Acronyms

AAC: Augmentative and alternative communication
ACiP:S: Augmentative Communication in Practice: Scotland
ADES: Association of Directors of Education
ASLO: Association of Support for Learning Officers
ASN: Additional Support Needs
ASPEP: Association of Support for Learning Officers
B4A: Books for All
BECTA: British Educational Computing
CALL: Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning
CfE: Curriculum for Excellence
CfS: Communication Forum Scotland
CLA: Copyright Licensing Agency
CPD: continuing professional development
FACCT: Fife Assessment Centre for Communication through Technology
HI: hearing impairment
ICTSLS: ICT Support for Learning Scotland
JISC: Joint Information Systems Committee (in FE)
KeyComm: Edinburgh & Lothians AAC service
LA: Local authority
LTS: Learning Teaching Scotland
MH: Moray House
MHIE: Moray House Institute of Education
PCS: Picture Communication Symbols
RCSLT: Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
SCRAN: Scottish Cultural Resource
SCTCI: Scottish Centre for Technology for the Communication Impaired
SG: Scottish Government
SICTDG: Scottish ICT Development Group
SIG: Special Interest Group
SLA: service level agreement
SLF: Scottish Learning Festival
SocITM: Society of IT Managers
SQA: Scottish Qualification Authority
SSC: Scottish Sensory Centre
TASSCC: Technological Assessment and Support Service for Children and the Curriculum
UK: United Kingdom
UoE: University of Edinburgh