I am watching the US education system not very subtly invite punishment back into the mainstream classroom. This appears to be driven by the field of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). Recently their governing body started to loosen the reins on the therapeutic application of aversive stimuli and intervention plans have since started including everything from “exaggerating sadness to correct misbehavior,” “misting the face with water,” to “basket holds.”

To compound this, many school districts are allowing ABA therapists working with autistic students into the classroom. They follow the plan approved by parents – which often does include “applications of aversives” (positive punishment) or “removing preferred/motivating items from the environment” (negative punishment) contingent to student behavior.

Source: Defining Reinforcement and Punishment for Educators – Why Haven’t They Done That Yet?

No. This is abusive and unethical. Listen to disabled and autistic people. Resist this.

Mindset Marketing, Behaviorism, and Deficit Ideology

See also,

• Surveillance, Positive Behavior Support, and Intrinsic Motivation
• Inspiration Porn, Growth Mindset, and Deficit Ideology
• We don’t need your mindset marketing.
• When Grit Isn’t Enough
• Cambridge Analytica, Mindset Marketing, and Behaviorism
• The Effects of Authority, Compliance, and Pathologizing Students
• Forced Smiling, Psychopathologizing Hopelessness, and George Carlin
• Equity Literate Education: Fix Injustice, Not Kids
• Design is Tested at the Edges: Intersectionality, The Social Model of Disability, and Design for Real Life
• structural ideology > deficit ideology
• Classroom UX: Designing for Pluralism
• The Pipeline Problem and the Meritocracy Myth