ABI
Acquired Brain Injury

ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder

ATT
Assistive Technology Team

BIC
Building Inclusive Classrooms

Best Practice
A way or method of accomplishing a business function or process that is considered to be superior to all other known methods

CAMHS
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

CIS
Centre for Inclusive Schooling

CSDT
Commonwealth Society of Dance Teachers

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

DDA
Disability Discrimination Act

DEO
District Education Office

DET
Department of Education and Training

DHS
Disabilities-High Support

DSC
Disability Services Commission

DoH
Department of Health

ECS
Early Childhood Studies

EET
Education, Employment and Training

FAW
Families At Work

FTE
Full Time Equivalent

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

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

OLT
Outpatient Liaison Teacher

Objective
A focus and overall framework or purpose for a project or other endeavour, which may be further defined by one or more goals

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

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

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

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

SOLD
Support Officer Learning Difficulty

SSM
Student Services Manager

STL
Support Teacher Learning

SVP
School Volunteer 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

Stakeholder
Specific people or groups who have a stake in, can affect, or may be impacted by the outcome of the project

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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