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ABI
Acquired Brain Injury
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder
ATT
Assistive Technology Team
Best Practice
A way or method of accomplishing a business function or process that is considered to be superior to all other known methods
BIC
Building Inclusive Classrooms
CAMHS
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
CIS
Centre for Inclusive Schooling
Citizen
Membership in a political community which carries with it rights to political participation
Collaboration
A process through which parties who see different aspects of a problem can explore constructively their differences and search for (and implement) solutions that go beyond their own limited vision of what is possible
Community
A group of people who live and interact based on economic transactions, social relationships and environmental interdependence within a specific geographic region
CSDT
Commonwealth Society of Dance Teachers
DDA
Disability Discrimination Act
DEO
District Education Office
DET
Department of Education and Training
DHS
Disabilities-High Support
DoH
Department of Health
DSC
Disability Services Commission
ECS
Early Childhood Studies
EET
Education, Employment and Training
Facilitation
A collaborative process in which a neutral seeks to assist a group of individuals or other parties to discuss constructively a number of complex, potentially controversial issues
FAW
Families At Work
FTE
Full Time Equivalent
GiRLNS
Getting it Right specialist teachers
HSS
Hospital School Services
ICT
Information and Communications Technology
Impact
A change in the health, standard of living, etc, of individuals, families or communities as a result of a program, project, or activity
Joined Up
Usually a Government trend toward ‘networked’, integrated or cross agency approaches to solving intractable problems
LASA
Local Area Service Agreements
LDL
Learning Difficulties Literacy
LSC
Learning Support Coordinators
MDT
The Multi-displinary Team
Mediation
The intervention of an acceptable third party who has limited or no authoritative decision-making power but who assists the involved parties in voluntarily reaching a mutually acceptable settlement of issues in dispute
O&M
Orientation and Mobility
Objective
A focus and overall framework or purpose for a project or other endeavour, which may be further defined by one or more goals
OLT
Outpatient Liaison Teacher
Outcome
Results of a process, including outputs, effects, and impacts
Output
The direct result of the interaction of inputs and processes in the system; the types and quantities of goods and services produced by an activity, project, or program
P2SED
Pathways to Social and Emotional Development of Students
Partnership
A relationship in which organisations and groups share resources and responsibility to achieve a common objective, as well as any resulting rewards or recognition
PCAP
Priority Country Areas Program
PCIE
Principal Consultant Inclusive Education
PEPP
Paediatric Epilepsy Program (Princess Margaret Hospital)
PEPP OLT
PEPP Outpatient Liaison Teacher
PMH
Princess Margaret Hospital
Process
A series of actions or activities that transforms inputs (or resources) into a desired product, service, or outcome
RAP
Retention and Participation
SAER
Students at Educational Risk
SARC
Sexual Assault Resource Centre
SBCLOs
School Based Community Liaison officers
SCP
School Chaplaincy Program
Social Capital
The degree to which a community or society collaborates and cooperates, through such mechanisms as networks, shared trust, norms and values, to achieve mutual benefits
SOLD
Support Officer Learning Difficulty
SSM
Student Services Manager
Stakeholder
Specific people or groups who have a stake in, can affect, or may be impacted by the outcome of the project
STL
Support Teacher Learning
SVP
School Volunteer Program
TAFE
Technical and Further Education
TEE
Tertiary Entrance Exam
VES
Vision Education Service
VET
Vocational Education and Training
W.A.Y
Western Australian Youth
WAAMH
Western Australian Association for Mental Health
WACE
Western Australian Certificate of Education
WAIDE
WA Institute for Deaf Education
YouthCARE
formerly Churches Commission on Education
Acquired Brain Injury
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder
ATT
Assistive Technology Team
Best Practice
A way or method of accomplishing a business function or process that is considered to be superior to all other known methods
BIC
Building Inclusive Classrooms
CAMHS
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
CIS
Centre for Inclusive Schooling
Citizen
Membership in a political community which carries with it rights to political participation
Collaboration
A process through which parties who see different aspects of a problem can explore constructively their differences and search for (and implement) solutions that go beyond their own limited vision of what is possible
Community
A group of people who live and interact based on economic transactions, social relationships and environmental interdependence within a specific geographic region
CSDT
Commonwealth Society of Dance Teachers
DDA
Disability Discrimination Act
DEO
District Education Office
DET
Department of Education and Training
DHS
Disabilities-High Support
DoH
Department of Health
DSC
Disability Services Commission
ECS
Early Childhood Studies
EET
Education, Employment and Training
Facilitation
A collaborative process in which a neutral seeks to assist a group of individuals or other parties to discuss constructively a number of complex, potentially controversial issues
FAW
Families At Work
FTE
Full Time Equivalent
GiRLNS
Getting it Right specialist teachers
HSS
Hospital School Services
ICT
Information and Communications Technology
Impact
A change in the health, standard of living, etc, of individuals, families or communities as a result of a program, project, or activity
Joined Up
Usually a Government trend toward ‘networked’, integrated or cross agency approaches to solving intractable problems
LASA
Local Area Service Agreements
LDL
Learning Difficulties Literacy
LSC
Learning Support Coordinators
MDT
The Multi-displinary Team
Mediation
The intervention of an acceptable third party who has limited or no authoritative decision-making power but who assists the involved parties in voluntarily reaching a mutually acceptable settlement of issues in dispute
O&M
Orientation and Mobility
Objective
A focus and overall framework or purpose for a project or other endeavour, which may be further defined by one or more goals
OLT
Outpatient Liaison Teacher
Outcome
Results of a process, including outputs, effects, and impacts
Output
The direct result of the interaction of inputs and processes in the system; the types and quantities of goods and services produced by an activity, project, or program
P2SED
Pathways to Social and Emotional Development of Students
Partnership
A relationship in which organisations and groups share resources and responsibility to achieve a common objective, as well as any resulting rewards or recognition
PCAP
Priority Country Areas Program
PCIE
Principal Consultant Inclusive Education
PEPP
Paediatric Epilepsy Program (Princess Margaret Hospital)
PEPP OLT
PEPP Outpatient Liaison Teacher
PMH
Princess Margaret Hospital
Process
A series of actions or activities that transforms inputs (or resources) into a desired product, service, or outcome
RAP
Retention and Participation
SAER
Students at Educational Risk
SARC
Sexual Assault Resource Centre
SBCLOs
School Based Community Liaison officers
SCP
School Chaplaincy Program
Social Capital
The degree to which a community or society collaborates and cooperates, through such mechanisms as networks, shared trust, norms and values, to achieve mutual benefits
SOLD
Support Officer Learning Difficulty
SSM
Student Services Manager
Stakeholder
Specific people or groups who have a stake in, can affect, or may be impacted by the outcome of the project
STL
Support Teacher Learning
SVP
School Volunteer Program
TAFE
Technical and Further Education
TEE
Tertiary Entrance Exam
VES
Vision Education Service
VET
Vocational Education and Training
W.A.Y
Western Australian Youth
WAAMH
Western Australian Association for Mental Health
WACE
Western Australian Certificate of Education
WAIDE
WA Institute for Deaf Education
YouthCARE
formerly Churches Commission on Education
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