Child Left Behind
nec:Necrotizing Enterocolitis
nicu:Neonatal Intensive Care Units
now:New Opportunities Waiver

ocd:Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ocdd:Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities
ocr:Office for Civil Rights
ocs:Office of Community Services
odd:Oppositional Defiance Disorder
ohi:Other Health Impaired
omh:Office of Mental Health
oph:Office of Public Health
oyd:Office of Youth Development

pbs:Positive Behavior Support
pca:Personal Care Attendant program
pcs:Personal Care Services
pdd:Pervasive Development Disorder
pdd-nos:Pervasive Development Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified
pku:Phenylketonuria
prompt:Parents Reaching Out Model for Parent Training (project)
pt:Physical Therapy

rds:Respiratory Distress Syndrome
rlf:Retrolental Fibroplasias
rop:Retinopathy Of Prematurity
rti:Response To Intervention

sblc:School Building Level Committee
sde:State Department of Education
sea:State Education Agency
section 504:The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 made it illegal for any organization receiving federal funds to discriminate against a qualified person with a disability.
sfc:Substitute Family Care
sil:Supervised Independent Living
silc:Statewide Independent Living Council
sped:Special education
ssi:Supplemental Security Administration
st:Speech Therapy

tfc:Therapeutic Foster Care
thi/sci:Traumatic Head Injury/Spinal Cord Injury
TTY:Text Telephone, a telecommunication device for the hearing impaired

vi:Visually Impaired
vr:Vocational Rehabilitation