Rethinking intervention: changing the cultures of schooling

In this paper I will discuss intervention in the culture of schools as part of a range of responses to the concerns expressed, the difficulties caused by and the dissatisfaction and unhappiness experienced by pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. I will discuss such intervention at the levels of staff relations and inter-agency working. My focus will be on the development of collaborative working cultures for the creation of knowledge within the general systems of activity that constitute schooling. I will open the discussion with a brief introduction to the theoretical framework which both guides and is developed through this work.