Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Token Economies is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of case conceptualization, intervention design, staff training, and literature-informed problem solving. In Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About, for this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Token economies are among the oldest and most successful teaching programs in applied behavior analysis.Unlike other successful technologies in behavior analysis, however, there has been little meaningful contact between the science of token reinforcement and applications of the science. Despite a half-century of applied work on token economies, surprisingly little is known about the variables responsible for their effectiveness; they are rarely based on an understanding of the basic principles involved, or on the latest research. My aim in this presentation is to bridge the gap between research and application, by providing evidence-based recommendations and practical guidelines for application of token reinforcement methods. I will address issues related both to setting up a token economy from scratch and to maintaining it once it has been established. I will focus on best practices related to: (a) establishing tokens as reinforcers, (b) maintaining behavior through scheduling of token reinforcers, (c) generalizing the functions of tokens, and (d) the motivational and economic contexts in which the teaching programs are embedded. Although token economies have proven generally effective across a range of settings and populations, they could be even more effective when based on what is known about token reinforcement from both laboratory and applied settings. Thus, apart from specific recommendations, I hope to show the benefits of an integrated evidence-based approach to the application of token reinforcement principles in educational and clinical settings. This training provided a very in-depth explanation of token economy that was easy to understand. I would suggest a hand-out to utilize to jot notes on. I have and currently do, worked with so many people who are not BCBA's who say "Token Economies don't work!" It's because they don't know how to implement them correctly. This training would be beneficial to so many people! This is a phenomenal CEU. Lot's of great information that is applicable and digestible. Answers audience questions fluently as well which helps with learning and remembering the content. The subject was extremely interesting. The instructor gave few applied examples, apart from the last 20 minutes where some ideas for applications where mentioned. These ideas were tremendously helpful and greatly influenced my understanding of the more theoretical first part. I would watch more webinars from this particular scientist due to his vast knowledge.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB | 2 | General |
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