Glossary

Accident Compensation Corporation
http://www.acc.co.nz/

1. Techniques and materials that allow individuals with disabilities to complete school or work tasks with greater ease and effectiveness. Examples include spellcheckers, tape recorders, and expanded time for completing assignments. http://www.jan.wvu.edu/ 
2. A change or adjustment to the work environment which permits a person with a disability to apply for a job, perform the essential functions of the job, and enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment

A formal determination and recognition by CARF that the program is in compliance with the service delivery standards CARF has established.

1. Auckland College of Education
   http://www.ace.ac.nz/
2. Adult and Community Education facility
3. Age Care Education NZ (under Health Ed. Trust NZ Inc)

The National Post-Secondary Education Disability Network.  Achieve lobbies for equal opportunity and access to tertiary education and training for people with impairments. http://www.achieve.org.nz/

An impairment which has developed during the person’s life rather than being present from birth.

A law made by parliament.

Skills needed by students that facilitate community integration and independence.

Refers to the many agencies and programs that are provided to adults with specific needs such as disability, health and income.

Speaking on behalf of another person or group of persons.

A person who will provide support and / or represent the interests of another person.

Alternative Education
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/alterned/resources/

The age that the state has determined a person is able to make decisions on their own (usually 18) unless determined incompetent to do so by a court of law.

Synonym for "organisation". A blanket term that may include Government Departments, Crown entities, Offices of Parliament or the Reserve Bank.

A programme that allows students aged between 13 and 16 who have become alienated from school to continue their education with and alternative provider.  http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/alterned/

Recording of incidents, exactly as observed, during everyday school activities.

Adviser on Deaf Children

To make a request for a change of a decision. 

The Social Security Appeal Authority established under the Social Security Act 1964 (Work and Income definition).

On the job, time limited, training programme usually used in trade based industries. NZQA credit based run and overseen by ITOs. http://www.modern-apprenticeships.govt.nz/rendered/home.html

The particular strengths, knowledge, or skills that a person has, generally related to an occupation or career.

Autism Spectrum Disorder
http://www.altogetherautism.org.nz

The association of supported employment in New Zealand
http://www.asenz.org.nz/

Accredited Service Provider
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/metalogue/?urn=urn:nzgls-sn:000128:0000911

A process to collect information about an individual's social, psychological, educational, and vocational needs by observing, testing, collecting and analyzing data. http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/index_e.php

1. Adaptive or assistive technology is any technology used by disabled people to do things that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. e.g. a wheelchair or magnifying glass
2. Equipment that enhances the ability of students and employees to be more efficient and successful

http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=9174&data=l

Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/asttle/index_e.php

Assistive Technology or Adaptive Technology (e.g. screen readers, voice activated computers etc)
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=index&indexid=7989&indexparentid=6871

Classrooms that represent "home" or schooling rooms for students with special education needs. http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7300&data=l#P98_9179

The period of attention or concentration given by an individual to a task.

Wages set by individual industries that equal or exceed the minimum wage set by law.

A step-wise planning process that starts with desired goals and plans backward to the current level of functioning and support.

Executive Wing to the Parliament House; houses Ministers' offices, known as the Beehive because of its shape.

http://www.beehive.govt.nz/home

All the observable responses of an individual to internal and external stimuli.

The application of a range of strategies designed to assist students to behave in socially acceptable ways.

Strategies designed to reduce or eliminate inappropriate or stigmatizing behaviors that may limit an individual's participation in community life.

A person who has been granted a benefit; and includes a person in respect of whom a benefit or part of a benefit has been granted (Work and Income definition).
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A monetary benefit payable under Part 1 of the Social Security Act 1964 and includes:

• An unemployment Benefit
• A Sickness Benefit
• New Zealand Superannuation
• Veteran's Pension
• Transitional Retirement Benefit
• Living Alone Payment
• Accommodation Supplement
• A Child Disability Allowance
• A rent rebate certified under the Social Security Act 1964
• A Disability Allowance
• A Transition to Work Allowance
• A Tenure Protection Allowance

http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

The most efficient, yet effective way, to implement systems and procedures to manage an organisation's health and safety. Best practice has often already successfully been implemented in other companies.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A proposed law.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Invalids Benefit for Blind people (of a certain level) that is for life and not means tested (started after WWI for returning soldiers – not many qualify as it requires marked sight loss).

http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/manuals-and-procedures/income_support/main_benefits/invalids_benefit/invalids_benefit-17.htm#P446_23428

A set of hierarchical descriptions of educational objectives or learning outcomes. Bloom et al developed taxonomies for the cognitive and affective domains of learning but not for the psychomotor domain.
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~jamesa/learning/bloomtax.htm

A group of people who make decisions for an organization, such as an agency, a community group, or a religious group. Some kinds of decisions a board makes are: decisions about finances (money), policy (what the organization stands for, its rules and its positions), and employment decisions, such as salaries, benefits and hiring an executive director. Boards usually make decisions by voting.

http://www.projectteams.org/glossary.php (an American website)

Board of Trustees
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=6897&data=l

Browser (or web browser): An application that provides access to the World Wide Web (for example, Internet Explorer).

http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Behaviour Support Worker

A written plan of the finances of an organization. A budget tells how much the organization plans to spend and to earn or raise, as in fund-raising. A budget can cover periods of time like one month, three months (a quarter), one year (might be termed an annual budget), or five years (might be called a long term budget). Sometimes it covers all of these periods of time.

Curriculum Vitae
http://www2.careers.govt.nz/writing_your_cv.html

Child Adolescent & Family Services (Health)

A planned process of job growth.

Guided or supportive assistance which helps students to clarify options and make decisions about work and training options (Career Services definition). 

In depth support and assistance which helps students work through issues which affect their ability to make decisions about work and training options (Career Services definition).

A continuous process relating to job development involving, but not limited to, growth of skills, remuneration and job satisfaction.

A planned programme of learning experiences, organized as part of a curriculum, which aims to help students make informed decisions about in-school and post-school options (Career Services definition).

Panels and/or exhibits designed to provide information on a range of careers.

A range of items and resources, presented through a variety of media, which develop a students’ knowledge about work and training options (Career Services definition).

A plan that identifies a person’s choice of future career(s) and any training they may need to undertake to achieve their goal.

http://www.careers.govt.nz/topic.asp?topic=Career%20plans&title=Career%20plans&docid=93

2.  A goal setting process written up for planning purposes so the person can identify steps and timeframes to achieve employment.

A person-centred process of identifying career goals and the means by which they are achieved.

The adult taking responsibility for looking after someone else – not necessarily the legal guardian.

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

1. A person responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing a person's Individual Program Plan (IPP). May also be called a Service Coordinator.
2. Work and Income case worker

Joint agreement between employer and employee that the employer will offer the employee work when work is available.

Crisis and Assessment Team / Community Assessment and Treatment Team (Health)

Formerly known as CCS, now called CCS Disability Action
http://www.ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz/

Community Employment Group, a service unit of the Department of Labour
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A term for the State Services Commission, The Treasury or the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, in their co-ordinating roles. The central agencies act as the 'corporate office' of the Government.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

The legislative and executive arms of Government, i.e. Parliament and its offices, Cabinet, and the State sector. Those elected in triennial general elections and the institutions directly accountable to them, whose authority covers the entire country. As distinct from 'local government'.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

An unmarried person under the age of 18 years, other than a person who is aged 16 years or 17 years and financially independent (work and income definition).
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

A fortnightly non-means tested payment (non-taxable) that can be made to the parent or guardian of a seriously disabled child who lives at home and requires constant care and attention.  This allowance may also be available when the child lives in a home or hostel and the child’s parent or guardian is required to contribute to the costs of maintaining them.
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

A client centred planning process.
http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org/packets/friends/index.shtml

The sum of the conditions within the classroom, or affecting the classroom and which influence the learning situation. It covers the physical setting, the structure of learning and the relationships between participants.

The person for whom professional services are given.

Focused and driven by the client / person in question.

Community Mental Health Nurse

A person who woks alongside you; a colleague.

The central agencies act as Coalition Government: A government formed from more than one party.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Under the State Sector Act the State Services Commissioner has issued a code of conduct covering the minimum standards of integrity and conduct that are to apply in the Public Service. (Chief executives may also issue additional codes of conduct specific to their agencies.)
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

Developmental area that involves thinking skills, including the ability to receive, process, analyse and understand information.

A small number of children have a combination of moderate needs that, taken together, have a severe impact on their progress. In effect, the combination of moderate needs is like having a high need.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=6179&data=l

The process of exchange of meaning through listening, speaking, viewing, signing, symbols, gesture, facial expression, reading and writing. This process of exchange involves receiving and understanding messages and making and sending messages.

Difficulties with speech, language and interaction with others.

Body of people with something in common e.g., district of residence, religion, etc.  Within disability services the “community” usually refers to the non-institutionalised setting in which the general population live and operate.

1. Involvement within one’s chosen community.
2. A belief that everyone has the right to participate in the community

The ability to perform a task at a satisfactory standard.

Compliance Order: An OSH inspector can apply for a compliance to fix a breach of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Understanding the message in what is read, heard or observed.

A guarantee that personally identifiable information about a student or family remains private and may only be shared among agencies with the written permission of the parent.

Informed agreement – verbally or in writing. Informed means that the person / client, families and whanau know exactly what they are agreeing to.

1. A person who uses services
2. A buyer or user of a commodity or service for personal use.

A person engaged by any person (otherwise than as an employee) to do any work for gain or reward. Contractors are often referred to as independent contractors.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A person or agency responsible for assuring that planned services are provided in a timely manner and in a way that complements other services provided to a student.

Support and assistance given to students to assist them to clarify and choose specific programmes which are available in the curriculum at any level (Career Services definition).

Refers to the type of educational program that a student is enrolled in including vocational education, college preparation, and apprenticeships.

Involving or affecting the work of more than one agency.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

Crown Entity: Crown entities are organisations in which the State has a controlling ownership interest. Crown entities from part of the Crown reporting entity, but are not part of the Crown itself. Crown entities do not include State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). Most Crown entities exist under their own government legislation as well as being listed in the 4th schedule of the Public Finance Act. Examples of Crown entities include the Broadcasting Standards Authority, New Zealand Lotteries Commission and Crown Research Institutes.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Community Support Worker

A distinctive signal or hint to which a person has learned to respond.

All the behavioural patterns and products of a social group. These are closely related to customs and values.

The national curriculum for all New Zealand schools is set out in the National Curriculum Statements.  A school curriculum is each school’s programmes of teaching and learning.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=index&indexid=1005&indexparentid=1004

A written summary of one’s education, professional history, and job qualifications.  Generally given to a prospective employer.

Child Youth and Family Services
http://www.cyf.govt.nz/

Activity to fill up a person’s day. 

A service which provides activities (usually Monday to Friday) for people with disabilities.

Or Individual Development Plan (IDP).  The Individual Development Plan or Individual Plan is an early intervention programme developed for children with special education needs. It outlines the child's goals and the resources, support, monitoring and evaluation required to enable the child to meet those goals, over a defined period. http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7300&data=l#P98_9179

A plan that looks at how an individuals goals will be achieved

Deaf Education Association of New Zealand
www.deafed.org.nz/

The rating given to a school related to the economic and social factors of the local area.  The Special Education Grant (SEG) for each school is worked out on this rating.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7697&data=l

A lack of something. Used in schools in relation to characteristics that interfere with learning

The Departments that comprise the Public Service are listed in the First Schedule to the State Sector Act. In addition to those Departments the Public Finance Act also includes the Government Communication Security Bureau, NZ Defence Force, Office of the Clerk, Parliamentary Counsel Office, Parliamentary Service, Police, and Security Intelligence Service. The latter seven departments are also referred to as "non-State Sector Act departments".
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A disability that is acquired during the period the person is developing, generally before age 21 or at birth, and that significantly impacts several life activity areas such as self-care, self-direction, learning, mobility, speech, and independent living.

Digital Divide: The term 'digital divide' has been coined to describe the gap between those who can access information and communication technology and those who cannot.

http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Funding given specifically for an individual student. 

1. Any self-perceived limitation in activity resulting from a long-term condition or health problem; lasting or expected to last six months or more and not completely eliminated by an assistive device
2. Disability is not something individuals have.  What individuals have are impairments.  They may be physical, sensory, neurological, psychiatric, intellectual or other impairments.  Disability is the process which happens when one group of people create barriers by designing a world only for their way of living, taking no account of the impairments other people have. (The New Zealand Disability Strategy). http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Reimburses people for on-going regular costs that they incur because they have a disability.   There is an income test that must be met.  The amount of allowance paid depends on a person’s costs.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

This Act exempted employers of people with disabilities in sheltered workplaces from minimum wage and holiday legislation.  The Act has now been repealed. 

To make known. Commonly used in the disability services to imply “disclosure” of a disability to potential employers.

The fact or quality of being diverse; difference.

A worksite where employees represent a cross section of society in terms of ethnicity, gender, age, disability etc.

Distribution List

District Manager

District Maori Advisor

District Management Team

A support service where consumers / clients can make informal visits. 

Disability Support Services

District Truancy Scheme

Procedure established to protect a student's right to entitled services

E-commerce is the term used for any business activity that takes place electronically, which covers a broad range of processes.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

E-government: E-government is government agencies working together to use information and communications technology as that they can better provide individuals and businesses with government services and information.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Learning that takes place in the context of using the Internet and associated web-based applications as the delivery medium for the learning experience.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A model that focuses on individuals and the environments that affect their lives.

Education Provider: An organisation that has been approved by the Tertiary Education Commission to run their courses and may be a secondary school, private training establishment, university, polytechnic, college of education of Te Wananga. (as defined by Studylink, a service of the Ministry of Social Development).
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Teacher aides, also known as paraprofessionals, whowork within the early childhood sector.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7300&data=l#P98_9179

An evaluation of a student's achievement levels in reading, math and/or written expression.

Equal Employment Opportunities
http://www.eeotrust.org.nz/

Equivalent Full Time Students

Early Intervention

Early Intervention Teacher

Requires that a student has met all the criteria within the law in order to take part in special education programs and services.

1. "Employee", subject to sections 3C to 3E, means a person of any age employed by an employer to do any work (other than residential work) for hire or reward under a contract of service and, and in relation to any employer, means an employee of the employer.
   http://www.workinfo.govt.nz/Article.aspx?catid=70
2. An employee is anyone who has agreed to be employed under a contract of service to work for some form of payment.  This can include wages, salary, commission, and piece rates.
   http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

1. "Employer" means a person who or that employs any other person to do any work for hire or reward; and, in relation to any employee, means an employer of the employee http://www.workinfo.govt.nz/Article.aspx?catid=70
2. A person or firm that employs workers under the Employment Relations Act 2000.

A situation where a person is paid to work for one hour or more per week.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A co-signed document established between an employer and an employee.   The document sets out the conditions of employment and should meet the terms of the Employment Relations Act 2000.

http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz

In supported employment, a person who provides job placement, training, and on-going support to a worker with a disability.

Specialized employment support worker.

Feeling of having the right to make one's own choices, and of having the ability to act on them.

Employment Network

A form of employment where a group of people with disabilities work together, typically at a work station, within an open worksite.

Enhanced Programme Fund - a new fund introduced in 2002 to assist schools with a disproportionate number of students with special education needs to provide a reasonable range and quality of education.  
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7300&data=l#P98_9179

The legal right to certain services and benefits.

Programs that must be provided to all eligible persons upon demand. Special education and Social Security are entitlements, many adult services are not.

Enhanced Programme Fund

An Equal Employment Opportunities programme is defined in the State Sector Act 'as a programme that is aimed at the identification and elimination of all aspects of policies, procedures and other institutional barriers that cause or perpetuate … inequality in respect to the employment of any person or group of persons'. Chief executives are responsible for implementing EEO policies within Public Service departments, while the Commission is responsible for promoting, developing and monitoring EEO policies and programmes for the Public Service. EEO requirements vary in agencies in the wider State sector, depending on their particular legislation.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

An Equal Employment Opportunities programme is defined in the State Sector Act "as a programme that is aimed at the identification and elimination of all aspects of policies, procedures and other institutional barriers that cause or perpetuate inequality in respect to the employment of any person or group of persons". Chief executives are responsible for implementing EEO policies within Public Service departments, while the Commission is responsible for promoting, developing and monitoring EEO policies and programmes for Public Service. EEO requirements vary in agencies in the wider State sector, depending on their particular legislation.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Occurs when generic equipment such as computers, chairs, desks etc need to be altered in some way as to make them user friendly for a person with a disability.

Relates to any alteration that may need to be done to ensure an individual can use the equipment effectively.  It may be necessary to replace one piece of equipment with another

Education Review Office
www.ero.govt.nz

English for speakers of other languages

Early Childhood Education
http://www.teacher.co.nz/

The central concern of ethics is whether something is right or wrong – about what ought to be done.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

A social group with which people identify because of common origins, history, language, or some other form of solidarity. Ethnicity is self-reported by people in surveys, and so reflects an element of self-identification, rather than just biological ancestry.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Education and Training Support Agency (NZ): responsible for channelling MOE funding for trade training to the ITOs.

Eliminating Violence

Extended Leave: Extended leave can be taken by male or female employees or by both. The total extended leave includes any Maternity Leave taken but not Paternity leave and totals a maximum of 52 weeks.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Someone who supports or assists a group to do what it wants to do. The facilitator does not express personal opinions, but listens and assists others by asking questions. Facilitators can help a group make plans and decide how and when they will accomplish their goals. Facilitators can help with other difficult tasks, such as when serious disagreement exists between members or when a group needs to think hard about something.

This term is used to describe the conscious gradual decline in support given to an employee with a disability by a job coach.  It occurs as the employee’s knowledge, skill level and confidence in the job increases. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Family Group Conference

Financial Year: This is from 1 April to 31 March.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Refers to movements made by the small muscles of the hand and mouth (e.g. manipulation of objects, speech etc).

Full Time Equivalent

A full-time teacher equivalent. One full-time teacher equivalent is a teacher employed for a full working week. This may be varied, for example, by two teachers sharing a full-time teaching equivalent.

1. Employment under a contract of service or apprenticeship which requires the person to work, whether on time or piece rates, no less than an average of 30 hours each week; or
2. Self-employment of the person in any business, profession, trade, manufacture, or undertaking carried on for pecuniary profit for no less than an average of 30 hours each week; or
3. Employment of the person for any number of hours which is regarded as full-time employment for the purposes of any award, agreement, or contract relating to that employment

http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

Evaluation that focuses on identifying skills demonstrated by the student in actual vocational and life activities. Situational and work assessments are functional. IQ tests and tests of standardized reading levels are not.

Gateway is a government initiative designed to give year 11 to 13 secondary school students opportunities to undertake part of their course of study in selected workplaces.
http://www.tec.govt.nz/education_and_training/gateway/gateway.htm

General Election: The election held, usually every three years, to elect members of Parliament.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A good employer is defined in the State Sector Act as "an employer who operates a personnel policy containing provisions generally accepted as necessary for the fair and proper treatment of employees in all aspects of their employment."

All chief executives of Public Service departments are required to operate personnel policies that comply with good employer principles (listed in s. 56 of the State Sector Act 1988). The State Services Commission is responsible for promoting personnel policies and standards, and monitors their achievement in the Public Service.

http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Money given by a government or by a foundation or charity. A grant is usually given for the accomplishment of specific activities or goals.

Refers to movements of the large muscle groups of the arms, legs and trunk (e.g. walking, rolling, sitting).

A self-determination approach that helps students take charge of personal futures planning.

Group Special Education

http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?indexid=6871&layout=index

Goods and Services Tax (GST).
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A person or agency that assumes limited or unlimited authority to make decisions for a minor or an adult who has been determined to be incompetent in a court of law. Includes medical guardianships, guardianship of the person, and guardian of the estate.

A person who is qualified to assess an individual's career interests and provide counselling and support in making career decisions.

A national programme linking people with a disability into inclusive sport and physical recreation.

High and Complex Needs
http://www.hcn.govt.nz/

High Health Needs

High Needs

Human Rights Commission
http://www.hrc.co.nz/

Intersectoral Needs Assessment & Service Coordination

Independent Circumstances Allowance http://www.studylink.govt.nz/pdf/forms/2005-independent-circumstances-allowance-application.pdf

Information and Communication Technology
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/ict/

The Individual Education Programme (also known as Individual Education Plan) is a programme developed for students with special education needs. It outlines the student's goals and the time in which those goals should be achieved. The programme also includes the resources, monitoring and support, and the evaluation required to enable the student to meet those goals over the defined period. Ideally, the IEP is reviewed at least twice a year.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7300&data=l

Intellectually Handicapped Children Society
http://www.ihc.org.nz/

Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function (WHO).

1. Inclusion is a term used world wide and has many definitions - the most common refers to the philosophy and practice of providing learning opportunities for all children according to their needs. For example, the aim of the Inclusive Curriculum is to fit the learning programme to the student rather than the student to the programme.
   http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7300&data=l
2. The process of including students and adults with disabilities in the environments, activities, and curriculum of typical students and persons. Inclusion may mean different things to different people. Sometimes used interchangeably with the term "integration.

Income tax under the Income Tax Act 1994 http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

Means any of the following benefits:

(a) An Unemployment Benefit
(b) A Domestic Purposes Benefit
(c) An Emergency Benefit
(d) An Independent Youth Benefit
(e) An Invalids Benefit
(f) New Zealand Superannuation or Veterans Pension payable at the rate in clause 2 of the First Schedule of the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990
(g) An Orphans Benefit
(h) A Transitional Retirement Benefit
(i) An Unsupported Childs Benefit
(j) A Widows Benefit
(k) A Sickness Benefit

http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

An incorporated society is a group or organisation that has been registered under the Incorporated Societies Act and, when incorporated, is authorised by law to run its affairs as though it were an individual person. There is a wide range of groups and organisations that have become incorporated societies. These include sports clubs, social clubs, music and cultural groups, special interest and activist organisations.
http://www.med.govt.nz/ri/co_reg/incsociety1.html#P18_444

Differences in personality, physiology, and perceptual processes that can account for variations in student performance.

A statement of the programmes and services that will be provided to a student with a disability. http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7359&indexid=7960&indexparentid=6871

A package of funding which has been formulated to meet the needs of an individual.

An Individual Transition Plan (ITP) is the section of the IEP that outlines transition goals and services for the student.

Plans developed for specific individuals that describe services provided by an agency to help an individual achieve desired goals.

Organisations recognised by the Tertiary Education Commission to arrange the provision of industry training.

A parent's written permission to assess their child, provide services for the child, or to place the child in special education.

In the disability context, the process of including persons with disabilities in the environments, activities, and social networks of typical persons. Sometimes used interchangeably with the term "inclusion".

Integrity is a key ethical value – it is about being uncorrupted, whole or sound (in a moral sense) and about being honest and sincere. For analytical purposes, integrity can be seen at three levels:

1. Personal – concerned with personal credibility and personal conduct as a trustworthy individual;
2. Professional – concerned with the maintenance of professional standards, acting as a professional as an employee, and subscribing to professional values and standards; and
3. Organisational – concerned with how organisations express their collective values, how they are seen to be operating and how they pursue their values

A person has an intellectual disability when i) his or her intellectual functioning is well below average, and ii) this state was evident in his or her childhood, and iii) he or she is markedly impaired in ability to adapt to society’s demands. (IHC)

Relating to other persons. The ability to interact and get along with others

A person who translates information from one form to another. For students who are deaf/hearing impaired, specifically used for translation between spoken language and signed language.

An activity, process, event or system that is designed to correct a problem or change a situation and improve performance.

A meeting between a prospective employer and employee

A benefit for people with a permanent injury, sickness or disability.
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/get-financial-assistance/main-benefit/invalids.html
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/manuals-and-procedures/income_support/main_benefits/invalids_benefit/content.htm

Individual Plan

Individual Program Plan

Industry Training Organisation

Itinerant Teacher of Deaf

A tribe who has particular geographical boundaries outlining the region in which they have mana whenua status.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Independent Youth Benefit
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/get-financial-assistance/main-benefit/unemployment-youth.html

The process of anayzing a job in terms of essential elements, skills needed, and characteristics to aid in job matching and training.

A request to be considered for employment – either by cover letter or application form

In supported employment, generally a paraprofessional who provides on-site job training and supports to a worker with a disability.

A description of the types of tasks and duties you would be expected to carry out when you are employed for a particular job or position.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

The process of helping an individual find a job.

A subsidy from Work and Income NZ
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/manuals-and-procedures/employment_assistance/job_plus/job_plus.htm

Very short term employment experience eg half day experience at a job to find out what the job is like.

Looking for jobs that match personal work preferences

The practice of allowing a student to observe a real work setting to determine their interest and to acquaint them with the requirements of the job.

A technique used in advanced supported employment programs where a job is divided into components that can be done by a person with a severe disability. http://www.employmentmatters.net.nz/story.asp?id=578

The practice of having two or more persons share a job to provide accommodations in work scheduling or job duties.

A subsidy from Workbridge to support people with disabilities while they are working

The sum of the unemployed and those who are either actively seeking work but not available for it at the moment (e.g. students nearing the completion of a qualification) or available for work but not actively seeking it. This is a broader definition of those without work than official unemployment.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Key government goals are the Government’s 'high-level' goals for New Zealand. Their purpose is to provide a clear frame of reference to guide public sector policy and performance. The current key government goals to guide the public sector in achieving sustainable development are available on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are indicators or measures of the major areas of performance of an organisation.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

Related to the awareness and sensations coming from muscles and joints that indicate the position and movement of body parts.

The concept of koha is related to manaakitanga and the appropriate acknowledgement of sharing hospitality and/or information. Koha may take the form of food, gifts or more recently money.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

An early childhood centre where all the children learn in Te Reo Maori.
http://www.kohanga.ac.nz/

Kaitakawaenga

Primary schools where teaching and learning is in Maori.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7300&data=l

The number of people in the working-age population who are either in work or are available and actively seeking work (that is, employed or unemployed).
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

The proportion of the working-age population that is in the labour force.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Provides school leavers with a practical supported pathway from school to work.
www.launchpad.org.nz

The way that an individual prefers to perceive information, think and problem solve. There are a number of theoretical frameworks which divide people who have similar preferences into groups.

Choices about activities and processes which provide the maximum opportunity for access and participation by all students.

A form of person-centered planning that describes future goals and defines the steps needed to reach them.

The ability to comprehend and compose spoken, written and visual texts commonly used by individuals and groups to participate fully, critically and effectively in a wide range of life roles.

Labour Market Policy Group, a service unit of the Department of Labour.

Local or regional authorities, elected or appointed within a specific geographic area, whose authority relates only to that geographical area, and the institutions accountable to them; as distinct from 'central government'.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

The mental process of retaining and recalling a past act, experience or expression after a period of time.

Lead Practitioner

Learning Support Fund

Refers to ordinary employment, education or community

A term that was used widely in the 1970's to refer to the practice of placing students with disabilities in the regular education curriculum. This term lost favour when it was found that many students were being placed in regular classes without needed supports.

In relation to New Zealand Superannuation, means the aggregate rate payable to a married couple both of whom are entitled to receive New Zealand Superannuation.
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

Maternity Leave is for female employees. It can total up to 14 weeks unpaid leave and can start a maximum of 6 weeks out from the expected delivery or adoption date.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

This is the maximum amount earners are required to pay ACC levies on. This amount is set by regulation each year.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Formal intervention between parents and agencies to achieve reconciliation, settlement or compromise.

A person who is elected to the House of Representatives, and may be an elected representative of an electorate or a member of a party chosen from the party list.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A user of mental health services.
http://www.mhc.govt.nz/

A mentor is someone who works in the same career area or specific job desired by the career seeker.

It is the minimum amount full-time self-employed people are required to pay ACC levies on. This amount is set by regulation on an annual basis.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

An exemption lets the employer negotiate and then pay a particular employee less than the minimum wage for particular job for up to a year under certain circumstances.
http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/pay/employers.html

A member of Parliament who is part of the Executive and who is usually in charge of one or more government departments or ministries.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A short statement that describes the main purpose of the business.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A process where the learner acquires a skill or attitude through watching and copying another person.

Special education needs which do not meet the criteria for the three high needs initiatives but that are significant enough for schools to identify and address. Schools may meet these needs through additional one-to-one or group learning support or through the use of their Special Education Grant (SEG), or referrals to Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) or other services specifically for children and young people with moderate needs.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7300&data=l#P98_9179

A government initiative administered by TEC, designed for people aged 16-21 years.
http://www.modern-apprenticeships.govt.nz/

Ministry of Education
www.minedu.govt.nz

Ministry of Education: Special Education

Ministry of Health
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf

Force within the individual which drives them to maintain attention or to behave in a certain way in order to satisfy a need or attain a goal.

Ministry of Social Development
www.msd.govt.nz

Ministry of Social Development.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

National Office

National Administration Guidelines
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=8187&data=l

Needs Assessment and Service Coordination

National Operations

Refers to the use of persons, practices, and things that naturally occur in the environment to meet the support needs of an individual

National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is a national qualification for school learners in New Zealand.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A government funded service that provides access to a wide range of disability support services. 

National Education Guidelines

National Education Monitoring Project
http://nemp.otago.ac.nz/

A government led strategy to promote a society more inclusive of disability and disabled people.  Released in 2001.
http://www.odi.govt.nz/publications/nzds/index.html

Non Government Organisation

A period when the person is not entitled to a benefit because he or she-

(a) Became voluntarily unemployed; or
(b) Lost his or her employment, or position on a scheme, through misconduct; or
(c) Failed to comply with a request under section 60HA (request for mandatory interview or work preparation activity); or
(d) Failed to comply with the work test

(Work and Income definition)

The number of people in the working-age population who are not in work and are not available and actively seeking work (that is, they are not employed and are not unemployed). For example, in the June 2003 quarter, 44% of these people were retired, 20% were studying, and 16% were at home with children.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

The use of another to take lesson notes on behalf of a student who is unable to do so because of a disability.

National Standards Body (NZ): a group appointed by NZQA, (a) to develop Unit Standards and National Qualifications in areas where there is not a clear industry group to become an ITO; or (b) to develop core generic Unit Standards that will apply across national qualifications developed by a number of ITOs.

The ability to use skills for interpreting, applying and communicating mathematical information in commonly encountered situations to enable full, critical and effective participation in a wide range of life roles.

New Zealand Disability Strategy, this is a framework that will enable the Government to begin removing the barriers which prevent people with disabilities from participating fully in society.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

New Zealand Educational Institute http://www.nzei.org.nz/welcome.html

New Zealand Immigration Service, a service unit of the Department of Labour.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

New Zealand Polytechnics Programmes Committee: a body to which NZQA has delegated its powers of accrediting polytechnics to deliver and assess NZQA Unit Standards, and which also approves and accredits local programmes that polytechnics want recognised as being of a national standard.

New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/

New Zealand Sign Language
http://www.deaf.co.nz/nzsl.html

New Zealand Sign Language Interpreters
www.nzslta.org.nz

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
http://www.nzte.govt.nz/

NZ Vice-Chancellors Committee: the body which approves degree programmes in the university sector.

Orientation and Mobility

A person qualified to develop and implement programs to develop fine motor skills and implement accommodations related to work and daily living.

Occupational Therapy is a profession that enables people to lead meaningful and satisfying lives through participation in occupation (NZAOT, 2002).

Office for Disability Issues
http://www.odi.govt.nz/

What occurs when education and training (typically credit but also non-credit) are delivered and supported by networks such as the Internet or intranets. Learning may be synchronous or asynchronous. Learners are able to learn any time and any place.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Part of the government’s special education support package to provide funding for students with high and very high special education needs.

Support to the employer and employee for as long as it’s required

Defined as community jobs that any person can apply for, in regular places of business, paying at least minimum wage, with mostly non-disabled co-workers.

The chance to do something.

Ongoing Reviewable Resourcing Scheme
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=5323&CFID1763895&CFTOKEN=19933027

Occupational Health and Safety Service, a service unit of the Department of Labour.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Occupational Therapist
http://www.nzaot.com/

Occupational Therapy

Outcomes are the impacts on, or the consequences for, the community of the outputs or activities of government. In common usage, however, the term 'outcomes' is often used more generally to mean results, regardless of whether they are produced by government action or other means. An intermediate outcome is expected to lead to a end outcome, but, in itself, is not the desired result. An end outcome is the final result desired from delivering outputs. An output may have more than one end outcome; or several outputs may contribute to a single end outcome.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

Parents as First Teachers
http://www.barnardos.org.nz/SupportServices/ParentAsFirstTeachers.asp

The regional organisation supporting people with physical disabilities in sport, physical recreation and leisure activities.

The national sporting organisation for people with physical disabilities.
http://www.paralympics.org.nz/ 

Any activity which increases parent / caregiver knowledge and skill in careers related to areas so that they can support their children in their career planning.  May include Parent As Career Educator (PACE) workshops, parents’ careers nights, student financing seminars (Career Services definition)

The Sovereign and the House of Representatives
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Work that averages not less than 15 hours a week when calculated over a period of the preceding three months-

(a) Under a contract of service, whether on time or piece rates; or
(b) As a self-employed person in any business, profession, trade, manufacture, or undertaking (Work and Income definition)

A person who is involved in an organization or activity.

The act of taking part or being involved in an organization or activity.

Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope

A tool to develop a holistic plan of where client is now and where he/she wants to be in a certain timeframe and steps that can be taken to assist the client to achieve certain goals that have been specified

A person who requires medical care.

The day [or date] from time to time fixed by an Employer on which an employee is paid for work they have been contracted to do.  Alternatively it also refers to the day an instalment of a benefit falls due for payment.

A movement started by persons with disabilities in the late 1970's to take greater control of programs affecting them. Originated the concept of person-first language.
http://www.peoplefirst.org.nz

Focused and driven by the person / client in question.

Refers to a number of planning approaches that are driven by the person / client they are intended for.  These approaches are defined by the following criteria:

• the person is at the centre
• family / friends are partners in planning
• the plan reflects what is important to the person, their capabilities and what support they require
• the plan results in actions that are about life, not just services, and reflects what is possible, not just what is available

the plan results in on-going listening and learning and further action (Helen Sanderson and Jackie Kilbane. Person Centred Planning – Resource Guide.)

A type of person-centered planning that involves dreaming, describing, and doing with the family and their support system.

A personal goal setting process.

Any impairment that directly affects motor function and / or the control of movement.

A person qualifed to develop and implement programs to develop fine and gross motor skills and rehabilitation services to persons with physical disabilities.

Payment for production based on the number of units processed, rather than the number of hours used.

Job / employment / position placement.

A website that acts as a 'doorway' to the Internet or a portion of the Internet, matching a person's needs to available offerings.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Educational programs that follow high school including colleges, universities, technical and vocational schools, and community colleges.

Programs that occur after high school (secondary education).

Preparation for a person before being placed into employment.

In relation to a dependent child, means the person who has the primary responsibility for the day to day care of the child, other than on a temporary basis, but does not include

(a) Any body of persons (whether incorporated or unincorporated); or
(b) Any person who is the proprietor of, or employed in,-
(i) A residence established under the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989; or
(ii) A home registered under the Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975; or
(iii) Any other institution in which the child is being cared for

http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

Relevant information that a person has prior to instruction.This forms a basis for learning the new information.

1. An establishment, other than an institution, that provides post-school education or vocational training.
   http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary
2. An organisation that has been recognised by NZQA and accredited to deliver and assess Unit Standards, thus qualifying to receive ETSA funding for training.
   http://education.massey.ac.nz/wellington_online/bedu6204/course/204gloss.htm

A written document that must be provided to parents of a student being evaluated for a suspected disability.

Any feature added to the learning task that assists the student in performing tasks -can be verbal, gestural, visual or physical.

Partially Sighted

A medical doctor who can assess an individual's emotional, intellectual , and coping skills and typically provides medical interventions or medications to improve them.

An evaluation of a student's intellectual capacity and learning style.

A person who is qualified to assess an individual's emotional, intellectual, and coping skills and provide counselling or interventions to improve them.

Physiotherapist
http://www.nzsp.org.nz/

Private Training Establishment

The public sector comprises; the State sector ('central Government'); and all local authorities ('local government'), including local authority trading enterprises (LATEs). "Public Sector", which is wider than "State sector", which is wider than "Public Service".
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

The Public Service comprises the Departments listed in the First Schedule to the State Sector Act. The number has varied between 36 and 39 in the last year. Sometimes described as the first, or inner, tier of the "three tier State", the other two tiers being Crown entities and State owned enterprises; Narrower than both "State sector" and 'Public sector".
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

The Public Sector Training Organisation (PSTO) serves as an industry Training Organisation for the e State sector. Its mission is to promote improvements in the quality of training and development of employees in the sector. The State Services Commission hosts PSTO, and its staff are Commission employees.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A public servant (or Public Service employee) is the chief executive or an employee of a Public Service Department.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Quality Management System: an internal system of planning, documentation, reporting and monitoring established to ensure that an institution's educational programmes meet and maintain appropriate academic standards.

An adaptation or modification of the environment or materials which makes it possible for a person with a disability to fully participate in an activity.

A testimonial from a previous employer.

The process of notifying an agency to request services. A referral is often followed by an eligibility determination.

Referral from other agency or individual.

The process of consciously thinking over experiences in order to learn from them.

Schools for students who can not attend their regular schools because they have high health needs.

The name of the agency that oversees the provision of vocational rehabilitation services.

Services that are not necessarily educational in nature, but that are provided as part of an educational program. Speech, language, hearing, social work, and psychology services are examples of related services.

To get more information about something.

Specially trained teachers who support work within schools to assist staff, parents and community members to meet the needs of students with moderate learning and/or behavioural difficulties.

A brief break (in home or out-of-home) for caregivers of individuals with developmental disabilities.

To do what one promises to do. For example, an officer agrees to follow the rules of the group and to fulfill the duties expected of him or her in that office.

Sometimes used as a synonym for 'Outcomes'; sometimes to denote the degree to which an organisation successfully delivers its outputs; and sometimes with both meanings at once.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

A one-page summary of an individual's education, employment history, and other accomplishments.

Request for Proposal

Powers that belong to you by the laws of your country or state.

Experiences undertaken by people which may or may not have positive outcomes but from which they can learn and develop.

Regional Manager

Regional Management Team

Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
http://www.rnzfb.org.nz/

Resource Teacher of the Deaf

Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour

Resource Teachers of Literacy

Resource Teachers of Reading

Resource Teacher Vision

Includes commission, and any other remuneration from employment.
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

Standards and Monitoring Service
http://www.sams.org.nz/

The process where a more expert person interacts with learners to guide them towards building their own understanding.

Refers to general education secondary programs developed under the School-to-Work Opportunity Act of 1994 that include career education, work-based instruction experiences, and efforts to connect students with vocational and postschool programs.

Special Day Class

Self-Directed Search

Special Education 2000 (Govt Policy)
http://www.ero.govt.nz/ero/publishing.nsf/Content/9800C94B2A29EC00CC25704A0012EAE4?Open#Introduction

Special Education Advisor

An agreement between a parent or caregiver and the Secretary for Education for a child or young person to enrol at a special education facility.

Special Education Grant  http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl7305_v1/special-education-grant-seg-booklet.pdf

Referral from oneself.

A subsidy from Workbridge to assist people with disabilities into self-employment.

The ability and opportunity to speak on behalf of one's self.

Individuals’ perception of themselves.

Special training provided to persons with disabilities to enable them to choose and act on the basis of their choices.

This instrument identifies six personality types and matches them with six matching categories of jobs to help students make a career choice related to their needs and preferences.

Individuals’ value judgment about themselves.

An impairment causing hearing, sight or other sensory disability.

A term no longer used by the Ministry of Education, standing for “Specialist Education Services”.  The term now used is “Special Education”, or GSE.

Students and adults whose severe behaviour jeopardises their own physical safety and that of others.

A resource for providing parents advice and specialist support for students with severe behaviour difficulties and their schools, parents, caregivers and families, whanau. 

1. School Focus
   
2. Strengthening Families
   http://www.strengtheningfamilies.govt.nz/

An activity centre for people with intellectual or other disability – usually assembly type and packaging work – being phased out. 

Momentarily, the mental process of retaining and recalling a past act, experience or impression.

A benefit for people who are temporarily off work because of sickness, injury, pregnancy or disability.
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/get-financial-assistance/main-benefit/sickness.html

Supported Independent Living

A survey to check skills of client for career planning.

Supplementary Learning Support (aka Moorrs) http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=8862&indexid=7956&indexparentid=6871

Speech Language Therapist

Service Manager

An evaluation of a student's developmental history which is conducted by a school social worker.

A person employed by a school or agency to help individuals, families, or groups in coping with their environments and obtaining needed services.

Statement of Intent

A grant provided to all schools to assist students with moderate special education needs.  The amount is based on the school’s decile ranking and roll size. http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl7305_v1/special-education-grant-seg-booklet.pdf

The national sporting organisation for people with intellectual disabilities.

A school providing specialist education or support for students with specific physical, behaviour, sensory or intellectual support needs.

An evaluation of a student's receptive and expressive language abilities.

A person who is qualified to assess a person's speech and provide interventions to improve it. Sometimes referred to as a language specialist.

Support for students who do not qualify for ORRS but have a high needs for speech-language therapy.

Specific Learning Disabilities Federation
http://www.speld.org.nz/

Suspension Reduction Initiative

State Services Commission
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Special Supplementary Grant for Tertiary Students with Disabilities  http://www.tec.govt.nz/funding/ssg/special_ed/special_ed.htm

A team of people employed by a single employer.

The State sector comprises all organisations that are included in the 'Crown reporting entity' and are referred to in s 27(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989, namely: 

• Public Service departments;
• other organisations defined as departments for the purposes of the Public Finance Act 1989;
• Offices of Parliament (eg the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment);
• State-owned enterprises;
• Crown entities; and
• The Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

State services are defined in the State Sector Act as meaning: all instruments of the Crown, whether departments, corporations, agencies or other instruments; and including the Education service and the Health service; but not including:

• the Governor-General;
• any member of the Executive Council
• any Minister of the Crown
• any member of Parliament
• any corporation listed in the First Schedule to the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 (ie any SOE); or any university, polytechnic or college of education.

http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

A document that identifies, for the medium term, the main features of intentions regarding strategy, capability and performance. SOIs are developed after discussion between an entity and its Minister(s). Departmental SOIs are in the process of being rolled out over the next two years to replace Departmental Forecast Reports and other documents. Crown entities on the Sixth Schedule to the Public Finance Act prepare an SOI that covers medium term financial and performance intentions. Afer being finalised, the SOI is tabled in Parliament.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

Government departments, and those Crown entities from which the Government purchases a significant quantity of goods and services, are required to include audited statements of objectives and statements of service performance with their financial statements. These statements report whether the organisation has met its service objectives for the year.
http://www.ssc.govt.nz/Glossary/#top

Person who works with students with disabilities to ensure their needs are met within the tertiary institution.

A financial grant to assist with employment possibilities.

In relation to a person, means employment that the Department is satisfied is suitable for the person to undertake for any number of hours a week that is less than or equal to the employment required to satisfy the work test for that person.
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

Anything that is needed to make it possible or easier for you or your group to accomplish a task, or to be involved in something, or to achieve goals you or your group has set.

Person who supports another to gain & retain employment, living or social skills.

Supports that help people with disabilities find competitive work in an integrated setting where they might not otherwise be able to do so. The supports can include job coaches, transportation, assistive technology, specialized job training and individually tailored supervision.
www.onestoptoolkit.org/glossary.cfm

Supporting paid employment for people with disabilities.

Refers to accommodations, persons in the environment, or practices that help an individual in conducting life activities, including employment.

Teacher Aide

Technical and Further Education – a term for an education provider in Australia similar to New Zealand’s Polytechnic.

1. Breakdown of a particular job into its component parts
2. Systematic study of the components of a skill or activity so that all components can be taught a step at a time to build up to performing the complete task.

Traumatic Brain Injury

The Correspondence School
www.correspondence.school.nz/

An early childhood institution administered by the Te Kohanga Reo Trust. The programmes are based on the total immersion of children from birth to school age in Maori language, culture and values.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

People employed by the school to assist classroom teachers with implementing learning programmes for students who have special education needs.

Tertiary Education Commission
http://www.tec.govt.nz/

Any item, piece of equipment or product that is used to assist, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a person.

Full employment for a period of less than 26 weeks (Work and Income definition).
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/tools/glossary.html

Tertiary education comprises all involvement in post-school learning activities and includes industry training and Adult and Community Education.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Tertiary education providers are all the institutions and organisations that provide tertiary education. These include public tertiary education institutions (TEIs), private training establishments (PTEs), other tertiary education providers (OTEPs) and government training establishments (GTEs).
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Targeted Funding for Educational Achievement
http://www.teachnz.govt.nz/environment/edusystem/funding.html

Traumatic Incident

The time within which entitled and mandated services must be provided; also prohibits being put on a waiting list for any service to which you have a right.

Te Kete Ipurangi
www.tki.org.nz

Team Leader

Initiates a variety of programmes which are designed to stimulate student’s thinking about careers through active contact with organizations and their staff.
http://nz.tmp.com/marketknowledge/tmpworkchoiceday.asp

Te Pataka

Learning opportunities (for example, courses and workshops) that focus on workplace learning and performance and personal development.

The Training Incentive Allowance can help with things like fees, text books or childcare if you want to do some training to increase your chances of getting a job. It does not need to be paid back.
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/get-financial-assistance/extra-help/training-incentive-allowance.html

Subsidy from Workbridge to assist people with disabilities to access education ie reader writer.

Transition is the seamless movement of students from school or tertiary education into the world of work, training, and other activities.

An individual employed to coordinate services for youth with disability leaving school.

A number of exhibits or stalls designed to give young people an opportunity to find out about services, eligibility requirements, and referral procedures of adult service agencies.

The meeting in which transition is discussed. This meeting should occur no later than age 14 to discuss the student's course of study, and no later than age 16 to discuss services and supports needed to achieve the student's desired postschool outcomes.

Also known as the "Statement of Needed Transition Services" or Individual Transition Plan (ITP). The IEP/ transition plan states in the IEP what services, supports, and activities will be provided to students to help them reach their career goals.

An under-rate permit lets a person work for less than the minimum wage.  The Labour Inspectors can grant an under-rate permit to a person with a recognised disability that significantly slows his or her work and makes him or her incapable of earning the minimum wage.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

The number of people who are not in work, but who are available for and actively seeking work.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A benefit available to you through Work and Income if you are out of work.
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/get-financial-assistance/main-benefit/unemployment-youth.html

The proportion of the labour force that is unemployed.

Formal description of a cluster of Elements and their associated Performance Criteria in a specific subject or skill area (plus other data such as level, credits, range notes). Unit Standards are developed through consultation by an ITO or NSB, and registered on the National Framework by NZQA.

A Unit Standard is NOT the same as a course: a Unit Standard is assessment-focussed, whereas a course is delivery-focussed, addressing content, resources and teaching techniques as well as assessment. Several Unit Standards may be clustered by a provider into one course, or spread across several courses.

Universities are state owned autonomous institutions characterised by their engagement in a wide diversity of teaching and research, especially at a higher level.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Uniform Resource Locator - the unique address of a web page or website (for example, http://www.cwa.co.nz) that tells your computer where to look. http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Van Asch College
http://www.vanasch.school.nz/125jubilee/home.htm

NZ Federation of Vocational & Support Services
http://www.nzvass.org.nz/

Very High Needs

Very High Needs

Children with very high needs are likely to need greater amounts of therapy and special programmes during their school years than children with high needs.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=6179&data=l

Visiting Neuro-Developmental Therapist (Health)

Training and education in specific occupational skills to prepare an individual for transition from school to a job.

A federal and state program that provides a range of services to persons with disabilities, typically to achieve a particular career goal.

Services that assist an individual to take a meaningful part in the community.  It is mainly used to imply a service that is directed towards finding employment.

(a) means a person who-

(i) does not expect to be rewarded for work to be performed as a volunteer;and
(ii) receives no reward for work performed as a volunteer; and

(b) does not include a person who is in a place of work for the purpose of receiving on the job training or gaining work experience.
http://www.workinfo.govt.nz/Article.aspx?catid=70 

Vocational Rehabilitation

Visual Resource Centre

A wage subsidy is a financial contribution that Work and Income can provide for you to help you employ someone who has been unemployed for a period of time.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A list of persons who have been determined eligible for services that are in short supply and cannot be provided until openings arise or services are expanded.

As defined in the Education Amendment Act 1990, Section S162 (b)IV, wananga are characterised by teaching and research that maintains, advances, disseminates and assists the application of knowledge regarding ahua Maori according to tikanga Maori.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Wellington College of Education
http://www.wce.ac.nz/

Wellington Early Intervention Trust

Family
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A term of considerable elasticity, intended to describe a subject applying to a large section, if not the entirety, of the State sector. In practice, it can mean anything from "the entire State sector" to 'a lot of Public Service departments'.
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Work and Income NZ
www.workandincome.govt.nz

Work and Income New Zealand
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

Something that one is doing, making, or performing, especially as an occupation or undertaking; a duty or task.

Work experience gives job seekers an opportunity to perform actual work in a career area they are interested in.  It is usually short term and either paid or unpaid.

Work Track is a three week early intervention employment focused programme aimed at reducing at risk clients from becoming long term unemployed (Work and Income definition).

Those people aged 15 years and over who normally live in New Zealand (and who aren't in institutions e.g. prison, or in the defence forces). http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/need-more-training/glossary

A safety / skill based check on workplace environment.

Any activity which increases students’ awareness and knowledge of workplaces, the local and national labour markets, trends in employment and work.  May include work experience, workplace visits, role models, expos and so on (Career Services definition).

Youth Offending Assessments

Youth Offending Team