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Trauma-informed System of Care
On May 29, 2012, a Symposium was held at kidsLINK on Trauma-informed Systems of Care. The Key-note Speaker was Dr. Ann Jennings. Participants from various government and social service agencies were in attendance, as well as others in the community interested in the topic. To find out more about the symposium and to view our extensive Trauma-informed resources, please click on the infographic.
Glossary of Acronyms
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AACAP American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
ABA Applied Behaviour Analysis
ACSD Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AODA Accessibilty for Ontarions with Disabilities Act
ARND Alcohol Related Neurological Disorder
ASO or AO Autism Society Ontario
BPD Borderline Personality Disorder
CAMH Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
CAP Child Advocacy Project
CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CBT Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
CCAC Community Care Access Centre
CFSA Child and Family Services Act
CMH Cambridge Memorial Hospital
CMHA Canadian Mental Health Association
CMHO Children’s Mental Health Ontario
CPRI Child and Parent Resource Institute
CRA Canada Revenue Agency
CYMHIN Child and Youth Mental Health Information Network
CYW Child and Youth Worker
DBT Dialectic Behaviour Therapy
DID Dissociative Identity Disorder
DSO Developmental Services Ontario
DSRC Developmental Services Resource Centre
DSW Developmental Services Worker
DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
Dx Diagnosis
EA Educational Assistant
EAP Employee Assistance Program
EDAC Eating Disorders Awareness Coalition
EIEI Early Identification, Early Intervention
EQA or EQAO Education, Quality and Accountability Office
FACE Families for Awareness, Change and Education
FASD Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder
FCS Family and Children’s Services
GAD Generalized Anxiety Disorder
GRH Grand River Hospital
HBHC Healthy Babies, Healthy Children
IBI Intensive Behaviour Intervention
IEP Individual Education Plan
IF Inclusion Facilitator
IPRC Identification, Placement & Review Committee
ISA Intensive Support Amount
LD Learning Disability
LDAO Learning Disability Association of Ontario
LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
MCYS Ministry of Child and Youth Services
MDAO Mood Disorder Association of Ontario
MOHLTC Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
NEDIC National Eating Disorders Information Centre
NIMH National Institute on Mental Health
NOS Not Otherwise Specified
OAEA Ontario Association of Education Awareness
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ODSP Ontario Disability Support Plan
PCL Parents for Community Living
PCMH Parents for Children’s Mental Health
PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
RAD Reactive Attachment Disorder
RMHC Regional Mental Health Care
SAD Seasonal Affective Disorder
SEAC Special Education Advisory Committee
SERT Special Education Resource Teacher
SLP Speech and Language Pathologist
SSAH Special Services At Home
SSRI’s Selected Seratonin Re-uptake Inhibitors
TS Tourette Syndrome
WRCPC Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council
WRCSB Waterloo Region Catholic School Board
WRDSB Waterloo Region District School Board
YMCA Young Mens Christian Association
