Special Education Needs

SEND – Key information

Local authorities, schools and other services will set out a local offer of all services available to support children who are disabled or who have Special Educational Needs and their families.

The local offer will enable families to understand what services they can access and what support they can expect from a range of local agencies, including from the local authority, health services, schools, leisure services and the voluntary sector. The offer will include provision from birth to 25, across education, health and social care.

SEND Local Offer

SEND Glossary of the most common terms

ADD	Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD	Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder
ASD	Autistic Spectrum Disorder
CAF	Common Assessment Framework
CAMHS	Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service
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
FLO	Family Liaison Officer
HI	Hearing Impairment
IEP	Individual Education Plan
LAC	Looked After Child
LEA	Local Education Authority
LM	Learning Mentor
MLD	Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSI	Multi-sensory impairment
OT	Occupational Therapist
PD	Physical disability
PMLD	Profound and multiple learning difficulties
SEN	Special Educational Needs
SEND	Special Educational Needs & Disability
SENCo	Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
SLCN	Speech, Language, Communication Needs
SLD	Severe learning difficulties
SpLD	Specific Learning Difficulty
VI	Visual Impairment