AA – Area Agency
ABD – Acquired Brain Disorder
ACA – Affordable Care Act
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ASD – Autism Spectrum Disorder
BD – Behavioral Disability
BDM – Bureau of Data Management
BDS – Bureau of Developmental Services
BI – Behavioral Interventionist
BPD – Borderline Personality Disorder
BSA – Basic Service Agreement
BSP – Behavior Support Plan
Bx – Behavioral
CAP – Community Action Plan
CB – Community Bridges
CD – Communication Disorder
CDC – Childhood Development Center
CDS – Communication Disorder Specialist
CEC – Council for Exception Children
CI – Complaint Investigation
CM – Case Management
CM – Case Manager or Case Management
COSF – Child Outcome Survey Form
CP – Cerebral Palsey
CPS – Community Participation Services
CQL – Council on Quality and Leadership
CR – Client Rights
CRC – Clinical Review Committee
CSS – Community Support Services
DBT – Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
DCYF – Division for Children, Youth and Families
DD – Developmental Disability
DFA – Division of Family Assistance
DHHS – Department of Health & Human Services
DRF – Designated Receiving Facility
DS – Down Syndrome
DSP – Direct Support Professional
Dx – Diagnosis
EA – Emergency Assistance
EEG – Electroencephalogram
EFC – Enhanced Family Care
EHA – Education for the Handicapped Act of 1975
EI – Early Intervention aka ESS Early Supports and Services
ESS – Early Supports and Services
FAP – Family Assistance Program
FAPE – Free and Appropriate Public Education
FDS – Family Directed Support
FMLA – Family Medical Leave Act
FY – Fiscal Year
HB – House Bill
HCBC – Home and Community Based Care
HI – Hearing or Health Impaired
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIS – In Home Supports
HR – Human Resources
HRC – Human Rights Committee
HRCL – High Risk Check List
HRIS – Human Resource information System
HRST – Health Risk Screening Tool
HV – Home Visit
IAC – Inter-Agency Advisory Committee
IC – Intake Coordinator
ID – Intellectual Disability
IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP – Individual Education Program
IFS – Individual & Family Supports
IFSP – Individual and Family Support Plan
IMH – Infant Mental Health
IR – Incident Report
IRC – Internal Review Committee
ISA – Individual Service Agreement
ISP – Individual Service Plan
ITS – Intensive Treatment Supports
JRA – Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
LD – Learning Disability
LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
LRMC – Local Risk Management Committee
LSC – Life Skills Coach
MD – Muscular Dystrophy
MDT – Multidisciplinary Team
MEAD – Medicaid for Employed Adults with Disabilities
MH – Mental Health
MOAB – Management of Aggressive Behavior
MS – Multiple Sclerosis
NCI – National Core Indicator
NFN – National Fathers Network
NHH – New Hampshire Hospital
OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCR – Office of Civil Rights
ODD – Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OOD – Out of District Placement
OPG – Office of Public Guardian
OSERS – Office of Special Education and Rehab Services
OT – Occupational Therapy
PCP – Person Centered Planning
PCP – Primary Care Physician
PCT – Person Centered Thinking
PDD – Autism
PDMS – Participant Directed and Managed Care
PM – Program Manager
PSB – Problematic Sexualized Behaviors
PTO – Paid Time Off
PT – Physical Therapy
QA – Quality Assurance
QI – Quality Improvement
RA – Risk Assessment
RDS – Residential and Day Services
RFP – Request for Proposal
RMP – Risk Management Plan
Rx – Prescription
SA/PA – Service Authorization/Prior Authorization
SC – Service Coordinator
SDS – Self Directed Services
SDSC – Self Directed Service Coordinator
SEP – Supported Employment Program
SIS – Supports Intensity Scale
SLD – Specific Learning Disability
SPU – Secure Psychiatric Unit
SRMC – Statewide Risk Management Committee
SS – Social Services
SSI – Social Security Income
SSL – Specialty Services
START – Systemic, Therapeutic, Assessment, Resource & Treatment
SW – Social Work
TA – Task Analysis
TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
TDD – Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf/Hearing Impaired
Tx – Treatment
VI – Visually Impaired
VR – Vocational Rehabilitation
WL – Wait List
