Commonly Used Acronyms for Arizona Services

Commonly Used Acronyms

ADE/DOB- Arizona Department of Education

AHCCCS-Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

ASDB-Arizona School for the Deaf and the Blind

ALTCS/LTC-Arizona Long-Term Care System

APIPA-Arizona Physician's Independent Practice Association

AzElP-Arizona Early Intervention Program

CE-Conductive Education

CRS-Children's Rehabilitative Services

DD-Developmental Disability/Developmental Delay

DDD-Division of Developmental Disabilities

DES-Department of Economic Security

DHS-Department of Health Services

ESY-Extended School Year

FACT-Families Actively Communicating Together

FAPE-Free, Appropriate Public Education

HBOT-hyperbaric oxygen therapy

HCBS-Home and Community Based Services

IDEA-Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEP-Individualized Education Plan

IFS-Individual Family Service Plan

IHS-Indian Health Services

ISPP-Individual Service and Program Plan

MCP-Mercy Care Plan

OSHCN-Office of Special Health Care Needs

OT-Occupational Therapy

PAS-Pre-Admission Screening

PCP-Primary Care Physician

PT-Physical Therapy

RSANR-Rehabilitation Services Administration/Vocational Rehabilitation

SDR-Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy

SI-Sensory Integration Therapy

SSI-Supplemental Security Income (Social Security Administration)

ST-Speech Therapy

WIC-Women, Infants and Children Program