Common Acroynms used in Early Intervention

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
DD Developmental Disability
DHH Deaf or Hard of Hearing
DHS Minnesota Department of Human Services
EBD Emotional Behavioral Disorder
ECFE Early Childhood Family Education
ECSE Early Childhood Special Education
ESL English as a Second Language
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FAS Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEIC Interagency Early Intervention Committee
IEP Individual Education Plan
IFSP Individual Family Service Plan
IIIP Individual Interagency Intervention Plan
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MA Medical Assistance
MDE Minnesota Department of Education
MDH Minnesota Department of Health
MI Mental Illness
MR Mental Retardation
NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
OHI Other Health Impaired
OT Occupational Therapy
PACER Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
PCA Personal Care Attendant
PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PHN Public Health Nurse
PI Physically Impaired
PT Physical Therapy
SPED Special Education
SPL Speech / Language
SSI Supplemental Security Income
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TEFRA Tax Equity Fiscal Responsibility Act
VI Visually Impaired
WIC Women, Infants, and Children