Pastoral Care n Technique

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Pastoral care

a person-centred, holistic approach to care

that complements the care offered by other

helping disciplines while paying particular

attention to spiritual care.

The focus of pastoral care is upon the healing,

guiding, supporting, reconciling, nurturing,

liberating, and empowering of people in

whatever situation they find themselves.


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Aims of Pastoral Care

To enable each pupil to fulfill their own potential bothacademically and socially.

To ensure that each pupil has access to personal,vocational and academic guidance and support where

necessary. To provide opportunities for and encourage pupils to

exercise individual and social responsibility.

To promote in pupils the self-awareness and self-

confidence that they need to face the challenges, bothacademic and personal, that are placed on them.


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Effectiveness of Pastoral care

Effective pastoral care is achieved through

promoting positive school environments that

support the physical, social, intellectual and

emotional development of every student.


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Behavior Modification Techniques

Behavior modification refers to establishing

appropriate behavior in individuals and

discourage those that are undesirable.

Research over the years has led to the

formulation of certain techniques that are

used for behavior modification.


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The modification techniques are largely based

on the principles of operant conditioningdeveloped by B. F. Skinner, an American

behaviorist.

These techniques are used in behaviormodification therapy that aim to correct and

instill appropriate behavior in children.


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The techniques:

Positive reinforcement

Negative reinforcement

Punishment Extinction


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Positive reinforcement:

If a behavior meets with favorable

consequences, it is strengthened and is likely

to be repeated.

Positive reinforcement results from the

application of a positive consequence

following a desirable behavior.

For examples: rewards and praises


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Negative Reinforcement

Negative reinforcement behavioral strategies

are based on the removal of a negative

consequence or a behavior because the

desired behavior was performed.

For example, letting a child not help in

washing dishes because he behaved well at a

family gathering is a form of negativereinforcement.


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Punishment

Used to decrease the undesired behavior.

Punishment is causing an unpleasantcondition in an attempt to eliminate an

undesirable behavior. It may be used in 2 ways:

1) Punish a person is through the application

of a negative consequences. 2) punish a person is through the withholding

or withdrawal of a positive consequencepunishment


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Extinction

Extinction is eliminating any reinforcement

that maintaining a behavior.

When behavior is not reinforced, it tends to

be gradually extinguished.

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