Acronym List
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- AAMR
- American Association on Mental Retardation
- ACT
- Advocating for Change Together (A self-advocacy organization in MN)
- ADA
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADD
- Administration on Developmental Disabilities
- ADHD
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Arc
- The Arc (used to stand for Association for Retarded Citizens)
- ARRM
- Association for Residential Resources in MN
- CBI
- Community Based Instruction
- CCSSO
- Council of Chief State School Officers; one of two NCEO partners
- CEC
- Council for Exceptional Children
- CEED
- Center for Early Education and Development
- CEHD
- College of Education and Human Development
- CEU
- Continuing Eduation Unit(s)
- CHAP
- Child Health Assurance Program
- CIL
- Council for Independent Living
- CS/BU
- Civil Service/ Bargaining Unit
- CUFS
- College and University Financial System
- DD
- Developmental Disability
- DEED-VR
- MN Department of Employment and Economic Development, Rehabilitation Services Branch, Vocational Rehabilitation Program
- DHS
- MN Department of Human Services
- DOE
- Federal Department of Education
- DOL
- Federal Department of Labor
- DSP
- Direct Support Professional
- ECRI-MGD
- Early Childhood Research Institute on Measuring Growth and Development
- ECSE
- Early Childhood Special Education
- EGMS
- Electronic Grants Management System
- ESL
- English as a Second Language
- FAPE
- Free and Appropriate Public Education
- FSO
- Financial Services Office (CEHD Human Development Department)
- FTE
- Full Time Equivalency
- GRA
- Graduate Research Assistant
- HHS
- Federal Department of Health and Human Services
- HIPAA
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountablility Act of 1996
- ICF/MR
- Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
- ICI
- Institute on Community Integration
- IDEA
- Individuals with Disablilities Education Act
- IEP
- Individual Education Plan
- IFSP
- Individual Family Service Plan
- IWRP
- Individualized Written Rehabilitation Plan
- LD
- Learning Disability
- MNDACA
- MN Developmental Achievement Center Association
- NAEP
- National Assessment of Educational Progress; the test that has given us the largest research base for accommodations and modifications to pencil and paper achievement tests
- NASDSE
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education; one of two NCEO partners
- NCEO
- National Center on Educational Outcomes; an ICI Program
- NCLB
- No Chld Left Behind Act
- NCSET
- National Center Secondary Education and Transition
- NHIS
- National Health Information Survey
- NICHCY
- National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
- NIDRR
- National Institute on Rehabilitation Research
- NIH
- National Institutes of Health
- OCR
- Office of Civil Rights (of US Dept. of Education)
- OELA
- Office of English Language Acquisition (counterpart to OSEP and funder of many NCEO projects)
- OSEP
- Office of Special Education Programs
- OSERS
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
- OT
- Occupational Therapy/Therapist
- P & A
- Professional and Academic staff at the U of M
- PACER
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
- PCMR
- President's Committee on Mental Retardation
- PMS
- Pantone Matching System
- REPA
- Report of External Professional Activities
- RFP
- Request for Proposal
- RISP
- Residential Information Services
- ROC
- Report of Outside Consulting
- RRTC
- Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers
- RTC
- Regional Treatment Center- state hospitals in MN
- SABE
- Self-advocates becoming Empowered- a national self-advocacy group
- SASE
- Self-addressed and stamped envelope
- SED
- Sponsered Projects Administration
- SPED
- Special Education
- SSA
- Social Security Administration
- STW
- School-to-Work
- TASH
- The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
- TBI
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- TIPs
- Training Initiative Project
- U of M
- University of MN
- UCEDD
- University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
- TA & D
- Technical Assistance and Dissemination
- OCECD
- Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities
- RPTAC
- Regional Parent Technical Assisstance Center
- PTI
- Parent Training and Information
- CIFMS
- Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring System
- SEA
- State Education Agencies
- LA
- Lead Agencies
- CoP
- Communities of Practice
- AYP
- Adequate Yearly Progress
- CIMP
- Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process
- SIG
- State Improvement Grant
- GSEG
- General Supervision Enhancement Grant
- AEA
- Area Education Agencies
- DIF
- Difference from National Baseline
- RRC
- Regional Resource Center
- FRC
- Federal Resource Center
- WCAG
- Web Content Accessiblity Guidelines
- AIR
- American Institutes for Research
- IGDI
- Individual Growth and Development Indicators
- PBIS
- Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
- SPP
- State Performance Plans
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- PACT
- PA Comunity on Transition
- IMS
- Information Management System
- OJJDP
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention
- EDJJ
- Center on Education, Disabilities and Juvenile Justice
- NDRN
- National Disablility Rights
- FERPA
- Federal Educational Right to Privacy Act
- NIMAS
- National Instructional Materials Accessability Standard
- ED
- Emotional Disturbance
- UDL
- Universal Design for Learning
- QTA
- Quick Turn Around
- CAST
- Center for Applied Technology
- NIMH
- National Institute of Mental Health
- ASD
- Austism Spectrum Disorder
- FMIC
- Focused Monitoring Implementation Checklist