Saying no can be a radical act. Respecting no when we hear it should not be.” So many of the methods that we use to teach our kids, ABA most saliently, prize and reward compliance. The lessons that our neuro-typical kids learn about pleasing people are magnified a thousand-fold by this systemic insistence on conformity and obedience. By a reward system that demands ‘appropriate’ or ‘expected’ behavior on the outside, regardless of what’s happening on the inside. And, to be honest, it scares the crap out of me. adiaryofamom.wordpress/2013/05/28/the-power-of-no/
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 03:41:39 +0000