| ABA |
Applied
Behaviour Analysis |
| ABC |
Association
for Bright Children of Ontario |
| ADM |
Assistant
Deputy Minister |
| AO |
Area
Offices of MCFCS – supervise CFSA services under MCFCS in various
regions of Ontario |
| AST |
Area
Support Teacher |
| BE |
Behaviour
Exceptionality |
| C.H.A.D.D. |
Children
with Attention Deficit Disorder |
| CARS |
Children’s
Assessment & Referral Service |
| CAS |
Children’s
Aid Society |
| CCAC |
Community
Care Access Centre |
| CFSA |
Child
and Family Services Act – outlines government services that include
child welfare and supports the work of MCFCS |
| CLP |
Community
Living Program |
| CMHO |
Children’s
Mental Health Ontario |
| CRC |
Children’s
Rehabilitation Centre |
| CYW |
Child
& Youth Worker |
| DC |
Developmentally
Challenged |
| DSW |
Developmental
Services Worker |
| EA |
Educational
Assistant |
| EIC |
Education
Improvement Commission |
| EO |
Education
Officer with the Ministry of Education |
| ETFO |
Elementary
Teachers’ Federation of Ontario |
| FAS |
Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome |
| Form
14 |
Legal
document giving permission to access medical and psychological records
– governed by the Health Care Consent Act, 1996 |
| IEP |
Individual
Education Plan |
| IPRC |
Identification,
Placement & Review Committee |
| ISA |
Intensive
Support Amount |
| LD |
Learning
Disabled |
| LDAO |
Learning
Disabilities Association of Ontario |
| MACSE |
Minister’s
Advisory Council on Special Education |
| MCFCS |
Ministry
of Community, Family & Children’s Services |
| MID |
Mild
Intellectual Disability |
| MST |
Multi-systemic
treatment or therapy |
| MSWP |
Making
Services Work for People, MCFCS document re: restructuring |
| OARTY |
Ontario
Association of Residences Treating Youth |
| ODSP |
Ontario
Disability Support Program |
| OSR |
Ontario
Student Record |
| PAAC
on SEAS |
Provincial
Parent Associations Advisory Committee on Special Education Advisory
Committees – gives guidance to SEACs |
| PCMH |
Parents
for Children’s Mental Health |
| SEAC |
Special
Education Advisory Committee |
| SECC |
School
Education Conference Committee |
| SEPPA |
Special
Education Per Pupil Amount |
| SERT |
Special
Education Resource Teacher |
| SIP |
Special
Incident Portion |
| SWHI |
Support
Worker Hearing Impaired |
| TAP |
Teacher
Advisor Program |
| YC |
Youth
Counsellor |
| YO |
Young
Offenders |
| YOA |
Young
Offenders Act |
