Page 5 - BHCC SEND Conference 2023
P. 5
Recognising the problems with behaviourist approaches
▪ Students keep to expectations only when they have ▪ Adults may ‘manage’ rather than educate. ▪ One does not get to the core of why the child is
the external support of someone watching or the ▪ Students can end up dependent on adults. struggling and work out the unmet needs and
immediate fear of being caught. ▪ Students do not build the skills and missing skills.
▪ It can reduce the internal locus of control and the strategies to do well on their own. ▪ The child relies increasingly on external rewards.
social and moral compass for doing the right thing. ▪ It reduces self-efficacy. ▪ Problems pop back up year after year.
