DICTIONARY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE SECTOR

A C R O N Y M S

(General Version)

A

AA Alcoholics Anonymous

AAC Augmentative & Alternative Communication system

ABA Applied Behaviour Analysis program

ABI Acquired Brain Injury

ABIQ Autism Behavioural Intervention Queensland

ACAS Aged Care Assessment Service

ACC Attendant Care Coalition (now Action for Community Living - ACL)

ACD Association for Children with a Disability

ACE Australian Communication Exchange

ACL Action for Community Living (formerly ACC - Attendant Care Coalition)

ACL’s Assisted Community Living packages

ACMH Aged Community & Mental Health (section of DHS)

ACOSS Australian Council of Social Services

ACP Adolescent Community Placement (DHS program)

ACROD Australian Council on Disability

ACSO Australian Community Support Organisation

ADARDS Alzheimers Disease & Related Disorders

ADASS Adult Day Activity Support Services (part HACC)

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

ADDVic. Attention Deficit Disorder support Victoria

ADEC Action on Disabilities in Ethnic Communities.

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder

ADL’s Activities of Daily Living

AEMP Advanced English for Migrants Programme (Centrelink)

AFDO Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

AFSA Autistic Family Support Association

AGM Annual General Meeting

AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AMES Australian Multicultural Education Service

AMHS Area Mental Health Service (psych. servs.)

AMIDA Action for More Independence & Dignity in Accommodation

ANTA Australian National Training Authority

AP&DC Agency Performance & Data Collection (DHS – Disability Servs)

APDC Australian Psychiatric Disability Coalition

AQA Australian Quadriplegic Association

AQC Australian Quality Council

ARAFEMI Association of Relatives & Friends of the Emotionally & Mentally Ill

ARBIAS Alcohol Related Brain Injury Assessment, Accommodation Support Inc

ARN Action Resource Network (now Disability Justice Advocacy)

ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders

ASSID Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability

ATCC Accessible Transport Consultative Committee

ATSI Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander

ATSS Adult Training Support Service

AWA Australian Workplace Agreements

AWCH Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital

B

BATS Better Access To Services - framework (DHS)

BDRC Barwon Disability Resource Council

BERC Budget & Expenditure Review Committee of Cabinet (State Gov=t)

BIST Behaviour Intervention Support Team. (DHS)

C

CAA Carers Association of Australia

CAB Citizens' Advice Bureau

CACPS Community Aged Care Packages

CAE Council of Adult Education

CAFEE Coalition Alliance For Employment Equity

CALD Culturally And Linguistically Diverse

CAMHS Child Adolescent Mental Health Services

CAM / SAM Care Aggregate Measure / Support Aggregate Measure (Health)

CAMS Client Account Management System (replaced by CERS)

CARM Communication Aids and Resource Materials

CARN Camping and Recreation Network

CASA (1) Congenital Abnormality Support Association

CASA (2) Centre Against Sexual Assault

CAT Crisis Assessment Team (psychiatric servs.)

CAUS Communication Aid Users Society

CAV Carers Association of Victoria

CBD Central Business District

CBER Community Based Educational Resource

CBT Competency Based Training

CCB Child Care Benefit

CCN Complex Communication Needs

CCRCs Commonwealth Carer Respite Centres

CCT(1) Compulsory Competitive Tendering

CCT(2) Coordinated Care Trials (Health)

CDA Child Disability Allowance (Centrelink)

CDDHV Centre for Developmental Disability & Health Victoria

CDEP Community Development Employment Project

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CERC Common Equity Rental Housing Co-operative

CERS Client Expenditure Recording System (DHS Accom)

CES Commonwealth Employment Service

CETP Competitive Employment Training & Placement

CF Cystic Fibrosis

CFSH Centre For Social Health

CHASP Community Health Accreditation Standards Program

CHC Community Health Centre

CIARR Client Information & Assessment Referral Record (HACC)

CIDA Council of Intellectual Disability Agencies (Vic) Inc

CIPAID Community & Institutional Parents' Action on Intellectual Disability Inc.

CMET Coalition for More Equity in Transport

COAG Council of Australian Governments

COATS Community Offender Advice & Treatment Service (Vic.)

COB Close of Business

COM Committee of Management

COP’s Community Options Programs (HACC)

COSBOA Council Of Small Business Organisations of Australia

COSHG Collective of Self Help Groups

COTA Council on The Ageing - Vic.

CP Cerebral Palsy

CPI Consumer Price Index

CPS Community Policing Squad

CRC Communication Resource Centre

CRC Commonwealth Respite for Carers - program

CRS Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service

CRU Community Residential Unit

CS&HITAB Community Services & Health Industry Training Advisory Board

CSC Customer Service Centre

CSF Curriculum & Standards Framework (D.of.Ed'n)

CSTDA Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement

CSHVIC Community Services & Health Industry Training Board of Victoria

CSRDO Children’s Services Resource & Development Officer

CSO Community Services Officer (Local Gov.)

D

DAC(V) Disability Advisory Council (Victoria) (DHS)

DAIS Disability Advocacy & Information Service (formerly DPRC)

DARU Disability Advocacy Resource Unit

DASSI Disability Attendant Support Service Inc.

DASU Disability Access Support Unit (DEETYA)

DCS Disability Client Services (part of DHS)

DDA Disability Discrimination Act - Federal

DDLAS Disability Discrimination Law Advocacy Service

DEAC Disability Employment Action Centre

DEET Dept. of Education, Employment & Training (State)

DEWR Dept. of Education & Workplace Relations (Federal Dept)

DHAC Dept. Health and Aged Care (Federal Dept.)

DHS Dept. of Human Services (State Dept. Incorporating old H&CS)

DICE Disability Information Communication Exchange

DIMA Dept. Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (Federal Dept.)

DISCIS Disability Client Information System (DHS)

DISTSS Disability In-Service Training Support Services

DJA Disability Justice Advocacy (formerly ARN)

DLDU Disability Learning Development Unit (DHS)

DMI Disability Maintenance Instrument (Commwlth Employmt)

DOI Dept. Of Infrastructure (State gov)

DPI Disabled Persons International - Australia

DPRC Disabled Persons Regional Council (now DAIS)

DRAS Disability Rights Advocacy Service

DRC Disability Resource Council

DRG Diagnostic Related Group (Health)

DRV Disability Rights Victoria

DSA Disability Services Act

DSAS Disability Self Assessment System

DSAV Down Syndrome Association of Victoria

DSR Disability Support Register (replaced SNR)

DSS Department of Social Security (refer to Centrelink)

DVA Department of Veterans Affairs (Federal Dept.)

DVC Department of Victorian Communities

E

EFT Equivalent Full-Time

EFV Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria

EIRU Early Intervention Resource Unit

ELP Essential Lifestyle Planning

EMR Eastern Metropolitan Region (DHS)

EPC Enhanced Primary Care (Cmwlth Gov. Initiative)

EO Equal Opportunity

EOI Expression Of Interest

ERC Employee Representative Council/Committee

F

FACSIA Family & Community Services & Indigenous Affairs (Federal Dept.)

FAM Functional Assessment Measure (used in conjunction with FIM)

FCOS Functional Communication Outreach Service

FIM Functional Independence Measure

FIS Financial Information Service (Centrelink)

FFYA Futures For Young Adults (DHS)

FOCDSG Families of Children with a Disability Support Group (Loddon Mallee)

FOI Freedom of Information

FRG Functional Related Group (rehabilitation/health)

G

GAB Guardianship & Administration Board (now VCAT Guardianship List)

GAP:MAP Global Assessment of Psychopathology: Managing the Assessment Process

GISS Gastrostomy Information Support Service

GP General Practitioner (Medical doctors)

GSP General Service Plan

GV Goulburn Valley

H

HACC Home and Community Care - program

HACSU Health And Community Services Union

HARP Home Renovation Advisory Program

HaS:2006 Having A Say Conference: 2006 - year

HIC Health Insurance Commission (Federal Dept.)

HICOA Head Injury Council of Australia

HREOC Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission

HRSS Housing Rights Support Service

I

IBC Integrated Business Cycle (DHS)

ICAP Inventory for Client & Agency Planning

ICIDH International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (WHO, 1980)

ID Intellectual Disability

IDPS(A) Intellectually Disabled Persons Services Act 1986 (Victoria)

IDRP Intellectual Disability Review Panel - Vic.

IDSO Intellectual Disability Services Officer

IEP Individual Employment Plan

ILC Independent Living Centre

IM Information Management

IMIT Information Management / Information Technology

IMP Income Maintenance Period (Centrelink term)

IP&S Individual Planning & Support

IPP Individual Program Plan

IRC Industrial Relations Commission

ISG Integration Support Group (also known as PSG’s)

ISO International Standards Organisation

IT Information Technology

ITP Individual Transition Plan

J

JPET Job Placement, Employment & Training program (DEET/Centrelink)

JSA Job Search Allowance (Centrelink)

JSCI Job Seeker Classification Instrument (Centrelink)

L

LAP Learning Assessment Program (D.O.E.)

LGA Local Government Authority

LOTE Language Other Than English (Education)

LAWP Liquid Assets Waiting Period (Centrelink)

LLEN Local Learning & Employment Network

MAC Microcomputer Application Centre (Yooralla)

MAV Municipal Association of Victoria

MBS Medical Benefits Schedule

MCM Melbourne City Mission

MD Muscular Dystrophy

MDAV Muscular Dystrophy Association of Vic.

ME Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

MENTIR MEN's Telephone Info Referral Service

MHR Member of the House of Representatives

MLA Member of the Legislative Assembly

MLC Member of the Legislative Council

MND Motor Neurone Disease

MRC Migrant Resource Centre

MRN Mental Retardation Nurse

MS Multiple Sclerosis

N

NA Not Applicable

NAPWA National Association of People With HIV/AIDS

NCDCO National Caucus of Disability Consumer Organisations

NCVER National Centre for Vocational Education Research

NCID National Council on Intellectual Disability

NDAC National Disability Advisory Council

NDBAS National Dementia Behaviour Advisory Service

NESB Non-English Speaking Background

NFBCA National Federation of Blind citizens of Australia Limited

NGO Non-Government Organisation

NH&MRC National Health & Medical Research Council

NHS National Health Scheme

NICAN National Information Communication Awareness Network

NID Neuronal Intestinal Dysplasia

NSA Newstart Allowance (Centrelink)

O

OBF/P Output Based Funding / Purchasing

OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OH&S Occupational Health & Safety

OIC Officer In Charge

OPA Office of the Public Advocate

OT Occupational Therapist

P

PACS (1) Personal Alarm Call System

PACS (2) Positive Approaches to Challenging Situations (ABI service)

PACSA Parents Association for Children with Special Ability

PADP Program of Aids for Disabled People

PANDA Post & Anti-Natal Depression Association

PATH Planning Alternate Tomorrows with Hope (person centred planning model)

PBS Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

PC Personal Computer

PCP (1) Primary Care Partnerships

PCP (2) Person Centred Plan/ning

PDCV Physical Disability Council Victoria Inc.

PDD Pervasive Developmental Delay

PDRS Psychiatric Disability and Rehabilitation Sector

PDSS Psychiatric Disability Support Services

PEDI Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory

PHACS Primary Health And Community Support (former DHS initiative)

PIP Practice Incentives Program - for general practice (health)

PND Post Natal Depression

PR Public Relations

PRISM Psychiatric Records Information System Manager

PSG Program Support Group (education)

PTC Public Transport Corporation

PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Q

QA Quality Assurance

QDC Quarterly Data Collection (DHS)

QIRC Quality Improvement Reference Committee

R

RALAC Repatriation Artificial Limb & Appliance Centre

RAM Random Access Memory (Computer term)

RAP Rural Access Program (Federal)

RCH Royal Children's Hospital

RCI Resident Classification Index

RDA Riding for the Disabled Association

RDLU Regional Disability Liaison Unit (Deakin Uni)

RDNS Royal District Nursing Service

RDSI Regional Disability Support Initiative (DHS)

ReBOC Reducing Behaviours of Concern

RHSET Rural Health Support Education & Training

RIAC Regional Information & Advocacy Council

RPL Recognition of Prior Learning

RTO Registered Training Organisation

RVIB Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind

RVRDA Regional Victorian Rural Disability Association

S

S&C Support & Choice packages (DHS - disability)

SAAP Supported Accommodation Assistance Program

SAM Support Aggregate Measure (Health)

SAMS Service Agreement Management System (DHS)

SANDS Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Support

SARU Self Advocacy Resource Unit

SCIOP Severe Communication Impairment Outreach Project (now part of CRC)

SDS Special Developmental School

SHH/C Specific Home Help/Care

SHIFT Services for Homeless, Intellectually Disabled, Frail & Transient

SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

SINGS Support for Integration into Non-Government Schools

SNA (1) Student Needs Assessment (part of FFYA program)

SNA (2) Support Needs Assessment (DHS - disability)

SNR Service Needs Register (replaced by DSR)

SNSS Special Needs Subsidy Scheme (Federal - childcare)

SPEECH Society to Promote Essential Education for Children with Communication Handicaps

SPELD Specific Learning Difficulties Inc of Vic.

SRI Student Resource Index (education)

SRV (1) Social Role Valorisation

SRV (2) Sport & Recreation Victoria

SSOV Spastic Society of Victoria (now SCOPE Vic)

SWMU Supported Wage Management Unit

SWS Supported Wage System

T

TAC Transport Accident Commission

TAD(Vic.) Technical Aid to the Disabled (Victorian branch)

TADAS Travellers’ Aid Disability Access Service

TAFE Technical And Further Education

TIS Translating & Interpreting Service

TPI Total Permanent Incapacity (military pensions)