Glossary

On this website, you can search for schools by their main area of speciality:

  • Social interaction/langauge difficulties
  • Learning difficulties
  • Emotional/behavioural difficulties
  • Sensory of physical impairment

Schools are also listed with the individual special needs they cater for. Here is the a guide to the abbreviations you will see on this website (the ones in bold are listed underneath schools as a guide to their specialities):

  • ACLD – Autism, Communication & Associated Learning Difficulties
  • ADHD – Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • ALAN – Adult Literacy & Numeracy
  • ASD – Autism Spectrum Disorder/Condition (ASD)/(ASC)
  • ASDAN – Qualifications for 11-16 age range
  • AUT – Autism
  • BDA – British Dyslexic Association
  • CLD – Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (CLDD)
  • CP – Cerebral Palsy
  • Deaf – Deaf
  • DEL – Delicate
  • DYSL – Dyslexia
  • DYSP – Dyspraxia
  • EPI – Epilepsy
  • FAS – Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • FXS – Fragile X Syndrome
  • GLD – General Learning Difficulties (GLD)
  • HighA – High Ability
  • HImp – Hearing Impairment
  • LD – Learning Difficulties
  • MLD – Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
  • MSI – Multi-sensory Impairment (MSI)
  • OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • ODD – Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • PDA – Pathological Demand Avoidance
  • PhysD – Physical Difficulties
  • PhysImp – Physical Impairment
  • PartH – Partial Hearing
  • PMLD – Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD)
  • PNI – Physical Neurological Impairment
  • PWS – Prader-Willi Syndrome
  • SCD – Social & Communication Difficulties
  • SCLD – Severe & Complex Learning Difficulties
  • SEBD – Social, Emotional & Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH)
  • SLD – Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD)
  • SPD – Sensory Processing Disorder
  • SPLD – Specific Learning Difficulties (SPLD)
  • SPLI – Specific Language Impairment
  • SpeechLD – Speech & Language Difficulties
  • TS – Tourette syndrome
  • VIS – Visual Impairment (VI)