American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

American Association on Mental Retardation

American Academy of Pediatrics

see AUCD below

Applied Behavior Analysis

Administration for Children and Families (HHS)

Americans with Disabilities Act

Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Alternative Dispute Resolution

American Hospital Association

American Medical Association

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

American Nurses Association

American Occupational Therapy Association

American Psychological Association

American Public Health Association

Annual Performance Report

American Physical Therapy Association

The Arc (formerly the Association for Retarded Citizens)

Access to Respite Care and Help

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PL 111-5)

Autism Spectrum Disorders

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, also American School Health Association

Association of State and Territorial Health Officers

Assistive technology

Association of University Centers on Disabilities (formerly American Association of University Affiliated Programs)

Adequate Yearly Progress

Behavioral disorder

Bureau of Indian Education (U.S.)

Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education

Community Alternative Program

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

Community Access to Child Health

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities

Council of Chief State School Officers

Child Development Associate

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS)

Children's Defense Fund

Center for Developmental Science (at UNC)

Council for Exceptional Children

Center for Early Literacy Learning

Code of Federal Regulations

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders

see TRICARE

Council of Interagency Coordinating Council Chairs

Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring System

Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (HHS) (formerly HCFA, Health Care Financing Administration)

Continental U.S.

Community of Practice

Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education

National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations

Cerebral Palsy

Community Parent Resource Centers

Congressional Research Service (U.S. Library of Congress)

Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (HHS)

Center for Special Education Finance

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundation for Early Learning

Children with Special Health Care Needs

Children with Special Health Needs

Comprehensive System of Personnel Development

Child Welfare League of America

Data Accountability Center

Developmentally appropriate practice

Developmental delay, also Developmental disabilities

Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (NICHD) (formerly Mental Retardation Research Centers)

Division of Early Childhood (of the CEC)

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy

Dispute Resolution

Early childhood

Early Childhood Outcomes Center

Early childhood special education

U.S. Department of Education

Education Data Exchange Network

Education Department General Administrative Regulations

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

Early Head Start

Early intervention

Early Intervention Program

Early Learning Challenge Fund (Title IV of HR 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009)

Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Medicaid program)

Educational Resources Information Center

Educational Service Agency

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Free Appropriate Public Education

Freely Associated States of the Pacific, also Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Federal Interagency Coordinating Council

Full Time Equivalency

U.S. General Accountability Office

Grants and Contracts Services

General Education Provisions Act

Government Performance and Results Act

General Supervision Education Grant (OSEP)

see CMS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Health Insurance Association of America

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition

Health maintenance organization

High Objective Uniform State Standards of Evaluation

Highly Qualified Teacher

Health Resources and Services Administration (HHS)

Improving America's Schools Act

Interagency Coordinating Council

International Classification of Functionality

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

Independent Education Evaluation

Individualized Education Program

Institute of Education Sciences

Intermediate Education Unit

Individualized Family Service Plan

Individual Growth and Development Indicator

Institution of Higher Education

Indian Health Service (HHS)

Individual Program Planning

Infants and Toddlers Coordinators Association

Learning disability

Learning Disabilities Association

Local Education Agency

Leadership in Neurodevelopment and Related Disabilities

Limited English proficiency

Local Interagency Coordinating Council

Least restrictive environment

Maternal and Child Health

Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HHS)

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

Memorandum of Understanding

Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center

Mental retardation

Monitoring and State Improvement Planning Division of OSEP

Mid-South Regional Resource Center

National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies

National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions

National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Association for Family Child Care

National Academy of Sciences

National Association of State Boards of Education

National Association of State Directors of Special Education

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

National Association of State Mental Retardation Program Directors

National Association of School Nurses

National Association of School Psychologists

National Childcare Information Center

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health

No Child Left Behind

National Center for Research in Early Childhood Education

North Central Regional Resource Center

National Conference of State Legislatures

National Education Association

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

National Early Childhood Intervention Longitudinal Study

Northeast Regional Resource Center

National Governors Association

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HHS)

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

National Institute of Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research (OSERS)

National Institute of Health (HHS)

National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard

National Institute of Mental Health (HHS)

National Organization for Rare Disorders

National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders

National Professional Development Center on Inclusion

Notice of Proposed Rule Making

Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED)

Office of Human Development Services

U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Office of Special Education Programs (in OSERS)

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED)

Occupational therapy

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights

Program Assessment Rating Tool

Positive Behavior Support

Parent and Child Center (Head Start)

Pervasive developmental disorder - Not otherwise specified

Performance Based Data Management Initiative

Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study

Preferred Provider Organization

Physical therapy

Parent Training and Information Centers

Recognition and Response

Request for proposals

Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers

Regional Resource Center Program

Response-to-Intervention

Research to Practice Division of OSEP

Race to the Top Fund

State Children's Health Insurance Program

Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs

Services for Children with Special Health Needs

State Education Agency

State Early Childhood Comprehensive System Initiative (MCH)

Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study

Special Education Program for Pacific Island Entities

Southeast Regional Resource Center

State Interagency Coordinating Council

State Improvement Grant

State Improvement Plan

Sick Kids Need Involved People

Specific Learning Disabilities

Speech-language pathologist

State Personnel Development Grant

Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education

State Performance Plan

Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (MCHB)

Social Security Administration

Supplemental Security Income

Specialized Training of Military Parents

Training and Technical Assistance

Technical assistance

Technical Assistance Coordination Center

Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (HHS)

The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

Telecommunication Device for the Deaf/Teletype

Tracking, Referral and Assessment Center for Excellence

Military Health Care System (formerly Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services or CHAMPUS)

United States Code (Laws)

See UCEDD

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service (formerly University Affiliated Programs or UAPs)

United Cerebral Palsy

Women, Infants and Children (Special Supplemental Food Program)

Western Regional Resource Center

What Works Clearinghouse