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AAccident and Emergency Department
Acquired Brain Injury
See Advisory Centre for Education
The short term, crisis phase of an illness
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
For further information see:
www.adhd.org.uk
www.adders.org
http://www.adhdalliance.org.uk/
The reports provided by professionals and parents as part of statutory assessment
National body giving advice on education for children with special needs, particularly exclusions.
A yearly review of a statement of Special Educational Needs.
App is an abbreviation for application. An app is a piece of software which can run on the Internet, on your computer, or on your phone or other electronic device. These can include games or functional tools to help with things such as communication or managing medical conditions.
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (now most often referred to as Autistic Spectrum Condition or ASC)
For further information see ASC entry
Behavioural Emotional and Social Difficulties
Abbreviation for "Black and Minority Ethnic"
Behaviour Support Team
CClassroom Assistant or Carers Allowance
Common Assessment Framework
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
This is the extra help which you get after your needs assessment. It might, for example, include some respite care, a session with a community family worker or some social work support.
If you are the person most closely involved in looking after your child, and your child is having – or is eligible – for an assessment of their needs, you may be entitled to a carer's needs assessment in your own right. But this may be covered by the CAF and the needs assessment.
Carer's Allowance (CA) is a weekly payment for anyone who spends at least 35 hours a week looking after someone with an illness or disability but is not paid to do this. Find more information about Carer's Allowance. chronic persisting for a long time
A CAF is a way of assessing a child's additional needs and planning help for them and their family. It should bring together the family and the professionals who can help to create an action plan.
More than one significant problem
Present at birth
Code of Practice
Cerebral Palsy
For further information see www.scope.org.uk
DDisability Discrimination Act.
A guide that tells schools how to carry out their duty not to discriminate against pupils according to the Disability Discrimination Act
Identification of a disease or condition by looking at the symptoms
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a benefit you can claim if your child needs extra help or looking after because of their special needs. More about Disability Living Allowance.
See Disability Living Allowance
Department for Work and Pensions
EAll pre-school education provision such as playgroups, nursery classes, pre-schools and day nurseries
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
Emotional, Behavioural and Social Difficulties
Work with schools, children and parents on attendance problems.
Ear, nose and throat
Educational Psychologist
See Educational Welfare Officer
GGlobal Developmental Delay. When a child has delayed achievement of one or more developmental milestones, this is Developmental Delay. Global Developmental Delay implies that the child has delays in all areas of development.
Inherited
HHearing Impairment
ISee Individual Education Plan.
A trained person who can offer practical support to parents of children with special needs on education issues. Local authorities have a duty to provide this kind of support to parents of children with special needs. Find out more about getting help from one of Nottinghamshire and Nottingham PPS service IPS.
A program of learning objectives and teaching strategies for children with special educational needs. The IEP should be discussed with you and with your child, and be reviewed at least twice a year.
Individual Needs Teacher
See Independent Parental Supporter
LLocal authority
Local education authority
Learning Support Assistant
MOrdinary state school
Moderate learning difficulties
Multi Sensory Impairment
Where all the professionals or organisations providing treatment or support come together to assess or discuss your child or your family situation.
NIn order to decide on the extra help and support your child needs, the social worker will come to your home to find out more about your situation. After that, they will write a report, giving details of your needs. This report is called an 'initial needs assessment' and any help your child receives should be based on it. It also includes the needs of parents/carers and the family as a whole, including brothers and sisters.
A note issued to a child's parents and school, following statutory asessment, if the LA decide not to make a statement.
OOccupational Therapist
This is where a worker comes out to you and/or your child, rather than you having to go to them
PDoctor who specialises in the development or care of children.
Every education authority is obliged to provide a Parent Partnership Service to make sure parents can get hold of impartial information and advice on special educational needs and the statementing process.
Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County Parent Partnership Service: www.ppsnotts.org.uk
A score attained in a test that compares a child with its age group.
Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
For further information see http://www.mencap.org.uk/html/campaigns/PMLD/pmld_definition.asp
Home-based, pre-school education service for children with special needs.
See Parent Partnership Service.
A condition which will go through a series of stages as it develops. Often suggests a condition will not improve
A provision map is a document that provides an 'at a glance' way of showing the provision a school makes for children with special and other additional needs. This may be through extra staffing, groups for particular needs or use of support services.
Pupil Referral Unit. A centre maintained by the Local Authority for children who are not able to attend a mainstream or special school.
RShort-term breaks for parents or carers.
SSpeech and Language Difficulties
See School Action.
See School Action Plus
The second of the school-based stages for children with special educational needs: where School Action has not helped the child to make adequate progress, and the school asks for outside advice from the LEA's support services, or from health or social work professionals.
See Special Educational Needs
A guide for early education settings, state schools and local education authorities (LEAs) on the help they can give to children with special educational needs. Schools and LEAs must take account of the Code when they deal with a child with special educational needs.
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator. The member of staff in a mainstream school who is responsible for special educational needs within the school.
See Special Educational Needs Disability Tribunal
Severe Learning Difficulties. Can sometimes refer to speech and language difficulties too. For further information see: www.mencap.org.uk
A legal definition for children who have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn or access education than most children of the same age. These children may need extra or different help from that given to other children of the same age.
An independent body that hears parents' appeals against LEA decisions on statutory assessments and statements and parents' claims of unlawful disability discrimination.
A school that makes specialist provision for pupils with special needs.
Specific Learning Difficulty, for example dyslexia or dyspraxia.
See: http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/ and http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/
A statement of special educational needs. A legal document that sets out a child's educational needs and where and how those needs will be met. Find out more about statements.
A detailed examination of a child's special educational needs by the LA, which may lead to a statement. Find out more about statutory assessments.
TTeaching Assistant
See Transition Plan
A plan drawn up after the Year 9 annual review of a Statement, setting out the steps needed for the young person to move from school to adult life.
VVisual Impairment