| Term |
Meaning |
| ACE |
Advisory Centre for Education |
| ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AEN |
Additional Educational Needs |
| AS |
Asperger Syndrome |
| ASD |
Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| BIP |
Behavioural Improvement Programme |
| CA |
Carers Allowance |
| CAFS |
Child and Adolescent Family Services |
| CAMHS |
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service |
| CATs |
Cognitive Ability Tests |
| CBT |
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy |
| CDC |
Child Development Centre |
| CIN |
Children in Need |
| CP |
Child Protection |
| DfES |
The Department of Education and Skills |
| DLA |
Disability Living Allowance |
| DRC |
The Disability Rights Commission |
| DS |
Downs Syndrome |
| DX |
Abbreviation for "diagnosis" |
| EBD |
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties |
| EP |
Educational Psychologist |
| EWO |
Education Welfare Officer |
| G & T |
Gifted and Talented |
| GDD |
Global Developmental Delay |
| GLD |
General/Global Learning Difficulty |
| HFA |
High Functioning Autism |
| HI |
Hearing Impaired |
| HSA |
Home-School Agreement |
| HOY |
Head of Year |
| IBP |
Individual Behaviour Plan |
| IEP |
Individual Education Plan |
| IPSEA |
Independent Panel for Special Educational Needs |
| LAC |
Looked After Children (children in Care) |
| LD |
Learning Difficulties / Disability |
| Learning Difficulties LEA |
Local Education Authority |
| LSA |
Learning Support Assistant |
| LSS |
Learning Support Service |
| LSC |
The Learning and Skills Council |
| Meds |
Abbreviation for "medication" |
| MLD |
Moderate Learning Difficulties |
| ND |
Neuro-Diverse |
| NT |
Neuro-Typical |
| OT |
Occupational Therapy |
| OCD |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| ODD |
Oppositional Defiance Disorder |
| OFSTED |
Office for Standards in Education |
| PALS |
Patient Advice and Liaison Service |
| PDA |
Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome |
| PDD |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
| PDD-NOS |
Persuasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified |
| PCT |
Primary Care Trust |
| PI |
Physically Impaired |
| PMLD |
Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties |
| PP / (PWP) |
Parent Partnership / Partnership With Parents |
| PRU |
Pupil Referral Unit |
| PSP |
Personal Support Plan |
| Rx |
Abbreviation for Prescription |
| SA |
School Action |
| SAP |
School Action Plus |
| Script |
abbreviation for Prescription |
| SEBD |
Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties. |
| SEN |
Special Educational Needs |
| SENCO |
Special Educational Needs Coordinator |
| SI |
Sensory Impairment |
| SLD |
Severe Learning Difficulties |
| SpLT or SALT |
Speech and Language Therapy |
| SS |
Social Services |
| STF |
Specialist Teaching Facility |
| SW |
Social Worker |
| TS |
Tourettes Syndrome |
| TX |
abbreviation for "treatment" |
| VI |
Visually Impaired |
| YOT |
Youth Offending Team |
