[senco-forum] Common Assessment Framework

I've just been on my CAF training (along with head of pastoral and person i/c LAC & CP) I got really frustrated when one of the trainers said that the local authority was thinking that if any pupil was SA+ then a CAF needed to be drawn up! I can understand this if there is more than one agency involved but just to call in a SENSS person or just the EP or school nurse for that matter it sounds ridiculous. I'm inundated with paperwork already and to create more has made me angry as well as the time involved.! 

I spoke to my head who totally agrees with me and also asked me to find out what other authorities are doing. So, my question is what is everyone else doing?

My other problem is creating a CAF - we have to inform a LA person of our intentions and I'm a little uncomfortable about this. It got me thinking if it was one of my own children and how I personally would feel if for eg she/he needed to see an EP or SENSS to get a SplLD asessment done and then perhaps needed a hearing assessment - if what I was told is correct then a CAF would be needed. How much more data will be collected and stored on unsuspecting individuals?

Lorraine