Acronyms
AAA- Area Agency on Aging
AAC – Alternative & Augmented Communication
AAMD – American Association on Mental Deficiency
AAMR – American Association on Mental Retardation
AAPM&R – American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
ABA – Applied Behavior Analysis
ABC – Applied Behavior Consultants
ABC – Autism Behavior Checklist
ABE – Adult Basic Education
ABI – Acquired Brain Injury
AC – Autistics and cousins
AC – The Accreditation Council on Services for Persons with Disabilities
ACCSES – American Congress of Community Supports and Employment Services
ACLD – Association for Children and Learning Disabilities
ACRM – American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
ADC – Adult Day Center
ADC – Average Daily Census
ADD – Administration on Developmental Disabilities
ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHC - Adult Day Health Centers
ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADI – Autism Diagnostic Interview
ADL – Activities of Daily Living
ADL – Activities of Daily Living
ADOS – Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale
ADR – Additional Development Request (an UGS term)
ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADS – Adaptive Behavior Scale
AEA – Area Education Agency
AGRE – Autism Genetic Resource Exchange
AHA – American Hospital Association
AHCA – American Health Care Association
AIA Network – Autism, Intolerance & Allergy Network
AIIR - Acute Inpatient Intensive Rehabilitation
AIT – Auditory Integration Training
AMI – Alliance for the Mentally III (Changed to NAMI in 1998)
AMRPA – American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
ANC – Autism National Committee
ANDI – Autism Network for Dietary Intervention
AOR – Appointment of Representative (UGS term)
APE – Adaptive Physical Education
ARC – Association for Retarded Citizens
ARCA – Association of Regional Centers Agencies
ARD – Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee
ARD – Assessment Reference Date
ARI – Autism Research Institute
ARRI – Autism Research Review International
AS – Asperger’s Syndrome
ASA – Autism Society of America
ASD – Autistic Spectrum Disorders
ASL – American Sign Language
ASLA – Autism Society of America, Los Angeles Chapter
AT – Assertive Technology
BBA – Balanced Budget Act of 1997
BBA – Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33)
BBP – Blood Borne Pathogens
BBRA – Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-113)
BD – Behavior Disorder
BDI – Batelle Developmental Inventory
BH – Behavioral Health
BI – Brain Injury
BIPA – Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-554)
BRI – Behavioral Research Institute
CA – Chronological Age
CAADS – California Assn. of Adult Day Svcs.
CAHF – Cal. Assn. Of Health Care Facilities
CAL-APSE – California Chapter of Association of Persons in Supported Employment
CAN – Cure Autism Now
CAP – Corrective Action Plan
CAPD – Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CARF – Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
CARI – California Alliance of Rehabilitation Industries
CARS – Childhood Autism Rating Scale
CBCL – Achenbach Childhood Behavior Checklist
CBFRS – Community Base Family Resource & Support
CCC – Crisis Child Care
CCD – Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities
CCF – Community Care Facility
CCI – Correct Coding Initiative
CCL - Community Care Licensing
CCS – California Children’s Services
CCSC – Comprehensive Community Service Networks
CCSC – Comprehensive Community Service Networks
CDAC – Consumer Directed Attendant Care
CDC – Center for Disease Control
CDSA - California Disability Services Association
CEC – Council for Exceptional Children
CERT – Comprehensive Error Rate Testing
CETA – Community Education & Training Act
CEU – Continuing Education Unit
CF – Casein Free
CF – Cystic Fibrosis
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
CHA – California Hospital Association
CHADD – Children with Attention Deficit Disorders
CHAT – Checklist for Autism in Toddlers
CIL – Center for Independent Living
CM – Case Manager or Case Management
CME – Continuing Medical Education
CMG – Case-Mix Group
CMI – Case-Mix Index
CMS - Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
CMS – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA)
CNA – Certified Nurse Assistant or California Nurses Association
COC – Continuum of Care
COG – Council of Government
COLA – Cost of Living Adjustment
CORF – Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
COS – Clinical Outcomes Systems
CP – Cerebral Palsy
CPPBSD – Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
CPTA – California Physical Therapy Association
CRCs – Caregiver Resource Centers
CRCs – Caregiver Resource Centers
CRP – Community Rehabilitation Program
CRP – Cost Reporting Period
CSHA – California Speech-Language-Hearing Association
CSH-PCR – Cal. St. Hospital – Parent Council
CSH-PCR – California State Hospital – Parent Council
CSPD – Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
CST – Child Study Team
CVA – Cerebral Vascular Accident (stroke)
CVD – Cerebral Vascular Disease (stroke)
D/V – Developmental/Vocational
DAN – Defeat Autism Now
DAS – Developmental Apraxia of Speech
DB – Deaf – Blind
DCs - Development Centers
DD – Developmental Disability
DD ACT – Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
DD Council – Governor’s DD Council
DDS – Department of Developmental Services
DFA – Direct Family Access
DH – Developmentally Handicapped
DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services (Federal)
DME – Durable Medical Equipment
DMERC - Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
DMH – Department of Mental Health
DMS – Durable Medical Supplies
DMS or DME – Durable Medical Supplies or Durable Medical Equipment
DoDDS – Department of Defense Dependent Schools
DP – Distinct Part
DPSNF – Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facility
DR – Department of Rehabilitation
DRG – Diagnostic Related Group
DS – Down Syndrome
DSH – Disproportionate Share Variable
DSM – Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric
DSS – Department of Social Services
DT – Development Training
DTT – Discrete Trial Training
DVD – Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia
DVRS – Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
EI – Early Intervention
EAHCA – The Education for ALL Handicapped Children Act
ECE – Early Childhood Education
ED – Emotional Disturbance
EDGAR – Education Department General Administration Regulations
EFA – Essential Fatty Acid
EHA – Education of the Handicapped Act (now IDEA)
ELAP – Early Learning Accomplishment Profile
EMH – Educable Mentally Handicapped
EMR – Educable Mentally Retarded
EMTALA - Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
EPSDT – Early and Period Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
ESD – Extended School Day
ESEA – Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESL – English as a Second Language
ESY or EYS – Extended School Year or Extended Year Services
FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education
FAS – Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FBA – Functional Behavioral Assessment
FC – Facilitated Communication
FCT – Facilitated Communication Training
FEAT – Families for Early Autism Treatment
FEES – Fiberoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing
FEOG – Full Educational Opportunity Goal
FERPA – Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
FFA – Foster Family Agencies
FFY – Federal Fiscal Year
FI – Fiscal Intermediary
FIM – Functional Independence Measure
FMAP – Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
FMEA – Failure Mode Effects and Analysis
FOIA – Freedom of Information Act
FPL – Federal Poverty Level
FR – Federal Register
FRG – Function-Related Group
FY – Fiscal Year
GAO – Government Accountability Office
GARS – Gillian Autism Rating Scale
GDDC – Governor’s DD Council
GE – General Education
GF or g/f – Gluten Free
GPCI – Geographic Practice Cost Index
GPRA – Government and Performance Results Act
GT – Gifted and Talented
HCBS – Home and Community Based Services
HCFA – Health Care Financing Administration (now CMS)
HCPAC – Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee
HCPCS – Health Care Procedural Coding System
HCUP - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
HFA – High-functioning Autistic or High-functioning Autism
HHA – Home Health Agency
HHS – Health & Human Services
HI – Head Injury
HI – Hearing Impaired
HIFA - Health Insurance Flexibility and
HIPPA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191)
HIPPS – Health Insurance Prospective Payment System (rate code)
HMO – Health Maintenance Organization
HO – Hearing Officer
HUD – Department of Housing and Urban Development (Federal)
I & R – Information and Referral
IA – Instructional Assistant
IAES – Interim Alternative Educational Setting
ICD-9 – International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision
ICF - Intermediate Care Facility
ICF/MI – Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Mental Illness
ICF/MR – Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
ICP – Individual Comprehensive Plan
IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE – Individualized Educational Evaluation
IEP – Individual Education Plan
IFP – Individual Family Plan
IFSP – Individual Family Service Plan
IHE – Institution of Higher Education
IHP – Individualized Habilitation Program
IHSP - Independent Habilitation Services Plan
ILP – Independent Living Program
IMMT – Interim Medical Monitoring and Treatment
IOM – Institute of Medicine
IP- Individual Placement
IPP – Individual Program Plan
IPP – Individual Program Plan
IRVEN - Inpatient Rehabilitation Validation and Entry
ITP – Individualized Transition Plan
IWRP – Individualized Written Rehabilitation Programs
JCAHO – Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization
JWOD – Javits-Wagner-O’Day
LCD – Local Coverage Determination
LCSW – Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LD – Learning Disability
LDA – Learning Disabilities Association
LEA – Local Education Agency
LEP – Limited English Proficiency
LIP – Low Income Payment Adjustment
LKS – Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
LMRP – Local Medical Review Policy
LOS – Length of Stay
LPET – Local Provider Education & Training (UGS term)
LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
LSH – Language, Speech and Hearing Specialist
LUPA – Low Utilization Payment Adjustment
LVN – Licensed Vocational Nurse
MA – Mental Age
MAC – Medicare Administrative Contractor
MB – Market Basket
MCR – Medicare Contracting Reform
MD – Muscular Dystrophy
MD or MH – Multiple Disabilities or Multiple Handicapped
MDCN – Medicare Data Collection Network
MDS – Minimum Data Set
MDS-PAC – Minimum Data Set for Post-Acute Care (replaced by IRF PAI)
MEDICAID – Service provided to eligible population under Title XIX – based on need
MedPAC – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
MedPAR – Medicare Provider Analysis and Review File Tool
MH – Mental Health
MH/MR Commission – Establishes standards for MH/MR services and policies
MI – Mental Illness
MMA – Medicare Modernization Act
MMR – Mildly Mentally Retarded
MOC – Manual of Criteria (for Medi-Cal Authorization)
Mod MR – Moderately Mentally Retarded
MOO – Mutual of Omaha
MR – Mental Retardation
MR –Medical Review
MRI – Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRMIB – Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
MS – Multiple Sclerosis
MSA – Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSDD – MultiSystem Developmental Disorder
MSP – Medicare Secondary Payer
NADDC – National Association on Developmental Disabilities Councils
NAMI – National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NAS – National Autistic Society
NCD – National Coverage Determination
NCWC – National Council of Work Centers
NDT – Neurodevelopment Treatment
NEMB – Notice of Exclusion from Medicare Benefits
NIH – National Institutes of Health
NIS - Nationwide Inpatient Sample
NISH – National Industry for the Severely Handicapped
NOS – Not Otherwise Specified
NPRM – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
O & M – Orientation and Mobility
OASIS – Outcome and Assessment Information Set
OCD – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCR – Office of Civil Rights
ODD – Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OHI – Other Health Impairment
OI – Orthopedic Impairment
OIG – Office of Inspector General
OMB – Office of Management and Budget
OPPS – Outpatient Prospective Payment System
OSERS – Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT – Occupational Therapy
OTAC – Occupational Therapy Association of California
P & A – Protection and Advocacy
PAI – Protection in Advocacy Inc.
PAI – Protection in Advocacy Inc. OR Patient Assessment Instrument
PALS – Peer-Assisted Learning System
PAS – Personal Assistance Services
PASS – Plan for Achieving Self-Support
PBS – Positive Behavioral Supports
PCA – Personal Care Attendant
PCPA - Physician Clinical Performance Measurement
PD – Physical Disability
PDD – Pervasive Development Disorder
PEAC – Practice Expense Advisory Committee
PEP – Partial Episode Payment
PEP – Psycho-educational Profile
Perkins Act – Carl Perkins Vocational & Applied Technology Education Act
PERS – Personal Emergency Response
PERS – Public Employees’ Retirement System
PI – Performance Improvement OR Primary Investigator
PIP – Periodic Interim Payment
PL – Public Law (Legislation passed and codified at federal level)
PLEP or PLP – Present Level of Educational Performance or Present Level of Performance
POS – Purchase of Service
PP – Paraprofessional
PPS – Prospective Payment System
PRO – Peer Review Organization
ProPAC – Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
PS - Preschool
PT – Physical Therapy
PTEC – Physical Therapy Examining Committee
QA – Quality Assurance
QIC - Qualified Independent Contractor (Medicare Denials)
RA – Rheumatoid Arthritis
RAP – Resident Assessment Protocol
RBRVS – Resource Based Relative Value System
RC’s - Regional Centers
RCF – Residential Care Facility
RCF/MI – Residential Care Facility for Persons with Mental Illness
RCF/MR – Residential Care Facility for Persons for the Mentally Retarded
RCFE – Residential Care for the Elderly
RFP – Request for Proposals
RHHI - Regional Home Health & Hospice Intermediary
RIC – Rehabilitation Impairment Category
RIF – Reduction in Force
RN – Registered Nurse
RPN – Registered Professional Nurse
RS – Related Services
RSA – Rehabilitation Services Administration
RT – Recreation Therapist
RUGs III – Resource Utilization Groups
S/L I – Speech/Language Impairment
S/L P – Speech/Language Pathologist
S/P D or S/P H – Severe/Profound Disability or Handicap
SAS – Supplementary Aids and Services
SB – Spina Bifida
SBR – Sustainable growth rate
SC – Service Coordinator
SCDD – State Council on Developmental Disabilities
SCHIP - State Children’s Health Insurance Program
SCI – Spinal Cord Injury
SCIC – Specific Change in Condition
SCL – Supported Community Living
SE – Supported Employment
SE –Special Education
SEAC – Special Education Advisory Committee
Section 504 – Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
SED – Serious Emotional Disturbance
SF – Senate File
SG – Support Grants
SI – Sensory Integration
SIB – Self-Injurious Behavior
SID - State Inpatient Database
SIG – State Improvement Grant
SIP – State Implementation Plan
SIT – Sensory Integration Therapy
SL – Supported Living
SLA – Supported Living Arrangement
SLD – Specific Learning Disability
SLP – Speech-Language Pathology
SNF – Skilled Nursing Facility
SP – Speech Pathologist
SPOA – Specific Power of Attorney
SRC – Statewide Resources Consultant
SSA – Social Security Administration
SSBG – Social Services Block Grant (Formerly Title XX)
SSDI – Social Security Disability Income (or Insurance)
SSI – Supplemental Security Income
SSS – Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome
SST – Student Study Team
SW – Sheltered Workshop
TAR – Treatment Authorization Request
TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
TDD – Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
TEACCH – Treatment & Education of Autistic & Related Communication Handicapped Children
TEFRA – Tax, Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-248)
TEP – Technical Expert Panel
TIC – Transitional Inpatient Care
TMH – Trainable Mentally Handicapped
TMR – Trainable Mentally Retarded
TOM – Theory of Mind
TR – Therapeutic Recreation
TS – Tourette Syndrome
T-TA – Training and Technical Assistance
TTY – Tele-Typewriter (preferred)
TWWIIA – Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Improvement Act
UC - Utilization Control
UCE – University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
UCP – United Cerebral Palsy
UDSMR – Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation
UGS – United Government Service
UR – Utilization Review
UTI – Urinary Tract Infection
VI – Visual Impairment
Voc Ed – Vocational Education
VR – Vocational Rehabilitation
WAP – Work Assisted Program (workshop)
WIA – Workforce Investment Act
WOP – Waiver of Payment (UGS term)