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Acronyms

AAMR American Association on Mental Retardation
ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADL Activities of Daily Living
AHRC Association for the Help of Retarded Children
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
AE Age Equivalent
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
BOCES Board of Cooperative Education Services
BOE Board of Education
CMHC Community Mental Health Center
CP Cerebral Palsy
CPSE Committee on Preschool Special Education
CR Community Residence
CSE Committee on Special Education
CSW Certified Social Worker
DD Developmental Disabilities
DDP4 Developmental Disabilities Profile (needs assessment form)
DFY Division for Youth
DNR Do No Resuscitate
DOH Department of Health
DSS Department of Social Services
ED Emotional Distrubance
FAS Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FTE Full Time Equivalent
FY Fiscal Year
ICF Intermediate Care Facility
ICT/DD Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled
IEE Individual Educational Evaluation
IEP Individual Education Plan
ILC Independent Living Center
IQ Intelligence Quotient
LD Learning Disability
MD Multiple Disabilities
MHL Mental Hygiene Law
MR Mental Retardation
NI Neurological Impairment
NYALD New York Association of Learning Disabilities
NYCRR New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
NYSARC New York State Association of Retarded Children
OAD Office of Advocate for the Disabled
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OHI Other Health Impairment
OI Orthopedic Impairment
OMH Office of Mental Health
OMRDD Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
OSES Office of Special Education Services
OT Occupational Therapy
PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PIAT-R Peabody Individual Achievement Test Revised
PPVT-R Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Revised
PT Physical Therapy
PWS Prader-Willi syndrome
PLS-3 Preschool Language Scale 3
ROM Range of Motion
RR Resource Room
RTF Residential Treatment Facility
SCIS Special Class Integrated Setting
SSS Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome
SI Sensory Integration
SSI Social Security Income
SLI Sensory or Language Impairment
SS Standard Score
TAPS Test of Auditory-Perceptual Skills
TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Children
TDD Telecommunicating Devices for the Deaf
TOLD-2 Test of Language Development 2
UCP United Cerebral Palsy
VI Visual Impairment
VMI Visual Motor Integration
WAIS-R Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised
WIAT Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
WPPSI-R Wechsler preschool and primary Scale of Intelligence Revised
WRAT-3 Wide Range Achievement Test 3rd Edition
WISC-III Wechsler Intelligence Scale 3rd Edition
WJ-R Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery Revised

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