Page 62 - Course 1 Shifting Mindset: What is the best approach for supporting children and why?
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Control works for the moment but
it doesn’t educate for the future.
WHAT WE KNOW / UNDERSTAND PICTURE PROMPTS
1 ▪ Controlling children through rewards and punishments
may work well in the short-term but it does not help work
out why they are struggling in the first place – the unmet
needs and missing skills.
2 ▪ Beware of doing too much for a child and ‘fixing’ things for
the moment.
▪ This stops the child problem-solving for themselves and
practising skills; it also gives them the message that they
are not capable of doing things without you which can
lead to helplessness.
3 ▪ You may need to do more to help a child at the start but
always plan a Pathway to Independence so there is a plan
for them to manage on their own in the end.
4 ▪ Caring and educating children takes lots of skills – from
the resilience of a fitness instructor to the patience of a
paramedic and precision of a surgeon.
