Integrated Children S Services (Formerly NCS)

GLOSSARY

ABE / Adult Basic Education
ADHD / Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
ADO / Arts Development Officer
ADW / Arts Development Worker
AH / Advanced Higher
AIFL / Assessment is for Learning
ALC / Adult Learning Co-ordinators (Essential Skills)
ASD / Autistic Spectrum Disorder
ASG / Associated Schools Group
ASN / Additional Support Needs
BBBL / Better Behaviour Better Learning
BVR / Best Value Review
CALL / Communication Aids for Language and Learning
CALL / Community Access to Lifelong Learning
CALM / Consultation Advice Liaison in Moray
CAME / Cognitive Acceleration Mathematics Education
CAMHs / Child and Adolescent Mental Health
CASE / Cognitive Acceleration Science Education
CBAL / Community Based Adult Learning
CCSF / Changing Children’s Services Fund
CDS / Community Development Service
CDW / Community Development Worker
CGfL / Community Grid for Learning
CHP / Community Healthcare Partnership
ChYPP / Children and Young People’s Partnership
CLP / Community Learning Plan
CMS / Content Management System
CMT / Central Management Team
CoSLA / Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
CPD / Continuing Professional Development
CRM / Customer Relations Management
CSD / Co-ordinated Support Plan
CSP / Co-ordinated Support Plan
CSS / Central Support Services (SIS/LSEY/EAL at Beechbrae)
C&YP / Children and Young People
DAAT / Drugs and Alcohol Action Team
DDA / Disability Discrimination Act
DLO / Direct Labour Organisation
DO / Development Officer
DoH / Department of Health
DSM / Devolved School Management
DSO / Direct Services Organisation
DWP / Department for Work and Pensions
EAL / English as an Additional Language
ECDL / European Computer Driving Licence
EDS / Educational Development Services
EFQM / European Foundation for Quality Management
EfWE / Education for Work and Enterprise
ELS / Educational Library Service
EMA / Education Maintenance Allowance (formerly to Higher School Bursary)
EP / Educational Psychologist
ERDP / Employee Review & Development Process
ES / Environmental Studies
ESO / Educational Services Officer
ESS / Educational Support Service
ESSOG / Educational Services Senior Officer Group (meetings)
EWTD / European Working Time Directive
FE / Further Education
FFI / Framework For Intervention
FFL / Funding for Learning (Division of the Scottish Office)
FMC / For Moray’s Children – Joint Venture Group with other agencies
FMS / Financial Management System
FOI / Freedom of Information
FTE / Full Time Equivalent
GIR / Getting It Right
GTC / General Teaching Council
HE / Higher Education
HEAT / Health improvement, Efficiency and governance, Access, Treatment appropriate
HGIOCLD / How Good is our Community Learning and Development
HGIOS / How Good is our School
HIS / Hearing Impaired Service
HMIE / Her Majesty's Inspectors of Education
HPS / Highland Pre-school Services
HQ / Headquarters
HSB / Higher School Bursary (now EMA)
HT / Head Teacher
IAP / Intermediate Assessment and Planning
ICL / PFI Provider Company
ICS /

Integrated Children’s Services (formerly NCS)

ICSP /

Integrated Children’s Services Plan

ICT /

Information Communications Technology

IEP / Individualised Education Plan
INEA / Inspection of Education Authority
INSET / In-service Training
IPF / Institute of Public Finance
ISS / Inclusion & Support Service
JNC / Joint Negotiating Committee
LA / Local Authority
LAC / Looked After Children
LAG / Local Action Group
LAP / Local Assessment and Planning
LEAP / Learning Evaluation and Planning
LCN / Local Community Network
LCNO / Local Community Network Officer (now LCNSO)
LCNSO / Local Community Network Support Officer (formerly LCNO)
LNSO / Literacy and Numeracy Support Officer
LSEY / Language Support Early Years
MAC / Moray Action for Communities
MALP / Moray Adult Literacies Project
MAP / Moray Against Poverty
MBSE / Moray Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise Co.
MCN / Managed Clinical Network
MIDAS / Moray Interagency Developmental Assessment and Support
MIS / Management Information System
MLPS / Modern Languages in the Primary School
MOVE / Mobility Opportunities Via Education
MYA / Moray Youth Action
NAS / National Autistic Society
NCH / NCH (Originally the National Children’s Home, now NCH, the children’s charity) Action for Children
NCS / New Community School (now ICS)
NESCPC / North East Scotland Child Protection Committee
NHS G / National Health Service, Grampian
NEAT / North East Arts Touring
NEED / Not in Employment Education or Training
NGfL / National Grid for Learning
NICE / National Institute for Clinical Excellence
NOF / New Opportunities Fund
NOF CALL / New Opportunities Fund Community Access to Lifelong Learning
NPAF / National Priorities Action Fund
NQT / Newly Qualified Teacher
OPAC / Public Library On-line Public Access
OU / Open University
PA / Parents Association
PALS / Planned Activity Lessons
PARC / Pinefield Assessment and Resource Centre
PAT / Planned Activity Time
PFI / Private Finance Initiative
PI / Performance Indicator
PICU / Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
PIP's / Performance Indicators in Primary Schools
PLP / Personal Learning Plan
PLUG /

Phoenix Local Users Group

PMP / Performance Management Planning
PMS / Purchase Management System
PPP / Public Private Partnership
PN / People’s Network
PPR / Public Performance Reporting
PROACT-SCIPr-UK® / Positive Range of Options to Avoid Crisis and use Therapy-Strategies for Crisis Intervention & Prevention revised-United Kingdom
PT / Principal Teacher
PTA / Parent Teachers Association
RoN / Record of Needs (overtaken by CSP or IEP)
QA / Quality Assurance
QA/CD / Quality Assurance/Curriculum Development
QI / Quality Indicator
QMiE / Quality Management in Education
RACH / Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
R&I /

Registration and Inspection Unit

RLS / Resources for Learning in Scotland
RNIB / Royal National Institute for the Blind
RNID / Royal National Institute for the Deaf
SAD / Scotland Against Drugs
SALT:S&LT / Speech & Language Therapy
SCHOLAR / Scottish Common and Higher Open Learning and Access Resources
SCIP / Strategic Crisis Intervention Practice (now PROACT-SCIPr-UK®)
ScotXed / Scottish Exchange of Educational Data
SCRAN / Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
SCRC / Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care
SDO / Sports Development Officer
SD&R / Staff Development and Review
SEBD / Social, Emotional, Behavioural Difficulties
SEBN / Social, Emotional and Behavioural Needs
SECF / Scotland’s East Coast Fisheries
SEED / Scottish Executive Education Department
SEN / Special Educational Needs
SfL / Support for Learning
SGPA / Standard Grade Point Average
SIP / Social Inclusion Partnership
SIS / Sensory Impaired Service
SJC / Scottish Joint Council negotiating body for Local Govt employees
SLWG / Short Life Working Group
SMT / Senior Management Team
SNAP / Scottish Needs Assessment Process
SNAP / Scottish Network for Able Pupils
SNH / Scottish Natural Heritage
SNCT / Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers
SOG / Senior Officer Group
SPARK / Scottish School Digital Network
SPELL / Structure, Positive approaches, Empathy, Low-arousal, Links
SQA / Scottish Qualifications Authority
SQMS / Scottish Quality Management System
SSERC / Scottish Schools Equipment Research Centre
SUfI / Scottish University for Industry
SWED / Social Work Education Department
TAC / Teachers Agreement Communication Team
TALIS / Public Library Transaction Recording System
TEACCH / Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren
TOIL / Time off in lieu
VESIP /

Virtual Education System Information Portfolio

VIS /

Visually Impaired Service

WEA /

Workers Educational Association

YDDW /

Youth Dance Development Worker

YSDW /

Youth Sports Development Worker

6 July 2007