Priya is a pediatric occupational therapist. She is working with an eight-year-old child, Toby, who has sensory processing sensitivities and refuses to wear his protective dental mouthguard at night, often throwing it across the room.
Priya decides to use behaviour shaping. She intends to first reinforce Toby for simply holding the guard, then for placing it near his mouth, then for putting it in his mouth for a few seconds, and eventually shape his behaviour until he wears it for the entire night.
Explain one strength and one weakness of Priya using behaviour shaping to encourage Toby to wear his dental mouthguard.
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