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Behaviour Modification has an ominous ring to many people. But, in the Nightingale Integration Project, a small group of ESN children with severe communication difficulties and some inappropriate, ...seemingly intractable patterns of behaviour, is seen being handled in a sensitive caring way, with separate programmes planned and paced for each individual child. These programmes relate to the development both of language and of appropriate social behaviour, and take place within a normal infant school. The careful planning and grading of each child's programme and the meticulous use of praise, or praise withheld, place the work within the field of behaviour modification. The programme raises the question of whether the unattractive reputation of behaviour modification is deserved, or whether it is in practice merely a refinement of ordinary teaching methods so that they approach an ideally logical form.
Behaviour Modification has an ominous ring to many people. But, in the Nightingale Integration Project, a small group of ESN children with severe communication difficulties and some inappropriate, ...seemingly intractable patterns of behaviour, is seen being handled in a sensitive caring way, with separate programmes planned and paced for each individual child. These programmes relate to the development both of language and of appropriate social behaviour, and take place within a normal infant school. The careful planning and grading of each child's programme and the meticulous use of praise, or praise withheld, place the work within the field of behaviour modification. The programme raises the question of whether the unattractive reputation of behaviour modification is deserved, or whether it is in practice merely a refinement of ordinary teaching methods so that they approach an ideally logical form.
| Module code and title: | E201, Personality and learning |
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| Item code: | E201; 07 |
| Recording date: | 1976-02-26 |
| First transmission date: | 21-03-1976 |
| Published: | 1976 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:31 |
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| Producer: | Meg Sheffield |
| Contributor: | Christopher Kierman |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Communication difficulties; Language; Nightingale Integration Project; Patterns of behaviour; Social behaviour |
| Master spool number: | BLN08FW511 |
| Production number: | BLN08FW511 |
| Available to public: | no |
