[senco-forum] Common Assessment Framework

My understanding of the CAF is that the kinds of things we would expect to
be part of an SEN assessment - including the Formal Assessment - should
only be part of a CAF if there is work being done by agencies which seem
likely to lead towards  "child in need" status - which is not necessarily
the case for Statementing and the preceding levels of SEN procedures.

We have some new guidance here so I will have a look to see if things have
changed - I would be very surprised!

Jeff

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> 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 