Abbreviation | Description | ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | ASD | Autistic spectrum disorder | BSS | Behaviour support Service | AT | Advisory Teachers | CAF | Common Assessment Form | CIR | County Inclusive Resource – supports children with ASD | CoP | Code of Practice Special Educational Needs (SEND) Code of Practice: for 0 to 25 years. Statutory guidance for organisations who work with and support young people with SEND This is the legal document that sets out the requirements for SEND | EHC plan | Education and Health Care plan – these are replacing Statements of SEN. They require a formal assessment of SEND by the LA and may result in the school receiving ‘top up’ funding to help support a child’s needs. | EP | Educational Psychologist | EWO | Educational Welfare Officer | FSW | Family Support Worker | HI | Hearing impaired | LA | Local Authority | LA Local Offer | States what the LA will be offering schools and other providers in terms of SEND. | LAC | Looked After Child | PD | Physical Disability | PIPs | Personal Improvement Plans | PSA | Parent Support Advisor | PSP | Pastoral Support Programme | SENCO | Special Educational Needs Coordinator | SEND | Special Educational Needs or Disabilities | School Local Offer | States what the School will be offering students and parents in terms of SEND. | | Educational Psychologist | SALT | Speech and Language Therapy | SpLD | Specific Learning Difficulty (Dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia) | TA | Team Around the Child | VI | Visual Impairment |
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