Use of a Token Reinforcement System to Promote Appropriate Behavior at a Pediatric Burn Summer Camp

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-304
Author(s):  
C. D. Adams ◽  
P. A. Girolami ◽  
K. E. Joseph ◽  
S. A. Sauvageot ◽  
H. Slater
Keyword(s):  
Summer Camp ◽  
Token Reinforcement ◽  
Reinforcement System ◽  
Appropriate Behavior

Effects of Teacher Attention and a Token Reinforcement System in a Junior High School Special Education Class

1970 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 341-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Broden ◽  
R. Vance Hall ◽  
Ann Dunlap ◽  
Robert Clark
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Baseline Period ◽  
Point System ◽  
Token Reinforcement ◽  
Reinforcement System ◽  
Teacher Attention ◽  
Education Class

Teacher attention and a token reinforcement system were used to bring about control in a disruptive junior high school special education classroom. Individual and group study levels were recorded during a baseline period. Subsequent experimental periods employing teacher attention and/or a token point system increased study levels and decreased disruptive behaviors of class members. Reinforcement of appropriate behaviors was withdrawn during short reversals producing lowered study rates. Reinstatement of contingencies again resulted in increased study levels.

Behavior Modification of Children with Learning Disabilities Using Grades as Tokens and Allowances as Back up Reinforcers

1968 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 745-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh S. McKenzie ◽  
Marilyn Clark ◽  
Montrose M. Wolf ◽  
Richard Kothera ◽  
Cedric Benson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Behavior Modification ◽  
Academic Progress ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Token Reinforcement ◽  
Academic Behaviors ◽  
Reinforcement System ◽  
Teacher Attention

The modification of academic behaviors of children in a learning disabilities class was undertaken by arranging for events such as amount of teacher attention, recess, and quality of weekly grade reports to be consequences for academic progress. As academic behaviors achieved with these consequences stabilized at less than an optimal level, the children's parents agreed to have the children earn their allowances on the basis of the weekly grade reports. This token reinforcement system, with grades as tokens and with allowances as added back up reinforcers, significantly increased the children's academic behaviors.

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