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COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS
{A-C} {D-E} {F-I} {K-M} {N-O} {P-U} {V-Z}
ACEI: Association for Childhood Education International
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
APPLE: Accredited Professional Preschool Learning Environment
ASL: American Sign Language
ASQ: Ages and Stages Questionnaires
CARD: Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
CDA: Child Development Associate (National)
CDA-E: Child Development Associate (National)-Equivalency
CDF: Children's Defense Fund
CEU: Continuing Education Unit
COA: Council On Accreditation
COR: Child Observation Record
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DAP: Developmentally Appropriate Practice
DCAP: Developmentally and Culturally Appropriate Practice
DCF: Florida Department of Children and Families
DECA: Deveraux Early Childhood Assessment
DIBELS: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
DOE: Department of Education
ECA: Early Childhood Association of Florida
ECERS-R: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Revised
ECPC: Early Childhood Professional Certificate (a CDA-E)
ELM: Early Literacy Matters
ECHOS: Early Childhood Observation System
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
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ESL: English as a Second Language
ESOL: English for Speakers of Other Languages
FAIR: Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading
FCCERS-R: Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale – Revised
FCCPC: Florida Child Care Professional Credential (a CDA-E)
FDLRS: The Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System
FIC: Family Involvement Connections
FLKRS: Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener
FRANC: Fathers Resource and Networking Center
FS: Florida Statutes
FTE: Full-Time Equivalent
HECA: Hillsborough Early Childhood Association
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
IEP: Individualized Education Plan/Program
IFSP: Individualized Family Service Plan
ITERS-R: Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale – Revised
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KTP: Kindergarten Transition Program
KWL: what children Know; what they Want to learn; what they have Learned
LEP: Limited English Proficiency
LRE: Least Restrictive Environment
NAC: National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and Education Programs
NACCP: National Association for Child Care Professionals
NAEYC: National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAFCC: National Association of Family Childcare
NCLB: No Child Left Behind
NICHD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NIEER: National Association for Early Education Research
PAS: Program Administration Scale
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PDD: Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PECS: Picture Exchange Communication System
PITCH: Program to Increase the Early Childhood Training Capacity in Hills. Co.
PSP: Parent Services Project
PSST: Positive Social Skills Training/Teaching
RFP: Request For Proposals
SACS: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test
SECA: Southern Early Childhood Association
SACERS: School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale
SAFE: Supervision, Age-appropriate, Fall surfacing, Equipment maintenance
SES: Supplemental Education Services or Socio-Economic Status
TEACH: Teacher Education And Compensation Helps scholarship program
VPK: Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
WOYC: Week of the Young Child
ZPD: Zone of Proximal/Personal Development
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