Common Abbreviations
A
ABA- Applied Behaviour Analysis
ABO- classification system for human blood types
ACC- Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
ADD- Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AEDs- Anti-epileptic drugs
Amb- Ambulation (walking)
APD- Auditory Processing Disorder
AS- Angelman Syndrome
AS- Aspergers Syndrome
ASD- Autism Spectrum Disorder
AT- Assistive Technology
B
BD- twice a day
BDD- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
BoM-Board of Management
BM-Bowel Motion
BP- Bi Polar
BP- Blood Pressure
C
CAMHS- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
CAO- Chief Appeals Officer
CAT scan- Computer Axial Tomography
CDD- Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
CF- Cystic Fibrosis
CDH- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
CHD- Congenital Heart Disease
CP- Cerebral Palsy
CPAP- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
CVI- Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment
D
DASH- Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting (test)
DB HL- Decibels of Hearing Loss
DCA- Domiciliary Carers Allowance
DCD-Developmental Coordination Disorder
DDA- Disability Discrimination Act
DES- Department of Education and Skills
DEST- Dyslexia Early Screening Test
DO- Deciding Officer (in an appeal)
DOB- Date of Birth
DS- Down Syndrome
DSM- Diagnostic Statistical Manual
DSP-Department of Social Protection
DX- Diagnosis
E
EBD- Emotional Behavioural Disorder
ECCE- Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme
ECHR- European Convention of Human Rights
EEG- Electroencephalogram (measurement of electric brain activity)
EI- Early Intervention
ENT- Ears Nose and Throat
EP- Educational Psychologist
EPSEN Act 2004-Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs
F
FTT- Failure to Thrive
G
GDD- Global Developmental Delay
GERD- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
GLD- General Learning Disability
GT- Gifted and Talented
GT/LD- Gifted and Learning Disabled
G tube- Gastric Tube
H
HFA- High Functioning Autism
HSE- Health Service Executive
I
IATSE- Irish Association of Teachers in Special Education
ICE- Intractable Childhood Epilepsy
IDDM- Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
IEP- Individual Education Plan
IQ- Intelligence Quota
IV- Intravenous
IVH- Intra Ventricular Haemorrhage
J
JHS- Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
JRA- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
L
LD- Learning Difficulty/ Learning Difference
LFA- Low Functioning Autism
M
MD- Muscular Dystrophy
MGLD- Mild General Learning Disability
Micra-T- Reading Attainment Test
MLD- Moderate Learning Disability
MMR- Measles Mumps and Rubella
MRI- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MVPT- Motor Visual Perception Test
N
NCCA- National Council for Assessment and Curriculum
NCSE- National Council for Special Education
NDA- National Disability Authority
NEWB- National Education Welfare Board
NEPS- National Education Psychological Service
NG Tube- Nasogastric Tube
NOS- Not Otherwise Specified
NPC- National Parents Council Primary
NPCPP- National Parents Council Post Primary
NVLD- Non Verbal Learning Difficulty
O
OCD- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODD- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OMA- Ocular Motor Apraxia
OPM- Over Protective Mum
OT- Occupational Therapy
P
PACC- Partial Agenesis of the Corpus callosum
PDD- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDD/NOS- Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
PECS- Picture Exchange Communication System
PEGS- Perceived Efficacy of Goal Setting (test)
PET Scan- Postronic Emission Tomography
PKU- Phenylketonuria
PMLD- Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities
PPSN- Personal Public Service Number
PT- Physiotherapist
PU- Pass Urine
PWS- Prader Willi Syndrome
R
RA- Reading Age
S
SB- Spina Bifida
SCPA- Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments
SE- Status Epilepticus (seizure lasting 30 minutes)
SEBD- Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
SEN- Special Educational Needs
SENO – Special Education Needs Officer
SESS- Special Education Support Service
SI- Sensory Integration
Sigma-T – Mathematics Attainment Test
SLD- Specific Learning Disability
SLI- Specific Language Impairment
SLT- Speech and Language Therapy
SM- Selective Mutism
SNA- Special Needs Assistant
SPD- Sensory Processing Disorder
SWAO- Social Welfare Appeals Office
T
TBI- Traumatic Brain Injury
TS- Tourette Syndrome
U
UNCRC- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
URTI- Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
UTI- Urinary Tract Infection
V
VEC- Vocational Education Committee
VI- Visual Impairment
W
WISC- Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
WORD- Wechsler Objective Reading Dimensions