Definitions

ASHA - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: A professional organization for speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

Elmo Document Camera/Visualizer - A remote peripheral capable of presenting textural data or pictures.

FERPA - Family Education Rights and Privacy Act: A federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.

HIPPA - Health Insurance Potability and Accountability Act (U.S. 1996.

IEP - Individualized Education Plan: A written individualized education plan for students requiring special education services.

NOMS - National Outcomes Measurement System: A measure to assess an individual's progress in functional communication.

Paraprofessional - A trained worker who is not a member of a given profession, but who assists a professional.

Polycom View Station - Video teleconferencing unit.

Real-time: Data acquisition, processing, and presentation all occurring simultaneously in a system.

Synchronous transmission - A process for the transmission of bits of data at a fixed rate, with the transmitter and receiver signals that may carry audio, video, or data.

T1 - Transmission 1: Data transmission line with 1.54 megabits of bandwidth that can carry voice/data and/or any combination.

Telecommunications - The use of wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic channels to transmit or receive signals that may carry audio, video, or data.

Teleconferencing - An interactive communication involving exchanges of voice, video, and data between people at two or more sites that is made possible by using telecommunication systems.

Telehealth - Inclusion of preventative services in addition to diagnostic and treatment applications.

Telemedicine - Provision of health care and consultative services to individual patients and the transmission of information related to medical care, over distance, using telecommunications technologies.