Standards of Practice:
Differentiate between the use of “token reinforcement systems” which are generally used to thin the schedule of reinforcement from a CRF/FR1 to an intermittent schedule from a comprehensive token economy where adaptive and maladaptive behavior may access points or tokens and access to privileges, reinforcers etc. are contingent upon earning pre-specified levels of points/tokens.
Pre-requisites activities when establishing and using token economies:
1) establishing tokens as generalized conditioned reinforcers (this must occur prior to implementing a token economy)
2) Setting the token values
3) setting the values of adaptive/maladaptive behaviors
4) determining when exchange/cash in can occur
Additional Considerations: