Monday, May 31, 2010

Intentionality and Punished by Rewards

Have been enjoying summer staff training, recently with session discussing Punished by Rewards. Sharing viewpoints on how challenging it is to overcome the popular, easier choices that teachers, parents, and others working with youth make. Avoiding the carrot and/or stick approach that many use--which work only temporarily to elicit desired behavior...and at a cost of eroding true relationship-building. Instead, we're learning to focus on the harder work of helping youth to develop the intrinsic values so that the carrot or stick will be unnecessary...

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