AB Assembly Bill (California State Assembly) 

ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis 

ABCBA Association of Board Certified Behavior Analysts ABIC Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children 

ABS Adaptive Behavior Scales 

ACRC/RC Alta California Regional Center 

ADD/ADHD Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ARCA Association of Regional Center Agencies 

ASA Autism Society of America 

ASD Autistic-Spectrum Disorder 

BCBA Board Certified Behavior Analyst 

BIP Behavior Intervention Plan 

CalABA California Association for Behavior Analysis 

CAC Community Advisory Committee/Counsel on Special Education C.C.R California Code of Regulations 

CASE Community Alliance for Special Education 

CDE California Department of Education 

C.F.R Code of Federal Regulations 

CH Communicatively Handicapped 

CMH Community Mental Health 

DD Developmentally Disabled 

DDS Department of Developmental Services (California) DHS Department of Health Services 

DRC Disability Rights California  

EAT Early Autism Treatment 

EI Early Intervention 

EIBT Early Intensive Behavioral Treatment 

FA Functional Analysis 

FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education 

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

IEE Independent Educational Evaluation 

IEP Individualized Education Plan

IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan 

IPP Individual Program Plan 

ID Intellectual Disability 

IQ Intelligence Quotient 

LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

LEA Local Education Agency 

LEP Limited English Proficient 

LRE Least Restrictive Environment 

MFCC Marriage, Family and Child Counselor 

NPS Non Public School 

NPA Non Public Agency 

OAH Office of Administrative Hearings 

OCR Office of Civil Rights 

OT/PT Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy 

PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified PECS Picture Exchange Communication System RSP Resource Specialist Program 

SC Service Coordinator 

SDC Special Day Class 

SED Severely Emotionally Disturbed 

SELPA Special Education Local Plan Area 

SI Sensory Integration 

SLP Speech and Language Pathologist 

ST Speech Therapy or Therapist 

TACA Talk About Curing Autism 

VABS Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales 

WISC-III Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III More Acronyms 

EO Establishing Operation 

AO Abolishing Operation 

MO Motivating Operation 

CRP Contingent Reinforcement Postponement CTD Constant Time Delay 

EIBT Early Intensive Behavioral Training ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis 

ABC Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence ADA Americans with Disabilities Act 

BCBA Board Certified Behavior Analyst BCaBA Board Certified Associate Behavior Analyst

BIP Behavior Intervention Plan 

DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 

DTT Discrete Trial Training 

EI Early Intervention 

EIBI Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention FA Functional Analysis 

FBA Functional Behavior Assessment 

IBI Intensive Behavioral Intervention 

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Act 

IEP Individual Education Plan 

IOA Inter-Observer Agreement 

LRE Least Restrictive Environment 

MAS Motivation Assessment Scale 

PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education SD Discriminative Stimulus 

R Response 

SR Reinforcing Stimulus 

MT Mass Trial 

ET Expanded Trial 

EOL Object Labels-Expressive 

ROL Object Labels-Receptive 

CRF Continuous Reinforcement 

PTM Planning Team Meeting 

INT Intermittent Schedule of Reinforcement VT Variable Time 

VR Variable Ratio 

VI Variable Interval 

CS Conditioned Stimulus 

DRA Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior DRO Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior DRI Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior DRL Differential Reinforcement of Lower Rates Behavior EXT Extinction 

FT Fixed Time 

FI Fixed Interval 

FCT Functional Communication Training HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HP High Preference 

IRT Interresponse Time 

NCR Noncontingent Reinforcement 

NS Neutral Stimulus 

COP Correct on Probe 

CR Correct Response

SP Prompting Stimulus 

BX Behavior 

ROI Release of Information 

SIB Self Injurious Behavior 

SIBIS Self Injurious Behavior Inhibiting System SITS Self Injury Trauma Scale 

DRD Differential Reinforcement of Diminishing Rates DRH Differential Reinforcement of High Rates DNR Differential Negative Reinforcement S-R Stimulous Response 

US Unconditioned Stimulous 

UR Unconditioned Reinforcer 

UP Unconditioned Punishers 

UE Unconditioned Elicitor