What Does All the Jargon Mean?

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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