FREQUENTLY USED ACRONYMS IN EDUCATION
A
AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ABA Applied Behaviour Analysis
AC Accommodated Only
ACC Augmentative Communication Clinic
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADP Assistive Devices Program
ADR Alternate Dispute Resolution
AEP Annual Education Plan
AODA Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
APD Auditory Processing Disorder
ARC Accommodation Review Committee
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASO Autism Society of Ontario
AT Assistive Technology
B
BEST Behaviour Education Support Training
BHNCDSB Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School
Board
BIPSA Board Improvement Plan for Student Achievement
BPS Broader Public Sector
BRIEF Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function
BUILLD Building Understanding and Independence in
Lifeskills for Developmental Delays
C
CALP Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CAS Children's Aid Society
CASA Centre for Autism Spectrum Assistance
CCAC Community Care Access Centre
CCE Continuing and Community Education
CCLB Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks
CCSTA Canadian Catholic School Trustees' Association
CEC Catholic Education Centre
CELF Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals
CIC Citizenship and Immigration Canada
CIL-M Collaborative Inquiry Learning in Mathematics
CLB Canadian Language Benchmarks
CLL Catholic Learning Leaders
CMHO Children's Mental Health Ontario
CMS Children's Memory Scale
CODE Council of Ontario Directors' of Education
CP Cerebral Palsy
CPCO Catholic Principals' Council of Ontario
CPP Canada Pension Plan
CRA Canada Revenue Agency
CSPA Catholic School Parents' Association
CTCF Care, Treatment and Correctional Facilities
CTESL Certificate in Teaching English as a Second
Language
CTOPP Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing
CYW Child and Youth Worker
D
DA Development Assistant
DAR Directors Annual Report
DD Developmentally Delayed
DE Developmental Education
DELF Diplôme d'études en langue française
DEP Destination Employability Pathway
DOE Director of Education
DRA Developmental Reading Assessment
DS Developmental Specialist
DS District Supervisor
DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th Edition
DX Diagnosis
E
E&E Effectiveness & Efficiency Reviews
EA Educational Assistant
EAP Employment Assistance Program
EA's Educational Assistants
ECCODE English Catholic Council of Ontario Directors of
Education
ECE Early Childhood Education
ECNO Educational Computing Network of Ontario
EDC Education Development Charges
EDP Extended Day Program
EDU Ontario Ministry of Education
EI Employment Insurance
ELD Early Learning Division
ELD English Literacy Development
ELL English Language Learner
ELP Early Learning Program
ELS Early Learning Services
EMCS Energy Management & Control Systems
ENT Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist
EOSS Employment Ottawa Social Services
EPCI Early Primary Collaborative Inquiry
EQAO Education Quality and Accountability Office
ESL English as a Second Language
ESSD Elementary Student Success Department
EVT Expressive Vocabulary Test
F
FAS Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FCTGO Federation of Catholic Teachers' Guilds of Ontario
FDK Full Day Kindergarten
FNMI First Nation, Métis and Inuit
FOI Freedom of Information (see MFIPPA)
FOI/POP Freedom of Information/Protection of Privacy
FOS Family of Schools
FOY Focus on Youth
FRP Facility Renewal Projects (see also GSR)
FSL French as a Second Language
FTE Full Time Equivalency
FWC Family Welcome Centre
G
GDD Global Developmental Delays
GPL Good Places to Learn
GSN Grants for Student Needs
GSR Grant for School Renewal (see also FRP)
H
HI Hearing Impaired
HOH Hard of Hearing
HOH Head Over Hand
HST Harmonized Sales Tax
I
IBI Intensive Behavioral Intervention
IEP Individual Education Plan
IL International Languages
IPRC Identification, Placement and Review Committee
IQ Intelligence Quotient
ISA Intensive Support Amount
J
JCC Joint Consultation Committee
JK/SK Junior or Senior Kindergarten
K
KID Kindergarten Early Identification
KTEA Kaufman Test of Education Achievement
L
LARC Language and Assessment Referral Centre
LBM Labour Board Management
LBS Literacy and Basic Skills
LC Learning Centre
LC Learning Connections
LD Learning Disabled
LDAO Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
LDCC Locally Developed Credit Courses
LINC Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada
LLD Language-based Learning Disability
LNS Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat
LSA Leading Student Achievement
LT Learning Technologies
LTD Long Term Disability
LTO Long Term Occasional
M
MACSE Minister's Advisory Council on Special Education
MCFCS Ministry of Community, Family and Children's
Services
MCI Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Ontario
MCSS Ministry of Community and Social Services
MCYS Ministry of Child and Youth Services
MD Muscular Dystrophy
MEN Ministry Educator Number
MFIPPA Municipal Freedom of Information Protection of
Privacy Act
MID Mild Intellectual Disability
MISA Managing Information for Student Achievement
MOD Modified
MOE Ministry of Education
MOE Ministry of the Environment
MOH Ministry of Health
MOL Ministry of Labour
MOT Ministry of Transportation
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MRC Ministry Rated Capacity
MTCU Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities Ontario
MYSP Multi-Year Strategic Plan
N
NIC Newcomer Information Centre
NLD Nonverbal Learning Disability
NPP New Pupil Places
O
OA Office Administrator
OACL Ontario Association for Community Living
OAPCE Ontario Association for Parents in Catholic Education
OASBO Ontario Association of School Business Officials
OASIS Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special
Needs
OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCSOA Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers' Association
OCSTA Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OECM Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace
OECTA Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association
OFA Ontario Financing Authority
OMERS Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System
(Pension Plan)
ONFE Ottawa Network for Education
OnSIS Ontario Student Information System
OReg Ontario Regulations
OSBIE Ontario School Board's Insurance Exchange
OSR Ontario Student Record
OSSC Ontario Secondary School Certificate
OSSD Ontario Secondary School Diploma
OSSLT Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
OSSTF Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
OSTA Ottawa Student Transportation Authority
OT Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapy
OYAP Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
P
PASS Partnering to Achieve Student Success
PBLA Portfolio Based Language Assessment
PCAP Pan Canadian Assessment Program
PCS Primary Class Size
PD Professional Development
PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PECS Picture Exchange Communication System
PFLC Parenting and Family Literacy Centre
PIC Parent Involvement Committee
PIM Privacy and Information Management
PLAR Prior Learning and Assessment Referral
PO Purchase Order
PPM Policy/Program Memoranda (Ministry of Education)
PPVT Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
PRO Parent Reaching Out Grant
PS PowerSchool
PT Physical Therapist or Physical Therapy
PTR pupil:teacher ratio
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
R
RECE Registered Early Childhood Educator
ReCAPP Renewal Capital Asset Planning Process
RFP Request for Proposal
RFQ Request for Quote
RMS Records Management System
ROM Range of Motion
RPC Request for Physical Change
S
SAA Special Assignment Assistant
SAL Supervised Alternative Learning
SALEP Supervised Alternative Learning for Excused Pupils
SAR School Accommodation Review
SCI School Condition Improvement
SEA Special Equipment Amount
SEAC Special Education Advisory Committee
SECAC Special Education Curriculum Advisory Committee
SEF School Effective Framework
SEMS Substitute Employee Management System
SEOS Special Education Online System
SEPPA Special Education Per Pupil Amount
SERT Special Education Resource Teacher
SGF School Generated Funds
SGH Shepherds of Good Hope
SHSM Specialist High Skills Major
SIM System Implementation and Monitoring
SIP Special Incidence Portion
SIPSA School Improvement Plan Student Achievement
S-L Speech Language
SLP Speech Language Pathologist
SLT Settlement Language Training
SMS Student Management System
SRI Standardized Reading Inventory
SRT School Resource Team
SSLI Student Support Leadership Initiative
SSP/ASD School Support Program/Autism Spectrum
Disorder
SSRP Supported School Readiness Program
STEP Steps to English Proficiency
SWST Student Work Study Teacher
T
TAP Teacher Advisor Program
TAPS Test of Auditory Perceptual Skills
TESL Teachers of English as a Second Language
TLA Temporary Letters of Approval
TnT Teachers and Technology
TOWL Test of Written Language
TPA Teacher Performance Appraisal
TSSA Technical Standards and Safety Authority
TWS Test of Written Spelling
U
UW CBA United Way Community Builders Awards
V
VI Visually Impaired
VMI Visual Motor Integration
VOCA Voice Output Communication Aids
W
WIAT Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
WISC Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
WJ-III Woodcock-Johnson III Test of Achievement
WPM Words per Minute
WRK4U2 Work for You Too
WSIB Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
WTK Welcome to Kindergarten
Y
YO Young Offenders
YOA Young Offenders Act