Acronym List
- AACTE
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- AAFP
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- AAIDD
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- AAMFT
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- AAP
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- ABA
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- ACF
- Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- ADA
- Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
- ADD
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- ADHD
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ADR
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- AHA
- American Hospital Association
- AHIP
- America's Health Insurance Plans
- AMA
- American Medical Association
- AMCHP
- Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
- ANA
- American Nurses Association
- AOTA
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- APA
- American Psychological Association
- APHA
- American Public Health Association
- APR
- Annual Performance Report
- APTA
- American Physical Therapy Association
- Arc
- The Arc
- ARCH
- Access to Respite Care and Help National Respite Network and Resource Center
- ARRA
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009)
- ASD
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- ASHA
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; or American School Health Association
- ASTHO
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officers
- AT
- Assistive Technology
- AUCD
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities
- AYP
- Adequate Yearly Progress
- BD
- Behavioral Disorder
- BIE
- Bureau of Indian Education, U.S. Department of the Interior
- CADRE
- Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education
- CAP
- Community Alternative Program
- CAPTA
- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (1974)
- CATCH
- Community Access to Child Health
- CCA
- Child Care Aware (formerly NACCRRA)
- CCD
- Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities
- CCDBG
- Childcare Development Block Grant Act (1990)
- CCP
- Comprehensive Centers Program
- CCSSO
- Council of Chief State School Officers
- CDA
- Child Development Associate
- CDC
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- CDF
- Children's Defense Fund
- CDS
- Center for Developmental Science (now CCHD)
- CDSA
- Children's Developmental Services Agency
- CEC
- Council for Exceptional Children
- CEELO
- Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes
- CELL
- Center for Early Literacy Learning
- CFR
- Code of Federal Regulations
- CHA
- Children's Hospitals Association (formerly NACHRI)
- CHADD
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders
- CHIP
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- CIFMS
- Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring System
- CIFR
- Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting
- CIID
- Center for the Integration of IDEA Data
- CIMP
- Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process
- CMS
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (formerly HCFA)
- CONUS
- Continental U.S.
- COP
- Community of Practice
- COPSSE
- Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education
- COS
- Child Outcome Summary Process
- COSSMHO
- National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations
- COVID-19
- Coronavirus Disease 2019
- CP
- Cerebral Palsy
- CPIR
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- CPRC
- Community Parent Resource Centers
- CRS
- Congressional Research Service, U.S. Library of Congress
- CRTIEC
- Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood
- CSEF
- Center for Special Education Finance
- CSEFEL
- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundation for Early Learning
- CSHCN
- Children with Special Health Care Needs
- CSHN
- Children with Special Health Needs
- CSPD
- Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
- CWLA
- Child Welfare League of America
- DAC
- Data Accountability Center (now IDEA Data Center)
- DAP
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- DaSy
- Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems
- DD
- Developmental Delay; or Developmental Disabilities
- DEC
- Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
- DECRP
- DEC Recommended Practices
- DIBELS
- Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy
- DMS
- Differentiated Monitoring Support
- DR
- Dispute Resolution
- EBP
- Evidence-Based Practice
- EC
- Early Childhood
- ECHO
- Early Childhood Hearing Outreach Initiative
- ECLKC
- Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center, Office of Head Start
- ECO
- Early Childhood Outcomes Center (now ECTA Center)
- ECPC
- Early Childhood Personnel Center
- ECSE
- Early Childhood Special Education
- ECTA
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- ECTTAS
- Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System (formerly CCTAN)
- ED
- U.S. Department of Education
- EDFacts
- Education Data Exchange Network (now EDFacts)
- EDGAR
- Education Department General Administrative Regulations
- EHDI
- Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act (2017)
- EHS
- Early Head Start
- EI
- Early Intervention
- EIP
- Early Intervention Program
- EIS
- Early Intervention Services
- ELCF
- Early Learning Challenge Fund (see also: Title IV of Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (2009))
- EMAPS
- EDFacts Metadata and Process System
- EPSDT
- Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Medicaid
- ERIC
- ERIC Institute of Education Sciences
- ESA
- Educational Service Agency
- ESEA
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965)
- ESS
- EDFacts Submission System
- ESSA
- Every Student Succeeds Act (2015)
- FACE
- Family and Child Education Program, Bureau of Indian Education
- FACES
- Family and Child Experiences Survey, Office of Head Start
- FAPE
- Free Appropriate Public Education
- FAS
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- FASD
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder
- FERPA
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (1974)
- FG-RBI
- Family-Guided Routines-Based Intervention
- FTE
- Full-Time Equivalency
- GAO
- U.S. General Accountability Office
- GCS
- Grants and Contracts Services
- GEPA
- General Education Provisions Act (2015)
- GPRA
- Government Performance and Results Act (1993)
- GSEG
- General Supervision Enhancement Grant
- HCCA
- Healthy Child Care America
- HCFA
- Health Care Financing Administration (now CMS)
- HHS
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- HIPAA
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Public Law 104-191
- HMHB
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
- HMO
- Health Maintenance Organization
- HOUSSE
- High Objective Uniform State Standards of Evaluation
- HQT
- Highly Qualified Teacher
- HRSA
- Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- HS
- Head Start
- IASA
- Improving America's Schools Act (1994)
- ICC
- Interagency Coordinating Council
- ICF
- International Classification of Functionality
- ID
- Intellectual Disability
- IDC
- IDEA Data Center
- IDDRC
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
- IDEA
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1975)
- IECMH
- Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
- IEE
- Independent Education Evaluation
- IEP
- Individualized Education Program
- IES
- Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
- IEU
- Intermediate Education Unit
- IFSP
- Individualized Family Service Plan
- IGDI
- Individual Growth and Development Indicator
- IHE
- Institution of Higher Education
- IHS
- Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- IMH
- Infant Mental Health (see Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health)
- IPP
- Individual Program Planning
- ITCA
- IDEA Infants and Toddlers Coordinators Association
- LA
- Part C Lead Agency
- LD
- Learning Disability
- LDA
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- LEA
- Local Education Agency
- LEND
- Leadership in Neurodevelopment and Related Disabilities
- LEP
- Limited English Proficiency
- LICC
- Local Interagency Coordinating Council
- LRE
- Least Restrictive Environment
- MCHB
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- MCO
- Managed Care Organization
- MDBDF
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
- MIECHV
- Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- MIMS
- Medicaid Management Information System
- MOE
- Maintenance of Effort (see: Part C Maintence of Effort)
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MPRRC
- Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center
- MSIP
- Monitoring and State Improvement Planning Division, Office of Special Education Programs
- MSRRC
- Mid-South Regional Resource Center
- MTSS
- Multi-Tiered System of Supports
- NAECS-SDE
- National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education
- NAEYC
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- NAFCC
- National Association for Family Child Care
- NAPTAC
- Native American Parent Technical Assistance Center
- NAS
- National Academy of Sciences
- NASBE
- National Association of State Boards of Education
- NASDSE
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education
- NASMHPD
- National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
- NASN
- National Association of School Nurses
- NASP
- National Association of School Psychologists
- NASW
- National Association of Social Workers
- NC-ELN
- North Carolina Early Learning Network
- NCCIC
- National Childcare Information Center
- NCCP
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- NCEE
- National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences
- NCEMCH
- National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
- NCER
- National Center for Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences
- NCES
- National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences
- NCHAM
- National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
- NCII
- National Center on Intensive Intervention
- NCLB
- No Child Left Behind Act (2001)
- NCPMI
- National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations
- NCRRC
- North Central Regional Resource Center
- NCSER
- National Center for Special Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences
- NCSI
- National Center for Systemic Improvement
- NCSL
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- NEA
- National Education Association
- NECTAC
- National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (now ECTA Center)
- NEILS
- National Early Childhood Intervention Longitudinal Study
- NERRC
- Northeast Regional Resource Center
- NGA
- National Governors Association
- NICHCY
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
- NICHD
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- NICU
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- NIDILRR
- National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
- NIDRR
- National Institute of Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research
- NIEER
- National Institute for Early Education Research
- NIH
- National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- NIHSDA
- National Indian Head Start Directors Association
- NIMAS
- National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
- NIMH
- National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- NIRN
- National Implementation Research Network
- NORD
- National Organization for Rare Disorders
- NPDC on ASD
- National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders
- NPDCI
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion
- NPRM
- Notice of Proposed Rule Making
- OCC
- Office of Child Care, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- OHDS
- Office of Human Development Services (now Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- OHS
- Office of Head Start, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- OMB
- U.S. Office of Management and Budget
- OSEP
- Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
- OSERS
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education
- OT
- Occupational Therapy
- PACER
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights Center
- PBIS
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support
- PBS
- Positive Behavior Support
- PCA
- Personal Care Attendant
- PD
- Professional Development
- PDD-NOS
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified
- PDDMI
- Performance Based Data Management Initiative
- PDG
- Personnel Development Grant
- PEELS
- Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study
- PII
- Personally Identifiable Information
- PPO
- Preferred Provider Organization
- PPOR
- Per Pupil Operating Revenue
- PT
- Physical Therapy
- PTAC
- Privacy Technical Assistance Center
- PTACs
- Parent Technical Assistance Centers
- PTI
- Parent Training and Information Center
- QRIS
- Quality Rating and Improvement System
- R&R
- Resource and Referral, or Recognition and Response
- RBEI
- Routines Based Early Intervention
- RBI
- Routines Based Interview
- RDA
- Results-Driven Accountability
- RFP
- Request for Proposals
- RPTAC
- Regional Parent Technical Assistance Center
- RRCP
- Regional Resource Center Program
- RTI
- Response-to-Intervention
- RTP
- Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
- RTT
- Race to the Top Fund
- RTT-ELC
- Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Program
- SAMHSA
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (formerly CSAP)
- SASID
- State Assigned Student ID
- SC
- Service Coordinator
- SCHIP
- State Children’s Health Insurance Program
- SCSHCN
- Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
- SCSHN
- Services for Children with Special Health Needs
- SEA
- State Education Agency
- SEAC
- Special Education Advisory Committee
- SEELS
- Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study
- SEPPIE
- Special Education Program for Pacific Island Entities
- SERRC
- Southeast Regional Resource Center
- SICC
- State Interagency Coordinating Council
- SIG
- State Improvement Grant
- SiMR
- State-Identified Measurable Result (see: SSIP)
- SIP
- State Improvement Plan
- SISEP
- State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices Center
- SKIP
- Sick Kids Need Involved People
- SLD
- Specific Learning Disabilities
- SLDS
- Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
- SLP
- Speech-Language Pathologist
- SPA
- (Medicaid) State Plan Amendment
- SPDG
- State Personnel Development Grant
- SPeNSE
- Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education
- SPP
- State Performance Plan
- SPP/APR
- State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report
- SPRANS
- Special Projects of Regional and National Significance
- SS-OO-PP-RR
- Setting the Stage - Observation and Opportunities - Problem-Solving and Planning - Reflecting and Reviewing
- SSA
- Social Security Administration
- SSDI
- Social Security Disability Income
- SSI
- Supplemental Security Income
- SSIP
- State Systemic Improvement Plan
- STOMP
- Specialized Training of Military Parents
- T/TA
- Training and Technical Assistance
- TA
- Technical Assistance
- TA&D
- Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network
- TACC
- Technical Assistance Coordination Center
- TACSEI
- Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (now NCPMI)
- TANF
- Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- TDD/TTY
- Telecommunication Device for the Deaf/Teletype
- TQRIS
- Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System (see: QRIS)
- TRACE
- Tracking, Referral and Assessment Center for Excellence
- TRICARE
- TRICARE is the health care program of the U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System
- U.S.C.
- United States Code
- UCEDD
- University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education (formerly UAPs)
- UCP
- United Cerebral Palsy
- WIC
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
- WRRC
- Western Regional Resource Center
- WWC
- What Works Clearinghouse
- ZTT
- ZERO TO THREE