Page 19 - Course 1 Shifting Mindset: What is the best approach for supporting children and why?
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In traditional approaches, children can



      become trapped in ‘The Punishment Cycle’









                                                                           Child
                                                                      struggles due
                                      6                              to low skills &                                  1
                                             Poorer                     high needs
                                           executive                                              Negative adult
                                          functioning                                                 response
                                              skills



                                   5                                                                                     2

                                           Higher                                                       Sanction:
                                       sensitivity to                                                 connections
                                        challenge /                                                      worsen
                                          stressors



                                       4                                                                             3
                                                                                                    Sanction:
                                              Increase in                                            sense of
                                             stress levels                                           control
                                                                                                     worsens
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