AAMR: American Association on Mental Retardation
ABA: Applied Behavioural Analysis
ACT: assertive community treatment
ADL: Activities of Daily Living
ALC: Alternative Levels of Care
ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder
BCAAN: BC Autism Assessment Network
BCCH: BC Children's Hospital
CAPE: Children's Adolescent Psychiatric Emergency Unit
CDBC: Complex Developmental Behavioural Conditions
CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information
CLBC: Community Living BC
CYMH: Child and Youth Mental Health
DC: Diagnostic Criteria
DD: developmental disability
DS: Down syndrome
DSH: deliberate self-harm
ECD: Early Child Development
ECT: Electroconvulsive Therapy
EICO: Early Intervention Community Outreach
EPI: Early Psychosis Intervention
FASD: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
FHA: Fraser Health Authority
FPH: Forensic Psychiatric Hospital
FTE: Full Time Equivalent
HCP: Health Care Provider
HSCL: Health Services for Community Living
ID: intellectual disability
IF: Individualized Funding
IHA: Interior Health Authority
LD: learning disability
MAGPS: Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society
MCFD: Ministry of Children and Family Development
MHST: Mental Health Support Teams
MR: Mental Retardation
MR-SD: Mental Retardation And Substance Disorder
NAC: National Advisory Committee
PAC: Provincial Assessment Centre
PHSA: Provincial Health Services Authority
ptsd: posttraumatic stress disorder