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The Local Offer website contains pages of information and a directory of SEND related information for many various services including Leisure, Support and Advice and Health. To help you find the information you want either
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Although the Local Offer website tries to avoid jargon, you may come across it. If so, take a look at the jargon tab to view commonly used abbreviations.
If you need any help or advice regarding the website please call 01482 300 300 and ask for the Local Offer. Alternatively email localoffer@hullcc.gov.uk The local offer is only staffed for 18.5 hours per week, but your enquiry will be responded to.
Expression | Meaning |
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Academy | A state funded school in England which receives its funding directly from and is owned and controlled by central government |
ADHD | Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder |
AR | Annual Review |
ASC | Autistic Spectrum Condition |
AT | Advisory Teacher |
CAF | Common Assessment Framework. A method of assessment which can be used by social services, health or education. It is non statutory i.e it does not replace a statutory assessment |
CAMHS | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services |
CCG | Clinical Commissioning Group. A CCG plans and arranges the delivery of health care provision for people in its area. |
CP | Cerebral Palsy is a physical impairment that affects movement. |
CSDPA | Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. This is one of the main Acts of Parliament which entitle disabled people to social care. |
DfE | Department for Education |
DP | Direct Payments made in lieu of services, Direct Payments may be available for health care, social care and for the special educational provision of a EHC Plan. Dis |
Dis Res | Disagreement resolution service offered by local authorities to resolve disagreements between parents, schools and the local authority. |
Early Years Provider | A provider of early education places for children under five. This can include state funded and private nurseries. |
EHC needs assessment | An assessment of the education, health care and social care needs of a child or young person conducted by the local authority under the Children and Families Act 2014. |
EHC Plan | An education, health and care plan which may be produced at the end on an education, health and care needs assessment |
EP | Educational Psychologist. |
EWO | Education Welfare Officer |
EYFS | The Early Years Foundation Stage. A statutory framework which covers children both in pre-school settings and in reception classes up to their fifth birthday |
FE | Further education which includes further education colleges, sixth form colleges, specialist colleges and adult education institutions. It does not include universities |
Free School | A type of academy |
HI | Hearing Impairment |
Independent School | A school that is not maintained by a local authority. |
Independent Supporter | A person recruited locally by a voluntary or community sector organisation to help families going through an EHC needs assessment and the process of developing a EHC Plan. |
ISSS | Integrated Sensory Support Service. |
Mainstream School | State school which can meet the needs of most children |
Maintained School | Schools in England are maintained by a local authority-any community, foundation or voluntary school, community special or foundation special school. |
Mediation | A method of seeking to resolve disagreements by going to an independent mediator. Mediation must be offered to a parent or young person in relation to an EHC Plan. Mediation is not compulsory for the parent or young person but they will need to consider mediation before appealing the education parts of an EHC plan in most cases with the exception of an appeal over placement only. |
MLD | Moderate learning difficulties |
National curriculum | A statutory entitlement to learning of all pupils determining what should be taught and setting attainment targets for learning. |
OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
ODD | Oppositional Defiance Disorder |
Ofsted | Office of Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. This is the body which inspects and regulates services which care for children and young people and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages |
OT | Occupational Therapy, sometimes used to refer to the occupational therapist. |
Paed | Paediatrician |
PDD | Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
Personal Budget | A Personal Budget is the notional amount of money which an LA has identified as necessary to secure the special educational provision in the EHC plan. |
PMLD | Profound and multiple learning difficulties |
Portage | Home based educational support for pre-school children with SEN. |
SEN | Special educational needs. |
SENCO | Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator-the teacher with responsibility for co-ordinating special help for children with SEN at their school. |
SEND or the Tribunal | The First-Tier Tribunal, Special Educational Needs and Disability-sometimes formally referred to by its former name sendist |
SLD | Severe learning difficulties |
SLT or SALT | Speech and Language Therapy, sometimes used to refer to the Speech and Language Therapist |
Special school | A school which is specifically organised to make special educational provision for pupils with SEN. |
SpLD | Specific Learning Difficulties |
TA | Teaching Assistant also sometimes called Learning Support Assistant (LSA). |
VI | Visual Impairment |
YOS | Youth Offending Service |