Getting It Right For Every Child

GIRFEC is the framework every Scottish service is expected to work within when supporting a child. You will meet its language everywhere: meetings and paperwork in Scotland talk about wellbeing Emotional & Physical Wellbeing One of the eight Assembly Dimensions. It covers how your child feels about themselves, and how they are doing physically, including sleep and eating. Read the full definition of Emotional & Physical Wellbeing rather than diagnosis, and often use the eight wellbeing indicators, known as SHANARRI: Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible and Included.

If you are in Scotland, framing your concerns in these terms can help services hear them. You do not need a diagnosis to ask for support under GIRFEC: the whole approach is built around what a child needs now.