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The Effects of a Token Economy System to Improve Social and Academic Behavior with a Rural Primary Aged Child with Disabilities

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Klimas, Anna; McLaughlin, T. F. – International Journal of Special Education, 2007

The purpose of the present case report was to evaluate the effects of an individual token economy with a young child with severe behavior disorders. Three behaviors were recorded; time to completion, the number of assignments completed, and the frequency of inappropriate behavior. These data were gathered for 30 minutes each morning. The overall…

Descriptors: Social Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Token Economy, Behavior Modification

The Effects of a Token Economy Employing Instructional Consequences for a Third-Grade Student with Learning Disabilities: A Data-based Case Study.

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Higgins, James William; Williams, Randy Lee; McLaughlin, T. F. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001

This study evaluated use of a token reinforcement program to reduce three inappropriate behaviors of an elementary student with learning disabilities. Results indicated that awarding tokens for the absence of the target behaviors was effective. Practical aspects of the token program, as well as difficulties of employing data collection in an…

Descriptors: Action Research, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Elementary Education

Token Reinforcement: Effects for Reducing Tardiness with a Socially Disadvantaged Adolescent Student.

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Inkster, J. A.; McLaughlin, T. F. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1993

A token reinforcement program with microcomputer free time as the reinforcer was implemented to decrease the tardiness of a middle school economically disadvantaged student. The microcomputer time was a very effective reinforcer; school personnel reported improved school attendance and a decrease in administrative discipline related to tardiness;…

Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Case Studies