Glossary
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People say that the lack of a common language is one of the key barriers to working effectively. This glossary has been produced for managers and practitioners from different backgrounds working in multi-agency settings to promote and facilitate communication and understanding.
The glossary seeks to do this by:
- Explaining core concepts and definitions which are commonly confused or misunderstood by practitioners working in a multi-agency setting
- Bringing together and explaining overlap between different words that are used by different agencies to explain similar things
- Providing a starting point for you to consider how you use terminology appropriately and where you could reduce use of jargon and acronyms
- Indicating where terms are falling out of use and other terms are preferred, together with the reasons for this
The glossary is not:
- Aiming to reduce all differences in vocabulary
- A resource for finding out about specialist services or terms. It focuses on commonly misunderstood terms, particularly among practitioners in multi-agency settings working on early intervention
- A comprehensive glossary including all terms used in children's services or terms that are frequently used in multi-agency settings but which are well understood
A
ACPC
[See Area Child Protection Committee]
Additional needs
[See Children with Additional Needs]
ADHD
[See Attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder]
Area Child Protection Committee
ASBO
[See Anti-social behaviour order]
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
B
Baseline Assessment Profile
This has been replaced by the Foundation Stage
Profile
Behavioural, emotional and social difficulty (BESD)
Behaviour and Education Support Teams
BEST
[See Behaviour and Education Support
Teams]
C
CAF
[See Common Assessment
Framework]
CAMHS
[See Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Services]
Case review (including Part 8 review)
CHAI
[See Healthcare Commission]
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Child and adolescent psychiatrist
Child protection review conference
[See Child protection conference]
Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000
Children missing education (CME)
Children's NSF
[See National Service Framework for Children, Young
People and Maternity Services]
Children with additional needs
Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (CHAI)
[See Healthcare Commission]
Commission for Social Care Inspection
D
Designated senior person for child protection
Director of Children's Services
E
Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships
EBD (Emotional and behavioural difficulties)
[See Behavioural emotional and social
difficulty (BESD)]
Education welfare officer (EWO)
Emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD)
[See Behavioural, emotional and social
difficulty (BESD)]
Equasym
[See Methylphenidate]
EWO
[See Educational welfare officer]
F
Faltering growth
[See Failure to thrive]
Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families
G
Guardian ad Litem
[See Children's guardian]
H
Higher level teaching assistant (HLTA)
Hyperactivity
[See Attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder]
Hyperkinetic disorder (or Hyperkinesis)
I
Initial child protection conference
[See Child protection conference]
J
K
Kinship care
[See Family and friends care]
L
Lead member for children's services
Local authority lead officer for child protection
Local authority secure children's home
[See Secure accommodation]
Local Safeguarding Children Board
M
MAPPA (Multi agency public protection arrangements)
N
National register of unaccompanied children
National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services
Needs
[See Children with Additional Needs, Children with Complex Needs and Children in Need]
O
P
PAYP
[See Positive activities for young people]
PCT
[See Primary Care Trust]
Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP)
Preventative
[See Preventive]
Profound and multiple learning difficulty
PRU
[See Pupil Referral Unit]
Psychologist
[See Clinical Psychologist or Educational Psychologist]
Psychiatrist
[See Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist]
Psychotherapist
[See Child Psychotherapist]
Q
R
Ritalin
[See Methylphenidate]
S
Secure children's home
[See Secure Accommodation]
Secure training centre
[See Secure Accommodation]
SENDA
[See Special Educational Needs and Disability Act
2001 ]
SENDIST
[See Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal
(SENDIST) ]
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)
Special educational needs co-ordinator
Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of Practice
Statement of special educational needs
T
U
Unaccompanied asylum seeking child
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
V
W
Y
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
This page was last updated on 24 January 2006
