Parent's Corner

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/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

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