Below you will find a list of commonly used terms by the school staff. If there are any terms not listed below that you would like clarification on please don’t hesitate to ask a member of staff.
- ABA – Applied Behavioural Analysis
- ABC – Antecedent Behaviour Consequence (What happens before, during and after a behaviour)
- ABLLS – Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills
- AFLS – Assessment of Functional Living Skills
- Attention Autism – Attention Autism is an intervention model designed by Gina Davies, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. It aims to develop natural and spontaneous communication through the use of visually based and highly motivating activities. http://best-practice.middletownautism.com/approaches-of-intervention/attention-autism/
- BM – Bowel movement
- BSP – Behavioural Support Plan
- DTT – Discrete Trial Training
- Edmark – A reading program that uses carefully sequenced, highly repetitive word recognition method combined with errorless learning.
- Echoic – The Echoic is a form of verbal behaviour where the speaker repeats the same sound or word that was said by another person, like an echo. … When they imitate vocally, we call this echoic behaviour.
- DRO – a technique that involves reinforcing (rewarding) a student if an undesired behaviour is NOT displayed during a designated time period. You will differentially reinforce (reward under certain conditions) the absence of the behaviour for a certain time period.
- IEP – Individual Education Plan
- ITT – Intense Table Teaching
- JCP – Junior Cycle Program
- Mand – A mand is essentially a request. A child mands when the motivation is high for an item, activity or information. For example, a thirsty child says “water” while reaching for a cup of water.
- NEPS – National Educational Psychological Service
- OT – Occupational Therapy
- PE – Physical Education
- PG – Playground
- Prompts – Encourage using verbal or physical cues.
- SESE – Social, environmental and scientific education
- SIB – Self Injurious Behaviour
- SLT – Speech and Language Therapy
- SPHE -Social, personal and health education