PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Weaning, Token Economy
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Teaching-family model (tfm): four to eight individual"s live with a married couple in a large domestic home. A self-government system in which the youth participate in the development of daily living rules and the management of the program. Ongoing evaluation of the performance of the participants. Steps for setting up and managing a token economy. The short and long range objectives to be accomplished. Specific behavioral problems that interfere with achieving those objectives. Select the type of token to use: tokens should be attractive, lightweight, portable,durable, easy to handle, and not easy to counterfeited. The necessary accessories for handling and storing tokens is also acquired. Possible response-cost punishers: if fines are used in a token economy, it might be necessary to add training contingencies that teach individual"s how to accept fines in a relatively no emotional, nonagressive manner. The frequency of backup reinforcer availability should be high at beginning and decrease gradually.
