When you are going through the adoption process, there will be acrnoyms used that may be unfamiliar to you. This is a list of some of the common acronyms that our Parent Liaisons have heard. Do you have any that you could add? Please feel free to contact us at Kimberly@adopt4life.com
AB = Adoptive Brother
ACC = Adoption Council of Canada
ACO = Adoption Council of Ontario
ACSD = Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities
ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADP = Provincial Assistive Devices Program
AF = Adoptive Father
AGF = Adoptive Grandfather
AGM = Adoptive Grandmother
AM = Adoptive Mother
AO = Adoption Order
AP = Adoption Probation
AP = Adoptive Parent
ARE = Adoption Resource Exchange
ARND = Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
AS = Adoptive Sister
ASD = Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASL = American Sign Language
BB = Birth Brother
BF = Birth Father
BHB = Birth Half Brother
BHS = Birth Half Sister
BM = Birth Mother
BS = Birth Sister
CAS = Children’s Aid Society
CCAC = Community Care Access Centre
CCAS = Catholic Children’s Aid Society
CLP = Common Law Partner
CYW = Child and Youth Worker
DD = Developmental Disability/Delay
DOB = Date of Birth
DR = Doctor (Physician, Psychiatrist, etc.)
DTC = Disability Tax Credit
FAS = Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FASD = Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
FB = Foster Brother
FF – Foster Father
FM = Foster Mother
FP = Foster Parent
FS = Foster Sister
GMGF = Great Maternal Grandfather
GMGM = Great Maternal Grandmother
GPGF + Great Paternal Grandfather
GPGM = Great Paternal Grandmother
HS = Home Study
IEP = Individual Education Plan
IPRC = Identification, Placement and Review Committee
MA = Maternal Aunt
MCYS = Ministry of Children and Youth Services
MGF = Maternal Grandfather
MGM = Maternal Grandmother
MU = Maternal Uncle
NACAC = North American Council on Adoptable Children
NCFST = Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
ODD = Oppositional Defiance Disorder
ODSP = Ontario Disability Support Program
OT = Occupational Therapist
PA = Paternal Aunt
PADS = Post Adoption Depression Syndrome
PGF + Paternal Grandfather
PGM = Paternal Grandmother
PLT = Play Therapist
PT = Physiotherapist
PU = Paternal Uncle
S.A.F.E. = Structured Analysis Family Evaluation
SB = Step Brother
SF = Step Father
SIB = Self Injurious Behaviours
SLP = Speech Language Pathologist
SM = Step Mother
SS = Step Sister
SSAH = Special Services at Home
SW = Social Worker
TE = Teacher
TH = Therapist
WWK = Wendy’s Wonderful Kids