The people and services you and your family meet will vary according to where you live and the specific nature of your child's additional needs. Job titles can be confusing if you're not familiar with them, particularly if you're meeting a lot of new people from different services at the same time.

Early Support has produced a guide to explain in simple terms what different professional job titles mean. Although this list of titles might look daunting, don't worry, you will probably only meet a few of the people listed.

The explanations are written to give you a basic introduction. If you'd like to find out more, you can ask the practitioners you see on a regular basis to explain what they do and tell you a bit about their training. For more detail about the training these practitioners have and the kinds of work they do, you can visit the websites for the professional associations listed at the back of the guide.

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You can find out more about people you may meet by downloading our full guide: Information about the people you may meet.

This resource was developed by Early Support and the Daycare Trust. You may not want to read the guide all at once, but to refer to it over time.