2E Adjustment Audit

1. Equity

Does the adjustment create fair access to participation, learning, or safe engagement?

• Does the adjustment remove or reduce the barrier?
• Does it ensure the person can participate meaningfully?
• Is it matched to the person’s communication, sensory, cognitive or physical needs?
• Does it reduce the effort or distress required to engage?

If "No" → the adjustment needs redesigning (it's not equitable yet).

2. Environment

Does the physical, social, and procedural environment support the adjustment?

• Are staff aware of the adjustment and actively implementing it?
• Is the environment predictable, safe, and structured enough for it to work?
• Do routines, transitions, communication styles or rules undermine it?
• Is the person blamed when the environment is actually the barrier?

If “No” → the environment needs modification, not the person.

3. Effectiveness

Is the adjustment actually producing the desired effect?

• Has participation, safety, communication or learning improved?
• Is the adjustment consistently available?
• Is it being applied as intended (not inconsistently or unpredictably)?
• Does the person report that it helps (or doesn’t exhaust them)?

If “No” → the adjustment might be the wrong tool, or needs redesign.

4. Evidence

Is there enough information to justify keeping, modifying, or escalating the adjustment?

• Are observations or notes being recorded consistently?
• Is the impact tracked over time, not just once?
• Has the person had a chance to explain what works or doesn’t?
• Is there a record of what the barrier actually is?

If “No” → gather documentation before making changes.

5. Escalation

When an adjustment fails repeatedly, or the environment is the barrier, escalation pathways ensure accountability.

Examples include:

• changing the decision-maker
• formalising the adjustment in writing
• requesting a review or meeting
• escalating through internal complaints
• requesting specialist assessment

If “Yes” to escalation → prepare evidence from steps 1–4 first.

Keep What Works

If an adjustment passes all 2E checkpoints, document it formally.

Modify What’s Missing

If equity, environment or effectiveness fail → redesign.

Document Barriers

Barriers describe the environment, not the person.

Escalate When Needed

Use evidence to request review, change or formal intervention.