AAA |
Area Agency on Aging |
AAIDD |
American Association for Individuals with Intellectual
Disabilities |
ABA |
Applied Behavior Analysis |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
ADL |
Activities of Daily Living |
ADS |
Adult Day Services |
ADT |
Adult Development Training |
AE |
Administrative Entity |
AS |
Asperger Syndrome |
ASD |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
AT |
Assistive Technology |
ATF |
Adult Training Facility |
BHA |
Bureau of Hearings and Appeals |
BHRS |
Behavioral Health Rehabilitative Services |
BIP |
Behavior Intervention Plan |
BSE |
Bureau of Special Education |
BSU |
Base Service Unit |
CAAC |
County Administrators Advisory Committee |
CAO |
County Assistance Office |
CASSP |
Child & Adolescent Service System Program |
CDS |
College of Direct Support |
CLA |
Community Living Arrangement |
CLM |
Competent Learner Model |
CMS |
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
DD |
Developmental Disability or Dual Diagnosis |
DPW |
Department of Public Welfare |
DRN |
Disability Rights Network |
ED |
Emotional Disturbance |
EDL |
Everyday Lives |
EI |
Early Intervention |
EITA |
Early Intervention Technical Assistance |
EPSDT |
Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment |
ER |
Evaluation Report |
ESY |
Extended School Year |
FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
FBA |
Functional Behavioral Assessment |
FBVR |
Facility Based Vocational Rehabilitation |
FC |
Facilitated Communication |
FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
FFP |
Federal Financial Participation |
FLP |
Family Living Provider |
FSS |
Family Support Services |
HCBS |
Home and Community Based Services |
HCQU |
Health Care Quality Unit |
HCSIS |
Home and Community Services Information System |
HIPPA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HRP |
Health Risk Profile |
ICF/MR |
Intermediate Care Facility/Mental Retardation |
ICM |
Intensive Case Management |
IDEA |
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act |
IEP |
Individualized Education Program |
IESF |
Individual Emergency Support Form |
IM |
Incident Management |
IM4Q |
Independent Monitoring for Quality |
ISO |
Intermediary Service Organization |
ISP |
Individual Support Plan |
IU |
Intermediate Unit (Local Education Agency) |
LEA |
Local Education Agency |
LICC |
Local Interagency Coordinating Council |
LMS |
Learning Management System |
LOC |
Level of Care |
LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
MA |
Medical Assistance |
MCI |
Master Client Index |
MDT |
Multidisciplinary Team |
MH/MR |
Mental Health/Mental Retardation |
MPI |
Master Provider Index |
NOREP |
Notice of Recommended Educational Placement |
OA |
Operating Agreement |
OCDEL |
Office of Child Development and Early Learning |
OCS |
Office of Developmental Programs Consulting System |
OCYF |
Office of Children, Youth and Families |
ODP |
Office of Developmental Programs |
ODR |
Office of Dispute Resolution |
OLTL |
Office of Long Term Living (formerly Office of Social
Programs) |
OMAP |
Office of Medical Assistance Programs |
OMHSAS |
Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services |
OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs |
OVR |
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation |
P/FDS |
Person/Family Directed Support Waiver |
Pa Plus |
Supplemental questions for Pennsylvania that accompany
the SIS |
PAC |
Planning and Advisory Committee (to the Office of
Developmental Programs) |
PASA |
Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment |
PaTTAN |
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance
Network |
PCBH |
Personal Care Boarding Home |
PCP |
Person Centered Planning |
PDD |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
PDD-NOS |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise
Specified |
PDE |
Pennsylvania Department of Education |
PLF |
Private Licensed Facility (Interim Care) |
PPRT |
Positive Practices Resource Team |
PROMISe |
Provider Reimbursement and Operation Management
Information System |
PUNS |
Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services |
QI or QM |
Quality Initiative or Quality Management |
QMRP |
Qualified Mental Retardation Professional |
SBBH |
School Based Behavioral Health |
SC |
Supports Coordinator |
SDI |
Specially Designed Instruction |
SEA |
State Educational Agency |
SEAP |
Special Education Advisory Panel |
SEES Plan |
Social/Emotional/Environmental Support Plan |
SEP |
Supported Employment Program |
SIS |
Supports Intensity Scale |
SSA |
Social Security Administration |
SSD |
Services and Supports Directory |
SSDI |
Social Security Disability Income |
SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
TEACCH |
Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related
Communication-Handicapped Children |
TSM |
Targeted Service Management |
TSS |
Therapeutic Staff Support |
VB |
Verbal Behavior |
VF/EA FMS |
Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent Fiscal Management Services |