Acronyms with links:
AACAP - American Academy of Children & Adolescent Psychiatry - http://www.aacap.org/
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder - http://www.add.org/
AD/HD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/
ADRC - Aging and Disability Resource Center - http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/ltcare/adrc/
ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorder - http://www.cdc.gov/NCBDDD/autism/facts.html
AT - Assistive Technology - http://tnt.asu.edu/files/Brief_5_ATUse_8-24-09_final.pdf
CCCW - Community Care of Central Wisconsin - http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/ltcare/adrc/
CCLS - Creative Community Living Services - http://www.cclswi.com/
CCS - Children's Comprehensive Community Services - http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/aboutdhs/initiatives/budget/initiatives/mh/ccs.htm
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/
CESA - Cooperative Educational Service Agency - http://www.cesa1.k12.wi.us/about/cesas_in_wisconsin.cfm
CONNECT - The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge - http://www.fpg.unc.edu/node/2848
COL - Circles of Life conference - http://www.colwisconsin.org/
CoP on ASD/DD - Community of Practice on Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Developmental Disabilities - http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/connections/Community.php
CPIR - Center for Parent Information and Resources - http://www.parentcenterhub.org/
CYSHCN - Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs - http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/health/children/
New name, great service! CYSHCN is now Children’s Resource Center-North.
dhs.wi.gov/wiscway.
DAWN - Disability Awareness Wisconsin Network - http://www.wi-bpdd.org/projects/DAWN.cfm
DPI - Department of Public Instruction - http://dpi.state.wi.us/
DRW - Disability Rights Wisconsin - www.disabilityrightswi.org
DVR - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation - http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/
NECTAC - National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center - http://ectacenter.org/
EDS - Ehlers Danlos Syndrome - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002439/
ECTAC - Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center - http://ectacenter.org/
FACETS - Family Assistance Center for Education Training and Support - http://www.wifacets.org/programs
GDCW - Getting Down Central Wisconsin (Down Syndrome) - http://gettindowncentralwi.org/
HDWG - Health and Disability Working Group - http://www.hdwg.org/
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - http://idea.ed.gov/
IEP - Individual Education Plan - http://sped.dpi.wi.gov/files/sped/pdf/iepguide.pdf
IFSP - Individualized Family Services Plan -
http://www.ideainfanttoddler.org/pdf/IFSP_and_Transition_Regulations.pdf
IPE - Individual Plan for Employment - http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/info_ctr/ipe/default.htm
NCLD - National Center for Learning Disabilities - [email protected]
NCSET - National Center on Secondary Education and Transition - http://www.ncset.org/
NICHCY - National Dissemination for Children with Disabilities - http://nichcy.org/ (This site ended 9/30/14 - see CPIR for some resources)
NNPS - National Network of Partnership Schools - http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/
PACER - Public Access to Court Electronic Records - http://www.pacer.gov/
PDD - Pervasive Development Disorder (Autism Spectrum) - http://www.cdc.gov/NCBDDD/autism/facts.html
PIER - Parents Information and Education Resource - https://pierwi-info.weebly.com
PIP - Parents in Partnership - http://wspei.org/families/pip.php
POTS - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome -
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/postural_tachycardia_syndrome/postural_tachycardia_syndrome.htm
SAFE - Safety Awareness for Empowerment - http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/hrtw/publications.html
SDOM - School District of Marshfield, WI - http://www.marshfield.k12.wi.us/
SDS - Student Disability Services - http://sds.cornell.edu/
TFCT - Trauma-Focused Cognitive Therapy Certified Therapists https://tfcbt.org/members
VPL - Volunteer Parent Leader - FACETS Family Assistance Center for Education Training and Support -
http://www.wifacets.org/sites/default/files/docs/vlpbrochure.pdf
WCBVI - Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired - http://wcbvi.dpi.wi.gov/
WCDSS - Wood County Disability Supportive Services for kinship care -
http://www.co.wood.wi.us/Departments/Social/FamilyServices/Supportive.aspx
WIFACETS - Family Assistance Center for Education Training and Support - http://www.wifacets.org
WRC - Waisman Resource Center - http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/
WSTI - Wisconsin Statewide Transition Initiative - http://www.wsti.org/
YIPPE - Youth in Partnership with Parents for Empowerment - http://wspei.org/families/yippe.php
If you need to find out what other abbreviations stand for, check out the Acronym Finder link below.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
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