Glossary
Below are the definitions to key terms and abbreviations used throughout this site.
- CED - Center for Excellence in Disabilities at West Virginia University
- Comprehensive Interventions - Intervention which includes ecological changes, immediate antecedent changes, skill building techniques, and consequence manipulations.
- EBS - Effective Behavior Supports. Another term for Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and Positive Behavior Interventions & Strategies (PBIS). Although the least common of the terms, it may be used interchangably with PBS and PBIS.
- Ed. - Editor
- Functional Assessment - A process for identifying clear, predictive relationships between events in a person’s environment and occurrences of a challenging behavior. A functional assessment is not a data collection form. A functional assessment is not an event.
- IDEA - Individuals with Diabilities Education Improvement Act
- MD - Maryland
- Multi-component interventions - Another term for comprehensive interventions. May be used interchangably with the term comprehensive interventions.
- OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs
- PBIS - Positive Behavior Interventions & Strategies. Another term for Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and Effective Behavior Supports (EBS). Although not as common as the term Positive Behavior Support, it is more common that Effective Behavior Supports and may be used interchangably with the terms EBS and PBS.
- PBS - Positive Behavior Support. PBS offers a proactive process for addressing behavioral challenges, teaching adaptive skills and improving quality of life. Another term for Effective Behavior Supports (EBS) and Positive Behavior Interventions & Strategies (PBIS). It is the most common of these three terms.
- PDF - Portable Document Format
- Person-Centered Planning - Variety of tools or techniques used to assist in determining what a person wants and needs.
- QMRP - Qualified Mental Retardation Professional
- WV - West Virginia
- WVDE - West Virginia Department of Education
- WVDHHR - West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
- WV APBS - West Virginia Association for Positive Behavior Support Network
