Common SEND Acronyms 

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• ABA - Applied Behavioural Analysis

• ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder

• ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder

• APD - Auditory Processing Disorder

• BOSS - Behaviour Outreach Support Service

• BSP - Behaviour Support Plan

• CAMHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

• CELF - Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamental

• ECLIPS - Extended Communication and Language Impairment Provision for Students

• EHC - Education, Health and Care

• EP - Educational Psychologist

• ESCO - Early Support and Care Coordination

• EWO - Education Welfare Officer

• HI - Hearing Impairment

• IBP - Individual Behaviour Plan

• IEP - Individual Education Plan

• IPP - Individual Pupil Profile

• LO - Local Offer

• LSA, TA or LA - Learning Support Assistant, Teaching Assistant or Learning Assistant

• MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulties

• MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment

• OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder

• OT - Occupational Therapist

• PECS - Picture Exchange Communication System

• PDA - Pathological Demand Avoidance

• PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Disability

• SALT/SLT - Speech and Language Therapists

• SEN - Special Educational Needs

• SEND - Special Educational Needs and Disability

• SENCO - Special Educational Needs Coordinator

• SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication Needs

• SLD - Severe Learning Difficulties

• SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty

• STT - Specialist Teaching Team

• VI - Visually Impaired

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