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Gentle Teaching is
not...
Some people have misperceptions about
what Gentle Teaching is. It is not the traditional behavioral approach used in
many industrialized countries. It does not wait for vulnerable children or
adults to do something "good" and reward them. It recognizes human suffering,
aloneness, choiceless-ness, and oppression. It asks caregivers to give
marginalized people unconditional love.
It is not...
• A behavioral or behavior modification
approach that uses reward and punishment
to change behaviors rather it is based
on unconditional love,
• A "whatever works"
approach rather one that looks at
broadening and deepening a sense of
companionship and community as a
life-project,
• A fast and easy
approach toward helping others, but one
that calls on deep commitment and
dedication on the part of caregivers,
• Just a way to look
at changing someone else’s reality, but
first asking us to look at our own
reality and make it warmer and more
loving,
• Simply a technique
but also a psychology of human
interdependence
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