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<strong>Positive</strong> behaviour support: Getting it right from the start - Facilitators reference manual 11<br />
Based on these assumptions strategies such as rewards and punishments have been used,<br />
that is:<br />
• positive and negative consequences for inappropriate behaviour (limiting access to<br />
community, withholding personal items, using threatening or intimidating language)<br />
• withdrawal <strong>of</strong> attention ( time out, seclusion, ignoring)<br />
• avoiding opportunities for recognition and acknowledgment.<br />
As a consequence to these strategies the person with a disability:<br />
• learns to do whatever the adult tells them<br />
• learns that those with difficult behaviours are less worthy<br />
• are more likely to develop a self-concept <strong>of</strong> being ‘bad’<br />
• may learn that they can gain more power and influence with inappropriate behaviour<br />
• may learn to use similar ignoring, excluding, punishment and reward approaches with others.<br />
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Self-reflection:<br />
Think about the ways you were disciplined when you were younger.<br />
How has this impacted on how you act with your own or others children or how it impacts on<br />
the support that you provide people with disabilities?