THE HOME POINT SYSTEM: TOKEN REINFORCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION BY PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS1
- 1 December 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 5 (4) , 485-497
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1972.5-485
Abstract
Parent-child problems within the home are frequently reported to be instances in which children refuse to help with household chores, bicker among themselves, or engage in verbally inappropriate behavior toward their parents. The present study investigated the effects of a token reinforcement program administered by the parents in ameliorating these problems. Two sets of parents, with a total of five children between the ages of 5 and 10 yr, were taught to administer a token economy within their homes. The parents received instruction in specifying desired social and chore behaviors, communicated these behavioral goals to their children, recorded data on their occurrence, and managed a point system backed with reinforcers normally found in the home. The token reinforcement program was shown to have successfully modified 15 problem behaviors in Family 1 and six in Family 2. In addition, the parents rated all 21 behavior changes as significant improvements. These studies indicated that some cooperative parents need only a small amount of professional help to learn to manage their children's behavior problems with token reinforcement procedures.Keywords
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