Common Practices used to Establish and Implement Token Economies in Clinical and Instructional Settings: A Survey of BACB Certificants

Fernandez, Nathalie; Argueta, Tracy; DeLeon, Iser G.

doi:10.1007/s40617-023-00800-5

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“…BL = baseline; SSR = synchronous reinforcement; ACC = accumulated reinforcement; ACC T = accumulated token. important to note; however, this practice is not inconsistent with those reported in practice in clinical and instructional settings (Fernandez et al, 2023). Tokens may not have functioned as conditioned reinforcers such that their delivery bridged the delay between engaging in on-task behavior and reinforcer delivery.…”

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Comparison of synchronous reinforcement and accumulated reinforcement for increasing on‐task behavior in preschoolers

Diaz de Villegas,

Dozier,

Kanaman

et al. 2024

J of App Behav Analysis

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In synchronous‐reinforcement schedules, the duration of behavior directly controls the duration of reinforcement on a moment‐to‐moment basis. We replicated and extended Diaz de Villegas et al. (2020) by comparing the effects of synchronous reinforcement with two accumulated‐reinforcement schedules for increasing on‐task behavior for seven preschoolers. One accumulated schedule was the same as the one used in Diaz de Villegas et al. and did not include tokens, whereas the other accumulated schedule included the delivery of tokens within session. Furthermore, we assessed preference for the three reinforcement schedules. The results showed that synchronous reinforcement was effective for increasing on‐task behavior for all seven participants. Furthermore, it was most effective for increasing on‐task behavior for three out of seven participants and preferred by all participants. For some participants, other schedules were also similarly effective. The results are discussed with respect to implications for application.

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confidence: 69%