| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADL |
Activities of Daily Living |
| ADS |
Adult Day Services |
| ADT |
Adult Development Training |
| AE |
Administrative Entity |
| AS |
Asperger Syndrome |
| ASD |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| AT |
Assistive Technology |
| ATF |
Adult Training Facility |
| BIP |
Behavior Intervention Plan |
| BSE |
Bureau of Special Education |
| BSU |
Base Service Unit |
| CAO |
County Assistance Office |
| CASSP |
Child and Adolescent Service System Program |
| CLA |
Community Living Arrangement |
| CMS |
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| DD |
Developmental Disability or Dual Diagnosis |
| DPW |
Department of Public Welfare |
| DRN |
Disability Rights Network |
| ED |
Emotional Disturbance |
| EDL |
Everyday Lives |
| EI |
Early Intervention |
| EPSDT |
Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment |
| ER |
Evaluation Report |
| ESY |
Extended School Year |
| FBA |
Functional Behavioral Assessment |
| FBVR |
Facility Based Vocational Rehabilitation |
| FC |
Facilitated Communication |
| FLP |
Family Living Provider |
| FSS |
Family Support Services |
| HCBS |
Home and Community Based Services |
| HCQU |
Health Care Quality Unit |
| HCSIS |
Home and Community Services Information System |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HRP |
Health Risk Profile |
| ICF/MR |
Intermediate Care Facility/Mental Retardation |
| ICM |
Intensive Case Management |
| IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEP |
Individual Education Plan or Program |
| IM |
Incident Management |
| IM4Q |
Independent Monitoring for Quality |
| ISO |
International Standards Organization or Intermediary Service Organization |
| ISP |
Individual Support Plan |
| IU |
Intermediate Unit |
| LEA |
Local Education Agency |
| LMS |
Learning Management System |
| LOC |
Level of Care |
| LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
| MA |
Medical Assistance |
| MDT |
Multidisciplinary Team |
| MH/MR |
Mental Health/Mental Retardation |
| MPI |
Master Provider Index |
| OA |
Operating Agreement |
| OCDEL |
Office of Child Development and Early Learning |
| OCS |
Office of Developmental Programs Consulting System |
| OCYF |
Office of Children, Youth and Families |
| ODP |
Office of Developmental Programs |
| ODR |
Office for Dispute Resolution |
| OMAP |
Office of Medical Assistance Programs |
| OMHSAS |
Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services |
| OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs |
| OVR |
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| P/FDS |
Person/Family Directed Support Waiver |
| PA Plus |
Supplemental questions for Pennsylvania that accompany the SIS |
| PAC |
Planning and Advisory Committee (to the Office of Developmental Programs) |
| PaTTAN |
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network |
| PCBH |
Personal Care Boarding Home |
| PCP |
Person Centered Planning |
| PDD |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
| PDE |
Pennsylvania Department of Education |
| PLF |
Private Licensed Facility (Interim Care) |
| PM |
Program Manager |
| PROMISe |
Provider Reimbursement and Operation Management Information System |
| PUNS |
Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services |
| QI or QM |
Quality Initiative or Quality Management |
| QMRP |
Qualified Mental Retardation Professional |
| SC |
Supports Coordinator |
| SEA |
State Educational Agency |
| SEP |
Supported Employment Program |
| SES |
Supported Employment Service |
| SIS |
Supports Intensity Scale |
| SSA |
Social Security Administration |
| SSD |
Services and Supports Directory |
| SSDI |
Social Security Disability Income |
| SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
| TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TSM |
Targeted Service Management |
| TSS |
Therapeutic Staff Support |
| VB |
Verbal Behavior |
| VF/EAFMS |
Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent Fiscal Management Services |
| WC-HS |
Warren County Human Services |
| WCSD |
Warren County School District |