Acronyms
Here is a useful guide to the many acronyms used in SEND documentation:
- ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ASC: Autism Spectrum Condition
- CAMHS: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- CCG: Clinical Commissioning Groups
- EHC: Education, Health and Care
- EHCP: Education, Health and Care Plan
- EP: Educational Psychologist
- EWO: Education Welfare Officer
- EYFS: Early Years Foundation Stage
- HCP: Health Care Plan
- HI: Hearing Impairment
- KS1: Key Stage 1 (Children aged 5-7)
- LA: Local Authority
- MLD: Moderate Learning Difficulty
- MSI: Multi-Sensory Impairment
- OT: Occupational Therapy/Therapist
- PD: Physical Disability
- PMLD: Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
- PR: Parental Responsibility
- PT: Physiotherapy/Physiotherapist
- SALT/SLT: Speech and Language Therapy/Therapist
- SEN: Special Educational Needs
- SENAAT: Special Educational Needs Assessment and Advice Team
- SEND: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- SENDCo: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator (also known as ‘Inclusion Leader’)
- SLCN: Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- SLD: Severe Learning Difficulties
- SpLD: Specific Learning Difficulties
- TA: Teaching Assistant
- VI: Visual Impairment