There are many SEND terms that are abbreviated in this document and that you may read and hear should your child have special educational needs. Below is a glossary of the most commonly used SEND terms.
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder
ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder
BESD Behavioural and Emotional & Social Difficulties
CAF Common Assessment Framework
COP Code of Practice
CP Child Protection
DCD Developmental Co-ordination Disorder
EAL English as an Additional Language
EP Educational Psychologist
FSM Free School Meals
HI Hearing Impairment
HYMS Healthy Young Minds
LAC Looked After Child
L(E)A Local Education Authority
MLD Moderate Learning Difficulty
NC National Curriculum
OT Occupational Therapy
PBSS Primary Behaviour Support Service
SALT Speech and Language
SEN Special Educational Needs
SEND Special Educational Needs and Disability
SpLD Specific Learning Difficulty
VI Visual Impairment