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Why don't we include the whole Behavioural Environment Checklist on this Site ?

When people hear about Framework for Intervention for the first time they are often very interested in the the Behavioural Environment Checklist and would like to see it all. This is not surprising. The analysis of the areas of the school environment which can affect student behaviour it contains reflects a great deal of research and testing, and has stood the test of time.

We would like to share this knowledge through the web. But, like many other tools used in good processes the checklist can be mis-used - especially in this case as an inspection device. The Framework for Intervention project rejects inspection as a basis for improving working environments and believes, along with W. Edwards Deming, that inspection has no part in developing total quality.

But we recognise that many will be tempted to use the checklists in this way however much we state that by doing so they undermine the source. John West-Burnham wrote "Any philosophy will be compromised if not fully exposed." To avoid that, therefore, we offer a taste of the checklist - but only reveal all the items within the context of full introduction to what Framework is about - through the manuals and the training.

And nobody who fully understands what Framework is about would ever misuse the checklists......

That's why we are cautious. Please call us or email if you want to use the full checklists.

Framework for Intervention is a non-profit making agency of Birmingham City Council's Children, Young Person and Families Department (Children's Services). It is administered within the Educational Psychology Service.