Glossary of SEN Terms

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Community Paediatrician (CP)
A doctor who specialises in children, assessing all aspects of development.

Counsellor
May have the role of helping families deal with emotional aspects of e.g. disability.

Development
The process by which a child acquires skills in the areas of social, emotional, intellectual, speech, language and physical development. Developmental stages refer to the expected, sequential order of acquiring skills that children typically go through.

Disabled Child
A child who has a disability for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Dispositions
Tendencies to behave in particular ways or to prefer certain activities. Sometimes this is seen as relating to temperament. Each child has a unique pattern of dispositions and these need to be understood if development is to be supported effectively.

Early Learning Goals
The expectations in each of the six areas of learning which it is expected most children will reach by the end of the Foundation Stage.

Early Support Programme
Supporting babies and very young children and their families.  Also provides a range of materials for preschool children.

Early Years Action
Parents and providers identify needs and support children within the setting’s own resources.

Early Years Action Plus
As for Early Years Action but also with the active involvement of outside support agencies.

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