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Abbreviations List
- ABA = Applied Behavior Analysis
- ABA = Applied Behavior Analysis (therapy method)
- AD/HD = The DSM-IV eliminated the diagnosis ofADD and replaced it with
AD/HD (for Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder). The specifiers for
subtypes for this disorder are Predominantly Inattentive, Predominantly
Hyperactive or Combined
- ADA = The Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder. Now replaced by AD/HD
- ADD-RT = ADD that lasts into Adulthood is referred to as ADD-RT (Residual
Type)
- ADHD = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- AEA = Area Education Agency, provides support services to
- AIT = Auditory Integration Training
(Berard AIT)
- AIT = Advanced Individual Training or Auditory Integration Therapy
- APD = Auditory Processing Disorder
- AS = Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum)
- ASD = Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ASPIE = A person with Asperger's Syndrome
- AUTIE = A person with Autism
- BIL = Brother-In-Law
- BIP = Behavior Improvement Plan
- BMP = Behavior Management Plan
- BP = Bi-Polar (formerly called 'manic depressive')
- CAPD = Central Auditory Processing Disorder
- CARS = Childhood Autism Rating Scale (diagnostic and evaluation tool)
- CAT Scan = Computer Axial Tomography - a scan using an x-ray machine linked
to a computer that produces a scan in cross sections catalog of medical
diagnoses)
- CF = Cystic Fibrosis
- CF = Casein Free (milk protein)
- CFS = Chronic fatigue syndrome
- CNS = Central Nervous System
- CP = Cerebral Palsy
- CVPD = Central Vision Processing Disorder
- DAS = Developmental Apraxia of Speech
- DCD = Development Coordination Disorder (DSM IV 315.4)
- DD = Darling Daughter (in email)
- DD = Developmentally Delayed
- DD = Development Disorder/Developmental Disabilities
- DH = Darling Husband (in email)
- DH = Developmentally Handicapped (used in some areas instead of DD)
- DHH = Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- DMG = Dimethyl Glycine (a supplement)
- DSM = Disablity Statistical Manual (enormous industry-standard
- DSM-IV = Diagnostic Statistical Manual (edition IV) the current
- DSMR = Diagnostic Statistical Manual (Revised)
- DSPS = Disabled Students' Programs and Services
- DVD = Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia
- DX = Diagnosis
- EBD = Emotional Behavior Disorder
- ECG = ElectroCardioGram - records electrical activity in the heart
- EEG = ElectroEncephaloGram - records electrical brain-wave activity in the
brain
- EI = Early Intervention
- FAPE = Free Appropriate Public Education
- FBA = Functional Behavioral Assessment
- FC = Facilitated Communication
- FDA = Food and Drug Administration
- FIL = Father-In-Law
- FSP = Family Support Plan
- GF = Gluten Free (protein in small grains)
- GFCF = Gluten Free / Casein Free diet
- GI = Gastro Intestinal
- GT/LD = Gifted, Talented & Learning Disabled
- HFA = High Functioning Autism (autism without mental retardation, e.g. w/IQ
of 70 or higher)
- HI = Hearing Impaired (all of us in general)
- IDEA = Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
- IEP = Individual Education Plan
- IQ = Intelligence Quotient
- LD = Learning Disabilities/Differences
- LDA = Learning Disabilities Association
- LF = Lactose Free (milk sugar)
- LFA = Low Functioning Autism
- LI = Lactose Intolerant
- M-D = Manic Depression (Bipolar depression)
- MDO = Major Depressive Disorder
- MDT = Multidisciplinary Team (teacher, SLP, OT, psych and mental retardation, e.g. w/IQ lower than 70)
- MIL = Mother-in-Law
- MR = Mental Retardation, Mentally Retarded (IQ less than 70)
- MRI = Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- NLD = Nonverbal Learning Disability
- NOD = Not Otherwise Defined, Often appears alot with DX by psychologists
- NOS = Not of Specific Origin/Not Otherwise Specified (usually
- NT = Neurologically Typical (no diagnosable neurological disorder)
- NVLD = Non-verbal learning disability
- OCD = Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- ODD = Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- OT = Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapy
- PDD = Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- PDD/NOS = Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified
- PECS = Picture Exchange Communication System
- PET Scan = Postronic Emission Tomography (a nuclear scan that measures blood
flow in brain, heart etc.) \
- PLAN = Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network
- PT = Physical Therapist or Physical Therapy
- SAH Mom or SAHM= Stay at home Mom
- SI = Sensory Integration
- SID or DSI = Sensory Integrative (or Integration) Disorder/Dysfunction
- SIDS = Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- SLP = Speech Language Pathologist
- SLT = Speech Language Therapist
- SPD = Sensory Processing Disorder (new name for SID or DSI)
- SPED = Special Education - also used in referring to a Special Ed Teacher
- SSRI = Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor - antidepressant medication
includes Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft
- TASK = Team of Advocates for Special Kids
- TEACCH = Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication
Handicapped Children
- TS = Tourette Syndrome
- VQ = Verbal IQ
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