Behavior Modification of an Adjustment Class: A Token Reinforcement Program
- 1 May 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Exceptional Children
- Vol. 33 (9) , 637-642
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001440296703300905
Abstract
A base rate of deviant behavior was obtained for the eight most disruptive children in a third grade adjustment class. In a token reinforcement program, the children received teacher's ratings which were exchangeable for reinforcers such as candy and trinkets. With the introduction of the token reinforcement program, an abrupt reduction in deviant behavior occurred. Delay of reinforcement was gradually increased to four days without increase in deviant behavior. The program was equally successful for all children observed, and anecdotal evidence suggests that the children's appropriate behavior generalized to other school situations.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Remediation of the Conduct Problem Child in the Special Class SettingExceptional Children, 1966
- Classroom behavior of retarded pupils with token reinforcementJournal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1965
- Application of operant conditioning procedures to the behaviour problems of an autistic childBehaviour Research and Therapy, 1963