SEND Abbreviations
There are many acronyms and abbreviations in the world of SEND, so we have tried to make it a little easier for you with our glossary of SEND terms below:
ABSA |
Anxiety Based School Avoidance |
ACE |
Adverse Childhood Experience |
ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
ADHD |
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder |
ADOS |
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule |
AiS |
Autism in Schools – pilot project |
ALN |
Additional Learning Needs (Wales) |
ALNCO |
Additional Learning Needs Coordinator (Welsh SENCO) |
ALP |
Additional Learning Provision (Wales) |
APRG |
Area Parent Reps Group (DSPL) |
ARFID |
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder |
ASD/ASC |
Autism Spectrum Disorders /Autistic Spectrum Condition |
ASN |
Additional Support Needs (Scotland) |
ASR |
Annual School Review |
AWT |
Additional Welfare and Tuition |
BESD |
Behavioural Emotional and Social Difficulties |
BSP |
Behavioural Support Plan |
CAMHS |
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service |
CBT |
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy |
CCG |
Clinical Commissioning Group |
CIAO |
Child Information Advise Officer |
CIC |
Community Interest Company |
CIN |
Child in Need |
CINP |
Child in Need Plan |
CLA |
Child Looked After |
CME |
Children Missing Education |
CQC |
Care Quality Commission |
CYP |
Children and Young people |
CYPMHS |
Children and Young People's Mental Health Services |
CYPP |
Children and Young People's Plan |
DCD |
Developmental Coordination Disorder |
DCS |
Director of Children's Services |
DDA |
Disability Discrimination Act |
DfE |
Department of Education |
DLA |
Disability Living Allowance |
DS |
Downs Syndrome |
DSM |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual |
DSPL |
Delivering Specialist Provision Locally |
EAL |
English as an Alternative Language |
EBD |
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties |
EBNA |
Emotional Based School Non-attendance |
EBSA |
Emotional Based School Avoidance |
EBSNA |
Emotional Based School Non-attendance |
EHCCO |
Education, Health Care Coordinator |
EHCNA |
Education, Health Care Needs Assessment |
EHCP |
Education, Health Care Plan |
ENF |
Exceptional Needs Funding |
ENH CCG |
East and North Herts Clinical Commissioning Group |
ENHT |
East and North Herts Trust |
EP |
Educational Psychologist |
ERPCF |
Eastern Region Parent Carer Forum |
ESC |
Education Support Centre |
ESL |
English as a Second Language |
ESNA |
Extended School Non-Attendance |
EWO |
Education Welfare Officer |
EY |
Early Years |
EYDP |
Early Years Development Plan |
FASD |
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder |
FII or Fii |
Fabricated or Induced Illness |
FSC |
Family Services Commissioning |
FSW |
Family Support Worker |
GDD |
Global Development Delay |
GIRFEC |
Getting It Right for Every Child (Scotland) |
HAAAPB |
Herts All Age Autism Partnership Board |
HCC |
Hertfordshire County Council |
HCS |
Hertfordshire Care Services (Adult Services) |
HCT |
Hertfordshire Community Trust (Health provider) |
HES |
Hertfordshire Equipment Service |
HNF |
High Needs Funding |
HPFT |
Herts Partnership Foundation Trust |
HV |
Health Visiting |
HVCCG |
Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group |
HWBB |
Health and Well Being Board |
HWEICB |
Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board |
HWESTPCYP Exec |
Herts and West Essex Sustainability and Transformation Plan |
IAG |
Information, Advice and Guidance |
ICB |
Integrated Care Board |
ICD 10 |
International Classification of Diseases Issue 10 |
ICS |
Integrated Care System |
IPSEA |
Independent Provider of Special Education Advice |
ISL |
Integrated Services for Learning |
ISM |
Implementation Support Meeting |
JSNA |
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment |
LA |
Local Authority |
LEA |
Local Education Authority |
LHNF |
Local High Needs Funding |
LSPs |
Local School Partnerships |
MHST |
Mental Health Support Team |
MLD |
Mild Learning Difficulty |
NAS |
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
ND |
Neuro Diverse or Neurodivergent |
NEET |
Not in Education, Employment or Training |
NICE |
National Institute for Clinical Excellence |
NNPCF |
National Network of Parent Carer Forums |
NT |
Neuro Typical |
OCD |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
ODD |
Oppositional Defiance Disorder |
OSB |
Overnight Short Breaks |
OT |
Occupational Therapy |
PAB |
SEND Partnership and Assurance Board |
PALMS |
Positive Behaviour, Autism, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Service |
PDA |
Pathological Demand Avoidance |
PfA |
Preparing for Adulthood |
PIP |
Personal Independent Payment |
PMLD |
Profound Multiple Learning Difficulty |
PP |
Perplexing Presentations |
SALT |
Speech and Language Therapies |
SAT |
Specialist Advisory Teacher |
SBLO |
Short Breaks Local Offer |
SCD |
Social Communication Disorder |
SEMH |
Social Emotional Mental Health |
SEN |
Special Educational Needs |
SENCo |
Special Education Needs Coordinator |
SEND |
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities |
SEND IT |
SEND Information and Technology |
SEND SAS |
Send Specialist Advise and Support |
SENDCO |
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator |
SENDIAGO |
SEND Implementation, Advice and Guidance Officer |
SENDIASS |
SEND Information, Advice and Support Service |
SISO |
SEND Implementation and Support Officer |
SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
SLCA |
Speech, Language, Communication and Autism Team |
SLCN |
Speech, Language and Communication Needs |
SLD |
Severe Learning Difficulty |
SpLD |
Specific Learning Difficulties |
T&F |
Task and Finish |
TAC |
Team Around a Child |
TAF |
Team Around the Family |
TAS |
Targeted Advice Service (advisory teachers in ISL) |
WsoA |
Written Statement of Action |