GIRFEC is informed by the Children and Young People Act (2014) and is a critical model for the success of inclusion in Education.
In order to meet GTCS or SSSC standards, all practitioners must have a functional understanding of GIRFEC and what that means in terms of their practice.
East Lothian has an active GIRFEC website which supports practitioners in all areas of Education to enable them to work collaboratively with other agencies, and meet the needs of the children in their care.
The website noted above also contains all the information required to enable the Child's Planning Framework.
In East Lothian, this is a three-staged intervention framework designed to meet all learners’ needs at: