Acronyms
CEC stands for ...
What is the Council for Exceptional Children?
Somebody who has difficulty staying on task, is always moving and can be impulsive.
What is Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
An item to use when a student requires time to calm their emotions and self regulate. This item provides pressure on the body.
What is a weighted blanket?
Collecting data and information about what a student can do, knows, and is continuing to learn.
What is assessment?
What is the Behavioural Category?
BIP stands for ...
Someone who requires the use of large print books, audiobooks, or a magnifying glass.
What is a vision impairment?
A regulatory tool that can help maintain attention and focus, it is subtle, can increase productivity, such as a squishy ball.
What is a fidget tool?
Educators use a variety of teaching methods in order to help all students be as successful as can be.
What is differentiated instruction?
What is the Communicational Category?
SSA stands for
Person who has difficulty in social situations with communication and interaction and they may have repetitive or restrictive behaviours.
What is Autism?
A tool for a student to use that will block out background noise and improve their concentration.
What are noise cancelling headphones?
Allows all students to feel safe, comfortable, and important.
What is inclusion?
A person who requires more challenging learning experiences or one that may require curriculum modifications due to low intellectual achievement.
What is the Intellectual Category?
AAC stands for ...
What is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication?
Can often disrupt a person's daily life by causing worry, nervousness, perspiration, stomach pain, sense of danger, etc.
What is Anxiety?
A place in the school for students to relax, reduce stress, and refocus. It can include soft lighting, is quiet, soft seating, and have a variety of interesting activities.
What is a sensory room?
An educator will change how they teach, the materials they use, and/or the assignments so that the student can meet the learning outcomes.
What is an adaptation?
Some examples blindness, use of a feeding tube, or having cerebral palsy.
What is the Physical Category?
ABA stands for ...
What is Applied Behaviour Analysis?
Somebody who may need to sit close to where the teacher is teaching, have an FM system in the classroom, and use pictures or labels to assist them.
What is a hearing impairment?
A tool that allows students to keep moving while still seated and helps them focus.
What is a wiggle seat?
The number of outcomes can be reduced or the content can be revised for the student to meet. This is done by the teacher and school team.
What is a modification?
What is the Multiple Category?