Token Economy
Double-spaced pages, APA format)
I. Brief Introduction and rationale
(individualized to client/context)
II. Target behaviors to be addressed
III. Tokens and menu of back-up reinforcers
IV. Ratio of exchange and how it was derived
(e.g., based on behavioral data)
V. Procedures to dispense/exchange tokens
VI. Procedures when tokens unearned (including rationale)
a. withholding tokens
b. response cost (if used)
VII. Fading and/or thinning procedures
(how to promote generalization/maintenance)
VIII. Any ethical, legal, individual, practical, or social validity concerns
[tied specifically to client(s) and setting]
References to support selection of methods – at least 3
(peer-reviewed articles or chapters from edited books)