Tuesday, 4/5/2022
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University
Shawnee State University
Major
Education
Presentation Types
Poster Presentation
Keywords:
Token economy, intervention, response cost, Data
Abstract
Some students with disabilities often exhibit challenging behaviors that interfere with their learning and the learning of others. Which is the case for the subject of this research a 3rd grade male who exhibits disrupted problem behaviors. After observation it was determined that an intervention was to be put in place which was decided to use a Token Economy (TE) which is a widely used, evidence-based intervention that can be used as both a group and individual intervention to reduce unwanted behavior. The Purpose of this single subject, AB design study was to explore if implementation of a TE would result in decreased frequency of unwanted behavior of getting up and playing with toys in the middle of class in a third-grade student from a rural school district in Ohio.
Results indicate that the student’s behavior of playing with toys and causing a distraction decreased by 66% by the conclusion of the intervention
Human Subjects
no
Faculty Mentor Name
Michelle Moohr
Faculty Mentor Title
Dr. Moohr
Faculty Mentor Academic Department
School of Education
Recommended Citation
Gaines, Tyler, "Token Economy" (2022). Celebration of Scholarship. 6.
https://digitalcommons.shawnee.edu/cos/2022/day2/6
Token Economy
Some students with disabilities often exhibit challenging behaviors that interfere with their learning and the learning of others. Which is the case for the subject of this research a 3rd grade male who exhibits disrupted problem behaviors. After observation it was determined that an intervention was to be put in place which was decided to use a Token Economy (TE) which is a widely used, evidence-based intervention that can be used as both a group and individual intervention to reduce unwanted behavior. The Purpose of this single subject, AB design study was to explore if implementation of a TE would result in decreased frequency of unwanted behavior of getting up and playing with toys in the middle of class in a third-grade student from a rural school district in Ohio.
Results indicate that the student’s behavior of playing with toys and causing a distraction decreased by 66% by the conclusion of the intervention