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AA Alcoholics Anonymous of the Lehigh Valley

AAA Area Agency on Aging

AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication

AACAP American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

AACWA Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act –federal law

AAIDD American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, formerly known as the American Association on Mental Retardation.

AAPD American Association of People with Disabilities

AARP American Association of Retired Persons

ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis

ABIN Acquired Brain Injury Network

ABOARD Advisory Board on Autism and Related Disorders

ACE's Adverse Childhood Experiences

ACF Administration for Children and Families

ACT Alternatives to Coercive Techniques

ACT Assertive Community Treatment

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

ADDA National Attention Deficit Disorder Association

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADL Activities of Daily Living

ADS Adult Day Services

ADT Adult Developmental Training

AE  Administrative Entity

AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System

AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children

AFSP American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

AGRE Autism Genetic Resource Genetic Exchange

AHEAD Association on Higher Education and Disability

AIDS Acquired Immune deficiency Syndrome

ALANON  Alcoholics Anonymous

ALAW Autism Living and Working

ALD Assistive Listening Device

ALS Average Length of Stay (service)

ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease)

AMA American Medical Association

AMI Alliance for Mentally Ill

AOA Administration on Aging

AOPC Administrative Office Pennsylvania Courts

APE Adaptive Physical Education

APD Advanced Psychiatric Directive

APD Allentown Police Department

APHP Acute Partial Hospitalization Program

APPA American Probation and Parole Association

APPLA Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement

APS Approved Private School

APSI Adolescent Problem Severity Index - assessment in D&A


ARC American Red Cross

ARCH Autism Resource Community Hub of Lehigh Valley

ARM Allentown Rescue Mission

AS Autistic Support

ASA Autism Society of America

ASAM American Society of Addiction Medicine

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASD Allentown School District

ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder

ASFA Adoption and Safe Families Act

ASHA American Speech & Hearing Association

ASL American Sign Language

ASPEN Asperger Syndrome Education Network, Inc.

AT Assistive Technology

ATD Alternatives to Detention

ATF Adult Training Facility

AVTS Area Vocational Technical School

AYP Adequate Yearly Progress (related to education)

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BARJ Balanced Approach to Restorative Justice

BAS Bureau of Autism Services

BBA Balanced Budget Act - Federal

BCBA Board Certified Behavioral Analyst

BCM Blended Case Management

BCU Benefits Checkup

BDAP Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs

BDAP CIS Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs' Client Information System

BEC Basic Education Circular

BFFSP Bureau of Fee for Service Program

BH-MCO Behavioral Health Managed Care Organization

BHRS/Provider 50 Behavioral Health Rehabilitation

BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills

BIP Behavioral Intervention Plan

BNDD Bureau of Narcotic Drugs and Devices

BPI Bureau of Program Integrity

BPPD Bureau of Policy and Program Development

BS Brief Service

BSC Behavior Specialist Consultant

BSE Bureau of Special Education

BSP Behavior Support Program

BSU Base Service Unit

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C&Y Children and Youth

CA Cocaine Anonymous

CAA Combating Autism Act

CAAC County Administrators Advisory Committee

CAC Child Advocacy Center

CACLV Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley

CADA Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse

CADD Cassandra Affective Deprivation Disorder

CADDRE Center for Autism & Developmental Disabilities Research & Epidemiology

CAFAS Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale

CALM Counseling Awareness to be Legally Mandated

CALP Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

CAN Child Abuse & Neglect

CAN Cure Autism Now

CANS Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths assessment

CAO Chief Administrative Officer

CAO County Assistance Office

CAP Customer Assistance Program

CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act

CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

CARF Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

CART Computer Aided Realtime Translation

CASA Court Appointed Special Advocate

CASSP Child & Adolescent Service System Program

CATS Commonwealth Approved Training System

CAU County Administrative Unit

CAVP Corrective Action Verification Plan

CAWS Community Alternative Work Service

CBA Curriculum Based Assessment

CBHU Children's Behavioral Health Unit

CBS Community Based Services

CC Cultural Competence

CCBH Community Care Behavioral Health

CCI Community Commitment Incorporated

CCRS Consolidated Community Reporting System

CCYA Lehigh County Children and Youth Agency

CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention

CDR Council for Disability Rights

CDS College of Direct Support

CER Comprehensive Evaluation Report (or ER)

CERC Corrections Education Records Center

CFO Chief Financial Officer

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

C/FST Consumer & Family Satisfaction Team

C-GAS Children's Global Assessment Scale

CHADD Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Chapter 14 Regulations of PA Board of Education

Chapter 15 Regulations of PA Board of Education

Chapter 342 Standards of PA Secretary of Education

CHIP Children's Health Insurance Program 

CHIPP Community Hospital Integrated Program Project

CHOE Children's Home of Easton

CHOP Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

CHOR Children's Home of Reading

CI Community Integration

CI Crisis Intervention

CIS Client Information System

CISC Children in Substitute Care

CJAB Criminal Justice Advisory Board

CJJTR Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research

CLA Community Living Arrangement

CLD Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

CLIU-21 Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21

CM Case Manager

CMHPSR The Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research at the University of PA

CMHS Center for Mental Health Services, also known as Community Mental Health Centers

CMS Case Management Services

CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

COA Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children Service, Inc

COB Coordination of Benefits

COBPD Childhood - Onset Bipolar Disorder

COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

COC Conference of Churches

COD Co-Occurring Disorders - mental health & substance abuse disorders

COE Center of Excellence

COG Change of Goal

COLA Cost of Living Adjustment

COMPASS Commonwealth of PA Access to Social Services

COP Communities of Practice

CP Cerebral Palsy

CPARC Cumberland-Perry Association for Retarded Citizens  

CPCMS Common Pleas Case Management System

CPEA Collaborative Program of Excellence in Autism

CPS Certified Peer Specialist

CPS Child Protective Services

CPSL Child Protective Services Law

CQI Continuous Quality Improvement

CRF Code of Federal Regulations

CRF Community Residential Facility

CRNP Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner

CRP Community Rehabilitation Program

CRR Community Residential Rehabilitation

CRR GH Community Rehabilitative Residence Group Home

CRR HH Community Rehabilitative Residence Host Home

CSA Catholic Social Agency

CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

CSC Community Services for Children

CSI Consumer Satisfaction Instruments

CSP Community Support Program

CST Consumer Satisfaction Team

CTC Career and Technical Education Center

CTT Community Treatment Team 

CTTOPP Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing

CVC Crime Victims Council

CWEL Child Welfare Education for Leadership

CWLA Child Welfare League of America

CWTP PA Child Welfare Training Program

CYS Children and Youth Services

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D&A Drug and Alcohol

D&A ICM Drug and Alcohol Intensive Case Management

DA District Attorney

DAN Defeat Autism Now

DAP Disability Advocacy Program

D/C Discharge

DD Developmental Disability

DDD Department of Developmental Disabilities

DEA Drug Enforcement Agency

DEF Dollar Energy Fund

DHS Department of Human Services

DHHS Department of Health & Human Services

DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

DIR Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based

DLP Disabilities Law Project

DMC Disproportionate Minority Contact

DME Durable Medical Equipment

D/O Disorder

DOD Department of Disabilities

DOH Department of Health

DOL U.S. Department of Labor

DOT Department of Transportation

DPH Due Process Hearing

DPW Department of Public Welfare

DRI Detention Risk Instrument

DRN Disabilities Rights Network

DRO Domestic Relations Office

DSM- V  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

DTT Discrete Trial Training

DUR Drug Utilization Review

DV Domestic Violence

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EAHCA Education for All Handicapped Children's Act

EAP Employee Assistance Program

EBP Evidence-Based Practice

ECMHP Early Childhood Mental Health Program

ED Emotional Disturbance

EEAP Emergency Energy Assistance Program

EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EI Early Intervention

EIBE Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention

EIOP Early Intervention and Outreach Programs

EIPA Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment

EITA Early Intervention Technical Assistance

ELC-PA Education Law Center of Pennsylvania

ELL English Language Learners

ELP Essential Life Style Planning

EMR Educable Mentally Retarded

ENHT Enhanced Nursing Home Transition

EPSDT Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis & Treatment

ER Emergency Room

ER Evaluation Report (formerly CER)

ES Emotional Support

ESL English as a Second Language

ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages

ESY Extended School Year

EVS Eligibility Verification System

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GA Gamblers Anonymous

GAF Global Assessment of Functioning

GLBT Gay, Lesbian, bisexual, and transgender

GPS General Protective Services

GPS Global Positioning System

GRASP The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership

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I&R Information and Referral Unit

IACC Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

IAES Interim Alternative Educational Setting

ICAN Involved Consumers Action Network in PA

ICC Interagency Coordinating Council

ICCD International Center For Clubhouse Development

ICD International Classification of Diseases

ICDL Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental Learning Disorders

ICF Intermediate Care Facility

ICF/ID Intermediate Care Facility for individuals with an Intellectual Disability 

ICI Institute for Community Inclusion

ICJ Interstate Commission for Juveniles

ICM Intensive Case Management

ICRR Intensive Community Rehabilitative Residence

ICSI Integrated Children's Service Initiative

ICSP Integrated Children's Services Plan

ID  Intellectual Disability

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education ACT

IEE Independent Educational Evaluation

IEP Individualized Education Program/Plan

IESF Individual Emergency Services Form

IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan 

IFSP Integrated Family Service Plan

IGDI Individual Growth and Development Indicators

IHP (or IPP) Individual Habilitation Plan

ILP Independent Living Program

ILS Independent Living Services.

IL Plan or ILSP Independent Living Plan or Independent Living Service Plan

IM Incident Management

IM4Q Independent Monitoring for Quality

IMT Independent Monitoring Teams

IOP Intensive Outpatient treatment

IOTA Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Addictions

IPP Individual Program Plan

IQ Intelligence Quotient

IRETA Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions

IRI Informal Reading Inventory

IRSF International Rett Syndrome Foundation 

IS Itinerant Support

ISO Intermediate Service Organization

ISP Individual Service Plan

ISP Individual Support Plan

ISPT Interagency Service Planning Team

ISR Information Service Referral

ISSP Instructional Support System of Pennsylvania

IST Instructional Support Team/Teacher

IT Itinerant Teacher

ITM Interagency Team Meeting

IU Intermediate Unit

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JABG Juvenile Accountability Block Grant

JCAHO Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

JCJC Juvenile Court Judges' Commission

JCMS Juvenile Case Management System

JDAI Juvenile Detention Alternative Commission

JDC Juvenile Detention Center

JDCAP Juvenile Detention Centers Association of PA

JIFF Juvenile Inventory For Functioning

JIS Juvenile Information Sharing

JJDP Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.

JJDPC Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee

JJSES Juvenile Justice System Enhancement Strategy

JLC Juvenile Law Center

JNET Justice Network

JPO Juvenile Probation Officer

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LANTA Lehigh And Northampton Transportation Authority

LC Lehigh County

LCCC Lehigh Carbon Community College

LCD Last Covered Date (referring to health insurance coverage when an individual is in placement)

LCDH Lehigh County Juvenile Detention Center

LCP Lehigh County Prison

LCTI Lehigh Career and Technical Institute

LD Learning Disability

LEA Local Educational Agency

LEP Limited English Proficiency

LICC Local Interagency Coordinating Council

LIHEAP Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

LIURP Low Income Usage Reduction Program

LLAS Lehigh Learning and Adjustment School

LMS Learning Management System

LRE Least Restrictive Environment

LS Learning Support

LSS Live Skills Support

LTC Long-Term Care

LTCC Local Transition Coordinating Council

LTF Local Task Force

LVCFST Lehigh Valley Consumer Family Satisfaction Team

LVH Lehigh Valley Hospital

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MA Medical Assistance

MAID Medical Assistance Identification Number

MAPS Making Action Plans

MARC Montgomery County Association of Retarded Citizens

MATP Medical Assistance Transportation Program

MAWA Mutually Agreed UPON Written Arrangement

MAYSI-2 Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument - Second Version

MBH Magellan Behavioral Health

MCI Master Client Index

MCO Managed Care Organization

MD Multiple Disabilities

MDD Major Depressive Disorder

MDE Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation

MDR Manifestation Determination Review

MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team

M4Q Monitoring for Quality

MH Mental Health

MHAPA Mental Health Association in PA

MHSIP Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program

MH/MR Mental Health/Mental Retardation

MHMRA Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966

MHPA Mental Health Procedures Act of 1976

MHPC Mental Health Planning Council

MI Motivational Interviewing

MMHT Mobile Mental Health Treatment

MOE Method of Evaluation

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MOW Meals on Wheels

MPI Master Provider Index

MR Mental Retardation

MSF Multiple Sclerosis Foundation

MST Multi System Therapy

MT Mobile Therapist

MT Music Therapist

MYP Multi-Year Plan

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NACDD National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities

NADD The National Association for the Dually Diagnosed

NAMI National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

NAPS National Association of Peer Specialists

NAR-Anon Narcotics Anonymous.

NATTAP The Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs

NCCP National Center for Children in Poverty

NCD National Council on Disability

NCIL National Council on Independent Living 

NCJFCJ National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

NCJJ National Center for Juvenile Justice

NCLB No Child Left Behind

NCLD National Center for Learning Disabilities

NCOA National Council on Aging

NCQA National Council/Committee on Quality Assurance

NCSET National Center on Secondary Education and Transition - Creating opportunities for youth with disabilities to achieve successful futures.

NCWD National Center on Workforce and Disability - Information on assisting adults and youth with disabilities find jobs.

NDC National Drug Code

NDSS National Down Syndrome Society

NFI New Freedom Initiative

NFXF National Fragile X Foundation

NH Nursing Home

NHS Northwestern Human Services

NICHCY National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

NICHD National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

NIDCD National Institute on Deafness & other Communication Disorders

NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIH National Institutes of Health

NIMH National Institute of Mental Health

NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

NLCDD National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities

NMHA National Mental Health Association

NOP Non Offending Parent

NORA Notice of Recommended Assignment

NORD National Organization for Rare Disorders

NOREP Notice of Recommended Educational Placement

NOS Not Otherwise Specified

NPND National Parent Network on Disabilities

NSCIA National Spinal Cord Injury Association 

NT Neurotypical 

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O&M Orientation and Mobility

OAR Organization for Autism Research

OASIS Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support

OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OCD Office of Child Development (DPW)

OCDEL Office of Child Development and Early Learning

OCR Office for Civil Rights

OCS Office of Mental Retardation Consulting System

OCYF Office of Children, Youth and Families

OCYS Office of Children and Youth Services

ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder

ODHH Office for Deaf & Hard of Hearing

ODM Objective Decision Making

ODP  Office of Developmental Programs

ODR Office for Dispute Resolution

OHI Other Health Impairment

OHS Office of Human Services

OI Orthopedic Impairment

OIM Office of Income Maintenance

OJJDP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

OMAP Office of Medical Assistant Programs

OMH Office of Mental Health

OMHSAS Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

OMOC Office of Mental Retardation Monitoring of Counties

OMR Office of Mental Retardation

OPD Office of Policy Development

OSEP Office of Special Education Programs

OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

OSP Office of Social Programs

OT Occupational Therapy

OTC Over The Counter

OVR Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

OVW Office on Violence Against Women

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PABS PA Positive Behavior Support

PAC Planning and Advisory Committee

PACE Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly

PACER Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights

PACHSA PA Association of County Human Services Administrators

PACSES PA Child Support Enforcement System

PACT Pennsylvania Community on Transition

PAP Patient Assistance Program

PAPPC Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole, and Corrections

PAR PA Association of Resources for Persons with Mental Retardation

PARC PA Association for Retarded Children

PARF PA Association of Rehabilitation Facilities

PASA Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment

PASSABCO The PA Social Security Administration Benefits Counseling and Assistance Project

PATH Parent Advocate in The Home program

PATH Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope

PATH Projects to Assist in Transition from Homelessness

PATHS Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies

PaTTAN Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network

PAWL PA Waiting List Campaign

PBIS  Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

PBS Positive Behavioral Support

PCAP Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program

PCBH Personal Care Boarding Home

PCCD The PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency

PCCJPO Pa Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers

PCCYFS Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth and Family Services

PCH Personal Care Homes

PCP Person Centered Planning

PCP Primary Care Provider

PCPA PA Community Providers Association 

PCPC Pennsylvania Client Placement Criteria

PD Public Defender

PDA PA Department of Aging

PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified

PDE Pennsylvania Department of Education

PE Physical Education

PEAC PA Education for All Coalition

PECS Picture Exchange Communication System

PEN Parent Education Network 

PEP Psyco Educational Profile

PFA Protection From Abuse

P/FDSW Person/Family directed Support Waiver

PFI PA Families Inc.

PFLAG Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

PH Physical Health

PHA Psychiatric Hospital Association

PHC Prehearing Conference

PHEAA Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

PHI Protected Health Information

PHLP Pennsylvania Health Law Project 

PH-MCO Physical Health Managed Care Organization

PHP Partial Hospitalization Program

PIAT-R Peabody Individual Achievement Test - Revised

PIC Private Industry Council .

PIHP Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan

PILCOP Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia

PIN Parents Involved Network

PIRC Pennsylvania Parent Information and Resource Center

PLF Private Licensed Facility (Interim Care)

PMHCA PA Mental Health Consumers Association

PMPM Per Member Per Month

PNSAS PA Network for Student Assistance Services

PO Probation Officer

POM Performance Outcome Measures

POMS Performance Outcome Management System

POSNET PA Open Systems Network

PP&A PA Protection & Advocacy

PPLC PA Psychiatry Leadership Council

PPO Preferred Provider Organization 

PPRT Positive Practice Resource Team -

PPVT Peabody Picture Vocabulary

PR Permanency Review

PROMISe Provider Reimbursement and Operations Management Information System

PRS Psychiatric Rehabilitative Services

PRTF Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (commonly referred to as RTF)

PS Protective Services

PSAA Peer Specialist Alliance of America

PSCOA Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association

PSI Problem Severity Index - An assessment used by JPO, they may change to the INCA.

PSRU Psychological Rehabilitation Unit

PSSA PA System of School Assessment

PT Physical Therapy

PUNS Priority of Urgency of Need for Services

PVAAS Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System

PYLN Pennsylvania Youth Leadership Network

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