Jargon Buster - Abbreviations
A glossary abbreviations used on this site and by professional agencies:
| ABC | Acceptable Behaviour Contract |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder |
| ASBO | Anti-Social Behaviour Order |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ASD | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| CPS | Crown Prosecution Service |
| CAMHs | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service |
| DAMP | Deficits in Attention, Motor Control and Perceptual Abilities |
| DFES | Department for Education and Skills |
| DTO | Detention and Training Order |
| EP | Educational Psychologist |
| ED Psych | Educational Psychologist |
| EWO | Education Welfare Officer |
| IEP | Individual Education Plan |
| IPS | Independent Parental Supporter |
| ISSP | Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme |
| ISO | Individual Support Order |
| JAS | Joint Adolescent Service |
| LEA | Local Education Authority |
| LSA | Learning Support Assistant |
| NVQ | National Vocational Qualification |
| NYAS | National Youth Advocacy Service |
| OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| OFSTED | Office for Standards in Education |
| OT | Occupational Therapy/Therapist |
| SEN | Special Educational Needs |
| SENCO | Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator |
| SENDIST | Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal |
| SLD | Severe Learning Difficulties |
| SpLD | Specific Learning Difficulties |
| STC's | Secure Training Centres |
| YJB | Youth Justice Board |
| YOIs | Young Offender Institutions |
| YOT | Youth Offending Team |
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