Mental Health Services
Division of Human Services
Third Floor, 27 Warren Street
Somerville, NJ 08876
(908) 704-6300
National Alliance on Mental Illness
3803 N. Fairfax Dr., Ste. 100
Arlington, VA 22203
1 (800) 950-NAMI (6264)
Catholic Charities
540 U.S. 22
Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0405
(908) 722-1881
Princeton House Behavioral Health
905 Herrontown Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
1 (800) 242-2550 or (609) 497-3300
Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center
500 North Bridge Street
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 725-2800
Abbreviations/Acronyms Related to Special Services
AAC or AC= Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ABA= Applied Behavior Analysis
ACT= Adapted Cuing Technique
ADA= American with Disabilities Act
ADD= Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD= Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder
ADL= Activities for Daily Living
AFO= Ankle-Foot Orthotics
AHA= American Hyperlexia Association
AIT= Auditory Integrated Training
AOS= Apraxia of Speech
ARC= Association for Retarted Citizens
APD= Auditory Processing Disorder
APE= Adapted Physical Education
AS= Asperger’s Syndrome
ASA= Autism Society of America
ASD= Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASHA= American Speech Language Hearing Assoc.
ASL= American Sign Language
AT= Assistive Technology
AYP= Adequate Yearly Progress
BIP= Behavior Intervention Plan
BMP= Behavior Management Plan
CA= Chronological Age
CAH= Care At Home
CAPD= Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CAS= Childhood Apraxia of Speech
CBI= Community Based Instruction
CD= Cognitive Disability
CEC= Council of Exceptional Children
CP= Cerebral Palsy
DAS= Developmental Apraxia of Speech
DCD= Developmental Coordination Disorder
DD= Developmental Disabled or Developmentally Delayed
DDD= Division of Developmental Disabilities
DOB= Date of Birth
DS= Down Syndrome
DSI or SID= Dysfunction of Sensory Integration
DTT= Discrete Trial Teaching
DVD= Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia
DX= Diagnosis
EBD= Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
EI= Early Intervention
EISP= Early Intervention Service Program
ENT= Ear, Nose and Throat
ESY= Extended School Year
FAPE= Free Appropriate Public Education
FAS= Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FC= Facilitated Communication
FSP= Family Support Plan
GF/CF= Gluten-Free/Cassin-Free Diet
GT= Gifted and Talented Definition
HFA=High Functioning Autism
HI= Hearing Impaired
HOH= Hard of Hearing
HOTS= Higher Order Thinking Skills
ID= Intellectual Disability
IDEA= Individuals With Disabilities Education
IEP= Individualized Education Plan
IFSP= Individualized Family Service Plan
ILC= Independent Living Center
IQ= Intelligence Quotient
IRR= Interrelated Resource
SLD= Specific Learning Disability
LD= Learning Disabled
LLD= Language-based Learning Disability
LFA= Low Functioning Autism
LRE= Least Restrictive Environment
MBD= Minimal Brain Dysfuntion
MD= Muscular Dystrophy
MH= Multiply Handicapped or Multiple Disabilities
MID= Mild Intellectual Disability
MIT= Melodic Intonation Therapy
MRI= Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NCLB= No Child Left Behind
NDT= Neurodevelopmental Treatment
NICI= Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NT= Neurologically Typical
OCD= Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
ODD= Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OHI= Other Health Impairment
OI= Orthopedic Impairment
OT= Occupational Therapy or Occupational Therapist
PACT= Parent and Childhood Training
PDD= Pervasive Development Disorder
PDD-NOS= Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified
PECS= Picture Exchange Communication System
PICU= Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
PT= Physical Therapy or Physical Therapist
PTSD= Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
ROM= Range of Motion
RS= Related Services
SI= Speech Impairment or Sensory Integration
SIB= Self-Injurious Behavior
SID= Sensory Integration Dysfunction
SLI= Speech Language impairment
SLP= Speech Language Pathology or Speech Language Pathologist
SPD= Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder
SPED= Special Education
SSA= Social Security Administration
SSD= Social Security Disability
ST= Speech Therapy
TBI= Traumatic Brain Injury
TS= Tourette Syndrome
TX= Treatment
VI= Visually Impairment
WNL= Within Normal Limits
