Practitioners can use the dis-integration grid to make sense of the network around children, young people and families, and think about problems from multiple perspectives.

You don’t have to use a proper form and could just use a scrap piece of paper. Add as many columns as you need. 

The grid helps the practitioner to map out and to mentalize the network around the young person by naming the key people and then considering three questions about each person in the network (the network should include parent / carer).

The three questions are:

• 1. What is the problem? (why is it happening?) – Look for dis-integration around the explanations / theories in play
• 2. What to do? (what could help this problem?) – Look for dis-integration around the practices in play
• 3. Who does what? (who should be helping with this problem or possible solution?) – Look for disintegrations in the wider system and understandings of the responsibilities that are held there

Can be really helpful when networks feel stuck or split, and to make sure the problem is viewed specifically from the point of view of the child, young person, parent or carer

Here is a Dis-Integration Grid Template

E-Learning

You can find more about dis-integration grids on the Resilient Families E-Learning, available on the L and D portal