A table showing common acronyms and abbreviations used in relation to Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). Column one shows the acronym and column two shows the meaning.
Acronym Meaning
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AR Annual Review
AS Asperger Syndrome
ASC Adult Social Care
ASC Autism Spectrum Condition
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
BAAB Bromley All-Age Autism Board
BAAP Bromley All-Age Partnership
BCP Bromley Children’s Project
BCFF Bromley Children and Families Forum
BDSSG Bromley Down Syndrome Support Group
BEM Bromley Education Matters (Website)
BHC Bromley Healthcare
BPCF Bromley Parent Carer forum
BPESS Bromley Parent Engagement Service
C&F Act Children and Families Act
CAF Common Assessment Framework
CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
CASPA Community Autistic Support, Pride & Advocacy
CFC Children and Family Centre
CHC Continuing Healthcare
CIN Child In Need
CLA Child Looked After
Cllr Counsellor
CPD Continuing Personal Development
CYP Children and Young People
DCO Designated Clinical Officer
DDA Disability Discrimination Act
DfE The Department for Education
DP Direct Payments
DS Down Syndrome
DSCO Designated Social Care Officer (for SEND)
EAL English as an Additional Language
EBSA Emotionally Based School Avoidance
EHC Education, Health and Care
EHCNA Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment
EHCP Education Health and Care Plan
EHE Elective Home Education
EP Educational Psychologist
EPS Educational Psychology Service
EWO Education Welfare Officer
EYFS Early Years Foundation Stage
EYIT Early Years Intervention Team
FE Further Education
FIP Funded Inclusion Plan
FIS Family Information Service
FSM Free School Meals
GDD Global Developmental Delay
GLD Global Learning Delay
GP General Practitioner (Doctor)
HAF Holiday Activities and Food Programme
HE Higher Education
HI Hearing Impairment
HLTA Higher Level Teaching Assistant
HV Health Visitor
IASS Independent Advice and Support Service
ICB Integrated Commissioning Board
ICS Integrated Commissioning Service
ISAT Inclusion Support Advisory Team
KCH Kings College Hospital (NHS Trust)
KPI Key Performance Indicator
KS Key Stage
LA Local Authority
LAC Looked After Child
LBB London Borough Of Bromley
LD Learning Disability
LDA Learning Disability and Autism
LDD Learning Difficulty or Disability
LDPB Learning Disability Partnership Board
LEA  Local Educational Authority
LeDeR Learning Disability Mortality Review
LO Local Offer
LODO Local Offer Development Officer
LSA Learning Support Assistant
LSEC London Southeast Colleges
MAT Multi Academic Trust
MH&W Mental Health and Wellbeing
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NAP Needs Assessment Panel
NDTI National Development Team for Inclusion
NHS National Health Service
NNPCF National Network of Parent Carer Forums
OCD Obsessive Compulsory Disorder
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OT Occupational Therapy / Occupational Therapist
OXLEAS Oxleas (NHS Trust)
PCP Person Centred Planning
PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance
PFA  Preparing for Adulthood
PMLD Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
PP Pupil Premium
PRU  Pupil Referral Unit 
PRUH Princess Royal University Hospital
SALT  Speech and Language Therapy
SC Social Care
SCD Social Communication Difficulties
SELICB South East London Integrated Care Board
SEN Special educational needs
SENCO Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator 
SEND Special educational needs and / or disability
SENDAT Special Educational Needs Advisory Team
SI Sensory Impairment
SI Supported Internship
SLCN Speech Language and Communication Needs
SLT Speech and Language Therapy / Therapist
SpLD Specific Learning Difficulties
SPD Sensory Processing Disorder
SSSHI Sensory Support Service Hearing Impairment
SW Social Worker
TA Teaching Assistant
TAC Team Around the Child
TAF Team Around the Family
ToR Terms of Reference
TR Transition Review
VI Visual Impairment (loss of sight)
WeX Work Experience
YP Young People / Young Person
YVHSC Your Voice in Health and Social Care