The token economy.

How to Make a Token Economy Work: Goals and Variables of Token Economies with the Institutionalized Mentally Retarded

Introduction The Token Economy Advantages of Token Economies Problems of Token Economies Management/Control Goals Disruptive Behavior Ward Care Behavior Self-care Behavior Therapeutic/Educative Goals Verbal Behaviors Social Behaviors Implementation of the Token Economy Staff Training Backup Reinforcers Social Reinforcement Economic Balance and Savings Intermittant Reinforcement Su~ary and Concl...

Enhancing Intrinsic Motivation Through The Use of a Token Economy

This work will examine the link between intrinsic motivation and external rewards by describing the experiences of twenty-seven academically under-performing adolescents who were enrolled in an after school program in a New York City public junior high school that implemented a token economy. The goals of the implemented token economy were to establish an objective measure of student competence...

Token Economy Plus Self - Monitoring to Reduce Disruptive Classroom Behaviors

The current study examined the effectiveness of a combined token economy and self-monitoring package with a youth displaying a major mental illness and severe aggressive and persistent disruptive behaviors. The student received points for lower rates of aggressive/disruptive behavior and ‘bonus’ points for accurately self-monitoring and recording his own behaviors. The results indicate that the...

A Functional Analysis of the Effects of a Token Economy Program on Attending Behavior in Children and Subsequent Test Performance

This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation Lillig Cotter, Kay Delores, "A Functional Analysis of the Effects of a Token Economy Program on Attending Behavior in Children and Subsequent Test Perform...

Token and taboo: behavior modification, token economies, and the law.