North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten Program:
Free pre-k for at risk 4 year olds.
What is NC Pre-K?
100
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Established that children with disabilities have a right to a public education.
What is IDEA?
100
Child/Family Teams.
A team which allows the family to be including in creating, supporting, and making decisions about the child's plan.
What is CFT?
100
National Association for the Education of Young Children.
What is NAEYC?
100
What is the Department of Public Instruction
What is DPI?
200
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program:
state-funded Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, a preschool program that provides free services and support to eligible children and their families, including preschool, family support and parent involvement, and child health and nutrition services.
What is ECEAP?
200
Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.
A law requiring employers, including University, to identify Mandated Reporters and secure acknowledgement of their status and reporting obligation as a condition of employment.
What is CANRA?
200
Individualized Education Plan
What is an IEP?
200
Local Interagency Coordinating Council. Community based advisory groups
What is LICC?
200
Division of Child Development and Early Childhood Education
What is DCDEE?
300
The Child and Adult Care Food Program:
A federally funded program that serves more than 3.3 million children and insures they receive nutritious meals and snacks through their child care program.
What is CACFP?
300
No child left behind:
An act through the US department of Education that ensures all children are receiving the same education regardless of geographic location or socioeconomic status.
What is NCLB?
300
North Carolina Assistive Technology Program:
Provides services to children and adults of all disabilities and their families to ensure they receive the care and resources they need. They also provide free services to agencies and schools.
What is NCATP?
300
American Montessori Society.
Non-profit, member supported organization based in New York City that aims to provide support and leadership in Montessori education.
What is AMS?
300
Children's Developmental Services Agency
What is the CDSA?
400
Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting:
supports pregnant women and families and helps at-risk parents of children from birth to kindergarten entry tap the resources and hone the skills they need to raise children who are physically, socially and emotionally healthy and ready to learn.
What is MIECHV?
400
Adoptions and Safe Families Act:
Shortened the length of foster care and ensured children's safety and health was the number one priority for child welfare agencies.
What is ASFA?
400
Pervasive Developmental Disorder:
a group of social and emotional developmental delays closely related to the autism spectrum.
What is PDD?
400
National Association of Family Child Care -
a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support and accreditation of family childcare.
What is NAFCC?
400
Department of Children and Families:
provides aid to families and children by providing jobs to parents, protecting children from abuse ad neglect, finding the resources that families and children need, etc.
What is DCF?
500
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
designed to help needy families achieve self-sufficiency. States receive block grants to design and operate programs that accomplish one of the purposes of the TANF program.
What is TANF?
500
Protection and Advocacy.
A federally mandated system that protects and advocates for the rights of people with disabilities.
What is P & A?
500
American Academy of Pediatrics:
an organization of 64,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
What is AAP?
500
American Occupational Therapy Association -
national professional association established in 1917 to represent the interests and concerns of occupational therapy practitioners and students of occupational therapy and to improve the quality of occupational therapy services.