Jargon Buster

Find here simple explanations of words you will hear in SEND support.

AAC – Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Additional Needs
ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adult Social Care and Support/ASC
Advocacy
Aids and Adaptations
Annual Review
AP – Alternative Provision
APD – Auditory Processing Disorder
ARFID – Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
ASD/ASC – Autistic Spectrum Disorder or Condition
Assessments
Benefits
BSL – British Sign Language
CAMHS
Care and Support Plan
Carer
Carers Allowance
Caseworker
Cerebral palsy
CETR – Care, Education & Treatment Review
CHC
Child in Need (CIN)
Citizen
Client Contribution
Co-production
Commissioner
Community Mental Health Teams Services (CMHTs)
Community Paediatricians
Community Services
Comorbidity
CP – Child Protection
DCD – Developmental co-ordination disorder (dyspraxia)
DfE
DFG
Direct Payments/DP
Disabled Children and Young People’s Team (DCYPT)
Disagreement Resolution
DLA/Disability Living Allowance
DSA: Disabled Students Allowance
DSR
Dyscalculia
Dyslexia
EAL
Early Help Assessment (EHA)
EBD
EBSA – Emotionally Based School Avoidance
EBSA – Emotionally Based School Avoidance
EBSNA – Emotionally Based School Non Attendance
EBSNA – Emotionally Based School Non Attendance
EHCP / Education, Health and Care plan
EOTAS (Education Other than At School)
EP/Educational Psychologist/Ed Psych: Educational Psychologist
EYS / Early Years Settings
FE / Further Education college
GAD
GDD – Global Development Delay
HE
Healthwatch England
HI
HLTA
Home Care
IEP/Individual Education Plan
IHP: Individual Health Plan
Inclusion
Independent living
Independent school
INT: Integrated Neighbourhood Teams
Integrated Care
Integrated care board (or ICB)
Integrated Care Partnerships (ICPs)
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs)
IS / Independent Supporter
Key worker
LA / Local Authority
LAEP
Learning Difficulties
Learning Disabilities
Local Offer
Mediation
Mental Health Support Teams (MHST)
MLD – Moderate Learning Difficulties
MSI – Multi Sensory Impairment
Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
National curriculum
NEET
Neurodivergent
Neurotypical
NHS Continuing Healthcare
NHS England
Non-Maintained Special School
OFSTED/ Office for Standards in Education
OT / Occupational Therapy
Outcomes
Outreach
Outreach
Paediatrics
Parent Carer Forum
PCN
PDA