The School Behaviour Game: Making 'human sense' of the repertory grid in research with children

Derivatives of Kelly's repertory grid have been widely used with children, but the prototype procedure is often simplified for the child's sake, with some loss of its exploratory power. The School Behaviour Game transposes the element elicitation and triadic construct elicitation phases of the repertory grid to a board-game for two (interviewer and child). It thus places a 'bizarre' procedure in a context that is meaningful from a child's viewpoint. The SBG was used in a study into children's perceptions of school. Its potential for guidance and counselling is considered.