Early help
Support offered before problems become serious. Voluntary, and usually the least intrusive route to getting help.
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Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers
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38 terms filed under E, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 4).
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EBSA
Also called Emotionally based school avoidance, School refusal, Anxiety-related absence, EBSNA
A child who cannot attend school because of anxiety, not one who will not. The distinction changes everything that follows.
Ecology fieldwork
Quadrats and transects: measuring what lives where.
Economic sectors
Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary — and how the mix changes with development.
Ecosystem services
The things ecosystems do for people, and why they are counted.
Ecosystems and biomes
Global-scale ecosystems, why they are where they are, and what threatens them.
Educational advocacy
Someone speaking up alongside you, or for a young person who wants their own voice heard.
Educational psychologist
Also called EP, Ed psych
A psychologist who assesses learning and development and advises schools and councils. Central to EHC assessments.
Efficiency and power
How much of the energy in does something useful, and how fast energy is transferred.
EHC needs assessment
Also called Statutory assessment, EHCNA, Needs assessment
The council's assessment of whether a child needs an EHCP. Anyone can ask; the threshold is lower than councils often imply.
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