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Reducing Inappropriate Behaviour in the Home with a Token Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

K.E. Rustab and
T.F. McLaughlin
K.E. Rustab
Affiliation:
Gonzaga University
T.F. McLaughlin*
Affiliation:
Gonzaga University
*
Department of Special Education, School of Education, Gonzaga University, Spokane WA 99258, USA
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Abstract

The effects of a token program implemented in the home by a teacher were examined. The effects of a home token program were evaluated using a multiple baseline design across reading, spelling and handwriting lessons while disruptive behaviour was recorded. The results indicated that inappropriate behaviours decreased when the token program was implemented. Follow-up data indicated some increase in inappropriate behaviours. Spelling performance was higher in the student's classroom during the token program in the home than during baseline. This indicated some generalisation from the home token program to academic responding in the classroom.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , December 1988, pp. 160 - 164
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1988

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