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The key issues with traditional behaviourist approaches



     It can lead students to keep to expectations only when    It can lead adults to ‘manage’ rather than     Behaviourist approaches do not get to the core of why
     they have the external support of someone watching or     educate. Some students end up dependent        the child is struggling; they fail to work out the unmet
     the immediate fear of being caught.                       on adults; this limits development of skills   needs and missing skills. The child relies increasingly on
     It can reduce the internal locus of control and social    and strategies to do well on their own and     external rewards and fails to build the skills to sustain
     and moral compass for doing the right thing.              reduces self-efficacy, leading to helplessness.   progress. Problems pop back up year after year.
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