Against the use of rewards in residential child care
Rewards given to children and young people for meeting behavioural targets appear to be pervasive across children's homes, although there is little research on their effectiveness and their possible limitations. In this short article, arguments against the use of rewards in residential child ca...
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| description | Rewards given to children and young people for meeting behavioural targets appear to be pervasive across children's homes, although there is little research on their effectiveness and their possible limitations. In this short article, arguments against the use of rewards in residential child care will be explored, including those related to children’s cause and effect thinking, power imbalances between staff and young people, the communication underneath the behaviour, and the undermining of a young person's intrinsic motivation. The possibility of residential child care without rewards and reward systems will be discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b7d7fe297f98446f978db8b89dbebd4b2025-08-20T02:30:45ZengCELCISScottish Journal of Residential Child Care2976-93532024-11-01232667210.17868/strath.00090995Against the use of rewards in residential child careMaddie HowleyRewards given to children and young people for meeting behavioural targets appear to be pervasive across children's homes, although there is little research on their effectiveness and their possible limitations. In this short article, arguments against the use of rewards in residential child care will be explored, including those related to children’s cause and effect thinking, power imbalances between staff and young people, the communication underneath the behaviour, and the undermining of a young person's intrinsic motivation. The possibility of residential child care without rewards and reward systems will be discussed.residential child carereward systemcare homesincentivesmotivation |
| spellingShingle | Maddie Howley Against the use of rewards in residential child care Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care residential child care reward system care homes incentives motivation |
| title | Against the use of rewards in residential child care |
| title_full | Against the use of rewards in residential child care |
| title_fullStr | Against the use of rewards in residential child care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Against the use of rewards in residential child care |
| title_short | Against the use of rewards in residential child care |
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| topic | residential child care reward system care homes incentives motivation |
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