[senco-forum] Common Assessment Framework

Sorry for the repetition - clicked go too quickly - here is the set of
three links you need 

I have found the new documents from St Helens (which I presume are similar 
to those everywhere else) which do not seem much different.... . 

There is a simple "continuum of need" document (1 page) at 

http://212.248.225.145:8080/publications/CONTINUUMOFNEEDAPRIL07WITHLOGO.pdf

with a guidance document at

http://212.248.225.145:8080/publications/CONTINUUMOFNEEDAPRIL07WITHLOGO.pdf 

and all the documents and guidance with linking explanations are at 

http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/item.do?parentID=100003&category=200017&itemid=266 

Jeff

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> 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  