Improvement Plan Intensive Learning Center Independent Living Incorporated / Multiple Disabilities Severely Mentally Impaired Special Education Partnership / Pediatrics Adult Abuse Registry American Association of Retired Persons Assuring Better Child Health / Advocacy Physician’s Assistant Pharmaceutical / Life Centered Career Education Local Educational Agency Limited / A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital / Intelligence Quotient (test) Independent Resources Incorporated / ICAP / Development Program / Program Child Indicators Subgroup Community Legal Aid Society Inc. / Program Delaware State Transition Website Delaware Transit Corporation / Assessment Subgroup / Agency for Healthcare Research / Brain Injury Augmentative Communication Affordable Care Act / Stillbirth Commission & Work Group / Programming Subgroup / Delaware Inc. / /
Country
United States / /
Event
Product Issues / M&A / /
Facility
Profit Organization National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center National Training Institute / University of Delaware / Research Delaware Institute of Medical Education / Homeland Security Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association Delaware Institute / Enhancement Grant House Bill Historically Black College / Hospital Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Assisted Living Adult Life Skills Area Median Income Administrative Manual / Building Access / Services Delaware Family Voices Delaware Housing Coalition Delaware Hospital / University Home / Employment Institute / Castle County Pediatric Association New Castle County Vo-Tech National Center / Behavioral Health Services Delaware Psychiatric Center / Intermediate Care Facility / /
OperatingSystem
ISIS / /
Organization
Department of Labor / National Disability Rights Network National Governor’s Association National Information Center for Children / Department of Transportation Delaware Emergency Management Agency Delaware Parent / Children and Families Division of Child Mental Health Services Division of Child Protective Services Developmental Disability Developmental Disabilities Council Division of Developmental Disabilities Services / Division of Prevention / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Child Death / Near Death and Stillbirth Commission / Council for Exceptional Children Collaborative Efforts / National Center for Special Education Personnel / Prevention and Behavioral Health Services Delaware Psychiatric Center Delaware Physicians Care Insurance Division of Public Health Delaware Passport / Planning and Monitoring Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant Child Outcomes Work Group Cerebral Palsy Child Protective Services Center for Quality Special Education Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales / National Alliance / Health Impaired office of Special Education Programs / Career Development and Transition Department of Children / Medicaid Services Certified Nursing Assistant Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Equality / Social Services Department / Delaware Housing Coalition Delaware Hospital / Intellectual Disabilities Division of Family / Education National Association of State Directors / Delaware School Nurses Association Delaware State Parent Advisory Committee Division of Social Services Delaware Student Testing Program Delaware State Transition Website Delaware Transit Corporation Delaware Department of Technology / Advisory Council on Aging / Delaware School Boards Association Division of Services for Children / RPC Regional Placement Committee / ADD ADHD ADL AFP AGEC AHRQ AI AI DuPont AIDS AL ALS AMI AMSES ANCDRP APE APR APRN APS ARC/DE ARRA ASDC ASD ASD ASHA ASL Advisory Committee on Education of Individuals / Association for the Rights of Citizens / Services Children’s Health Insurance Program Child Indicators Subgroup Community Legal Aid Society / MA MAP / National Dissemination Center for Children / Child Care Health Consultants New York Merger / Acquisition and Collaboration Fund Organization of Adult Alumni and Students / Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens / American Civil Liberties Union / Department of Natural Resources / Mental Illness-DE Chapter National Association of State Boards / Deaf/Blind Delaware Advisory Council on Career and Vocational Education Delaware Alternate Portfolio Assessment Delaware Authority Rapid Transit / Council for Exceptional Children / Employment Institute for Problem Prevention / Department of Education / Service office of Civil Rights / Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health / Society of General Internal Medicine Special Health Care Need Self Help for Hard of Hearing People / Delaware Alternate Assessment Program Delaware Association / Teacher Quality Center for Youth and Adults / Distance Adult Learning Division of Career Development / Deaf Children/DE Chapter Autism Society / Hearing Loss Architectural Accessibility Board American Academy / University of Delaware / Technology and Information Drug Utilization Review Division for the Visually Impaired / Council for Children / Homeland Security Delaware State Implementation Project / Medicare / Intervention Taskforce Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Division of Services for Aging and Adults / Social Security Administration / Medical Society / Families Delaware State Dental Society Delaware State Education Association Delaware Speech-Language-Hearing Association / Delaware Workforce Investment Board Delaware Youth Leadership Initiative Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services Children Having Opportunities / Interagency Council for Children and Families / Quality Assurance National Dissemination Center for Children / Teacher Education and Certification National Center on Secondary Education / Hearing/Partial Deafness Hearing Impaired Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Hearing Loss Association of Delaware Health Management Organization Hearing officer Housing Opportunities for Persons / Motor Vehicles Delaware National Association of Social Workers Did Not Go / Delaware State Housing Authority Diamond State Health Plan Delaware Department of Safety / Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Oppositional Defiance Disorder Office / office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services / PIC Parent Information Center of Delaware / System Division of Prevention / Local School District / Medical Education and Research Disabilities Law Program Division / Statewide Curriculum Cadre SCPD State Council for Persons / Special Needs Parent Teacher Association Community Advisory Council / Act American Society / Community-Based Services General Education Diploma Governor Bacon Health Center Government Information Center General Supervision and Enhancement Grant House Bill Historically Black College / Equal Employment Opportunities Commission / Interagency Council for Children / Division of Vocational Rehabilitation / Client Assistance Program Corrective Action Plan Comprehensive Assessment System Court Appointed Special Advocate Coordinating Council for Children / Nurse Practitioner Nurse Practices Act Non-Profit Organization National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants New York Merger / Association for Gifted / Physical Disabilities Government Accountability Office Governor’s Commission / Exceptional Citizens Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging and Adults / Special Education National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education / Disability Education and Awareness Program Delaware Association / Secondary Education and Transition National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education / Division of Aging / Association for Severely Handicapped / National Center for Education Statistics National Association for the Education / Commission on Building Access / National Center for Improving Teacher Quality / Daily Living Alliance for Full Participation Access / Department of Health and Human Services / Department of Health / Center for Disabilities Studies / Delaware Institute of Medical Education / GACEC / Social Work National Association of Early Childhood Specialists / Qualified Health Care Center / Delaware Aspergers Support and Advocacy Group Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative Deaf/Blind Delaware Business Leadership Network Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System Delaware Center / Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association Delaware Institute for Dental Education / Client and Agency Planning Inclusive Comprehensive Assessment System Interagency Coordinating Council / Natural Resources & Environmental Control Department / Delaware Department of Transportation / New Castle County Pediatric Association New Castle County Vo-Tech National Center / Therapeutic Parent Advisory Committee / DVR DWIB DYLI DYRS Early CHOICES Division of Mental Retardation / /
Person
AL ALS AMI AMSES ANCDRP / NGA NICHCY NIMAS NCLB NP / DART DASAG DATI / ABI AC ACA ACLU ADA / Severe Mental / ACA ACLU ADA ADA ADRC / LEA LEP LIHTC LOF LOP / ASHA ASL / ARRA ASDC ASD ASD ASHA / IDA IDEA IDEALR IDEIA IED / Youth / /
Position
GACAAPD GAO GCCBAID GCBACS GED GBHC GIC GSEG HB / PAS Personal Assistant Services / Special Education Services Abuse/Neglect Child Death Review Panel Adapted Physical Education Annual Performance Report Advanced Practice Registered Nurse / General / Physical Therapist / Occupational Therapist / Spoken Language Specialists Medical Administrator / Teacher / Governor / Coordinator / Registered Nurse / Case Manager Centers / Language Impaired Speech Language Pathologist Speech Language Pathologist Assistant / Transition Coordinator Telecommunications / / /
Product
POMS / A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Assisted Living Adult Life Skills Area Median Income Administrative Manual / PIC Parent Information Center / Technical Assistance The Association / Special Education Partnership / Office / Speech Language Pathologist Speech Language Pathologist Assistant Severe Mental Handicap / /
ProgrammingLanguage
C / E / /
ProvinceOrState
Rhode Island / Delaware / /
Technology
Information Technology / Coordinator CAP CAP CAS CASA CCCD CCCP CCDF CCMS CDC CDNDSB CDS CEC CERTS CFR ChADD CHINS CHIP / OCR / DSD / Voice Recognition / artificial intelligence / ISP / DLP / /
ACRONYM LIST Updated February 2014 The following list of acronyms was compiled by GACEC members and staff to assist members and visitors in developing a better understanding of discussions at GACEC meetings. We apologize