| Programs/Curriculum | |
AEP | Annual Education Plan |
ARD | Academic Resource Department |
IEP | Individual Education Plan |
IB | International Baccalaureate |
IPRC | Identification, Placement and Review Committee |
NM | Needs Moderate |
NS | Needs Severe |
PECS | Picture Exchange Communication System |
PICS | Picture Symbols |
PIP | Planning for Independence Program (S-severe, M-moderate) |
SENS | Sensitivity Class |
| Categories/Definitions/Diagnosis | |
ABI | Acquired Brain Injury |
ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
ADHD | Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder |
ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
CP | Cerebral Palsy |
DD | Developmental Disability |
DEV | Developmental |
DH | Developmental Handicapped |
DHH | Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
EDI | Early Development Instrument |
EID | Early Identification |
LD | Learning Disability |
MID | Mild Intellectual Disability |
IPRC | Identification, Placement and Review Committee |
NM | Needs Moderate |
NOS | Not otherwise specified |
OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
PDD | Pervasive Development Disorder |
PHYS/MED | Physical Medical |
| Funding | |
SEA | Special Equipment Amount |
SEPPA | Special Education Per Pupil Amount |
SIP | Special Incidence Portion |
| Government | |
ADP | Assistive Devices Program |
ADRS | Assistive Devices Rehabilitation Services |
MCFCS | Ministry of Community Family and Children Services |
MOE | Ministry of Education |
MOHLTC | Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care |
PPM | Program Policy Memorandum |
| Outside Associations, Agencies and Staff | |
BCCL | Brampton Caledon Community Living |
CAS | Children’s Aid Society |
CASLPO | College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario |
CCAC | Community Care Access Centre |
CCAS | Catholic Children’s Aid Society |
CLM | Community Living Mississauga |
CNIB | Canadian National Institute for the Blind |
CVH | Credit Valley Hospital |
HSC | Hospital for Sick Children |
LDAO | Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario |
OT | Occupational Therapy |
PBS | Peel Behavioural Services |
PCC | Peel Children’s Centre |
POPS | Peel Out-Patient Services |
PT | Physiotherapy |
TRE-ADD | Treatment, Research and Education for Autism and Developmental Disorder |
| Other | |
AQ | Additional Qualifications Courses |
CCCSAC | Central Committee Catholic School Advisory Council |
CODE | Council of Directors of Education |
CORO | Central Ontario Regional Offices |
CPCO | Catholic Principals Council of Ontario |
CPI | Crisis Prevention Intervention |
CPR | Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation |
DPERWA | Dufferin-Peel Educational Resource Workers Association |
EQAO | Education Quality and Accountability Office |
GAP | General Administrative Procedures |
OCSOA | Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers Association |
OCT | Ontario College of Teachers |
OECTA | Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association |
OSR | Ontario Student Record |
SEAC | Special Education Advisory Committee |