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We are pleased to inform you that we are conducting a full Local Offer review. As a result, you may see some short-term disruption on the site. But in the longer term, we hope you will see many positive changes and easily accessible information.
If you come across any other words or abbreviations that you don't know, please let us know at localoffer@kirklees.gov.uk
You can also find more explanations of terms often used when talking about health and social care on the TLAP Care and Support Jargon Buster (opens link in new window)
ACE - Adverse Childhood Experiences
ACL - Adult and Community Learning
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
AEN - Additional Education Needs
AET - Autism Education Trust
AFL - Assessment for Learning
ANP - Additional Needs Plan
ASC - Autistic Spectrum Condition
AP - Alternative Provision
APDR - Assess, Plan, Do, Review
ARFID - Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
BEST - Behaviour and Education Support Team
BST - Behaviour Support Team
CAMHS - Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (opens link in new window)
CAT - Cognitive Ability Tests for knowing, thinking and reasoning.
CHEWS - Children’s Emotional Wellbeing Service
CHFT - Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust (opens link in new window)
CHYPS - Child and Young Peoples Services.
CIC - Children in Care
CIN - Child In Need
CLLD - Communication, Language and Literacy Development.
CME - Children Missing in Education
CP - Child Protection
CPI - Child Protection Issue
CPR - Child Protection Register central register.
CSE - Child Sexual Exploitation
CVA - Cerebrovascular accident
CYP - Child or young person
DAF - Disability Access Fund (opens link in new window)
DCO - Designated Clinical Officer
DDA - Disability Discrimination Act.
DDSL - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
DFE - Department for Education. (opens link in new window)
DLA - Disability Living Allowance
DRC - Disability Rights Commission.
DSA - Disabled Student Fund (opens link in new window)
DSL - Designated Safeguarding Lead
Early Years Inclusion - Providing advice, guidance, identifying SEND and help with producing My Support Plans and applying for EHCP's for early years children.
EHA/SA - Early Help Assessment / Single Assessment
EHCNA - Educational Health and Care Assessment Request
EHCP - Education, Health and Care Plan
EHE - Elective Home Education
ELSA - Emotional Learning Support Assistant
EMHP - Education Mental Health Practitioner
EOTAS - Education Otherwise Than At School
EP - Educational Psychologist
ESO - Education Supervision Order
EYFS - Early Years Foundation Stage
EYSEND - Early Years Special Educational Needs
EWSA - Emotional Well-being Support Assistant
EWO - Educational Welfare Officer
FASD - Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
FGB - Full Governing Body
FOI - Freedom of Information
FSM - Free School Meals
FSW - Family Support Worker
GAD - Generalised Anxiety Disorder
GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
Habilitation (opens link in new window)
HI - Hearing Impaired/Impairment
HLTA - Higher Level Teaching Assistant
IAPDR - Individual Assess Plan Do Review
IBP - Individual Behaviour Plan
IEP - Individual Education Plan
IMCA - Independent Mental Capacity Advocate
IMHA - Independent Mental Health Advocate
IW - Inclusion Worker
IMAP - Inclusion Multi Agency Panel
ISO - Inclusion Support Offer
The Local Offer has a service called the Inclusion Support Offer (ISO) which provides support for all educational settings (including nurseries) to help to make sure they are doing everything they can to support children with SEND, without necessarily looking at additional funding or making referrals to assessed services.
You can find more information about this service on our ISO information page. This service is for schools use only, they do not take calls from parents or carers, but you can mention it to your child's educational setting and ask them to get in touch.
KCSB - Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board
KIAS - Kirklees Information & Advice Support Services
KS1 - Key Stage 1 (Reception to Year 2
KS2 - Key Stage 2 ( Year 3 to Year 6)
KS3 - Key Stage 3 (Year 7 to Year 9)
KS4 - Key Stage 4 ( Year 10 to Year 11)
KS5 - Key Stage 5 ( Year 12 to Year 13)
LA - Local Authority
LAC - Looked After Children
LADO - Local Authority Designated Officer
LSA - Learning Support Assistant.
MASH - Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub
MAST - Multi Agency Support Team
MCA - Mental Capacity Assessment
MDT - Multi-disciplinary Team
MHST - Mental Health Support Team
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulties
MLT - Middle Leadership Team
MNHS - Medical Needs and Hospital Service
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
MSP - My Support Plan
ODD - Oppositional Defiance Disorder
OT - Occupational Therapist
PCA - Person Centred Approaches
PCP - Person Centred Planning
PD - Physical Disability
PDA - Pathological Demand Avoidance
PECS - Picture Exchange Communication System.
PEG (feeding) - Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
PEP - Personal Education Plan
PI - Physical Impairment
PMLD - Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties
PPRS - Primary Pupil Referral Service
PR - Parental responsibility
PRU - Pupil Referral Unit
Portex - Specialist teachers who work with schools to help identify SEND and deliver strategies to support early years children with SEND
PSA - Parent Support Adviser
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
QFT - Quality First Teaching
SALT - Speech And Language Therapy/Therapist (opens link in new window)
SAPT - Specialist Adult Pathway Team
SDP - School Development Plan.
SEAL - Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning.
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health (opens link in new window)
SENDCo - Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (opens link in new window)
SEND - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (opens link in new window)
SENDIF - Special Educational Needs & Disability Inclusion Fund (opens link in new window)
SGO - Special Guardianship Order
SILC - Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (opens link in new window)
SLCN - Speech, Language & Communication Needs (opens link in new window)
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulties
SLIC - Speech Language Interaction Communication
SLT - Senior Leadership Team
SP - Specialist Provision
SPD - Sensory Processing Disorder
SPLD - Specific Learning Difficulty (opens link in new window)
SPOC - Single Point of Contact
SPR - Single Point Of Referral
SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
STAR analysis - Setting, Triggers, Actions and Results
SWYPFT - South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust (opens link in new window)
TA - Teaching Assistant
Transition - Transition is the term used to describe the move from one provision or set of services to
another, for example, from school to further education (college) and from children to adults’
health and social care services.
The EHCP Team - The team in Kirklees Council which manages EHCP's.
en-GBLast updated: 04/03/2026