Token Economy
What are the 3 earning categories of token economy?
Goals and Accountability, Teamwork and Respect, Safety
What does STARS model stand for?
DAILY DOUBLE: Are STARS expectations the same throughout the building? Why or why not?
S- set goals, T- teamwork, A- accountable, R-Respect, S- safety
DAILY DOUBLE: STARS expecttions are in place throughout the building however, the criteria change based on the area
How often should the Good Behavior Behavior game be played?
At a minimum, 1 time per day
Who is responsible for implementing social skills training?
Everyone!
How often should self governance meetings be held in your classroom?
1 time per week
What are the benefits to a student earning weekly status?
Weekly ice cream on Fridays, 1 snack coupon, access to items in the school store at 500 pts and higher
Provide an example of both preventive and reactive classroom management?
Answers will vary..
Preventive: prevent problem behaviors BEFORE they happen
Reactive: addressing behaviors as or after they have occured
When should you play the Good Behavior Game?
during a time of day that problem behaviors are high
When should SST be implemented and how long should each lesson be?
When: 1 x beginning of the week... How long: 30 minutes per session
Who should do the majority of the talking during your self-governance meeting?
Students
What should be discussed during conferencing with students?
1 positive thing that happended, 1 thing that was difficult, how the student handled the difficult situation, how the student could handle the difficult situation better, how did the student did with goal, goal for tomorrow, tokens earned today, discuss skill areas with less and most points
What are 3/5 of the components of proactive classroom management?
1. Organize a productive classroom 2. Classroom rules and procedures 3. Managing Transitions 4. Manage Independent Seatwork 5. Communicate compentently with students
What are 3 potential behavior targets for the Good Behavior Game?
Talking out, out of seat, off-topic comments, bullying behaviors, verbal interuptions,
Name 3 Social Skills topics that can be reviewed in weekly lessons.
Accepting no, taking turns, apologizing, making friends, asking for help, saying thank you, introducing yourself etc.
Give 2 purposes of self-governance meetings?
Build community, solve-problems, students help each other, give compliments, plan events
What are three out of five criteria for token economy fidelity, at every 7 minute interval?
Data sheet is present and filled out, Timer signaling tokens will be distributed at each 7 minute interval, Each student is notified of why the earned or didn't earn tokens, Tokens are delivered based on criteria assigned in each area, Staff will maintain positive interaction when addressing token loss or gain
Provide 2 examples on how you can encourage cooperative learning in your classroom?
Pair/share, project based learning, games, small groups/centers, peer tutoring/mentoring, classroom arrangement
What are 3 things that you need to prepare for the Good Behavior Game?
timer, baseline data, criterion, prize, way to track demerits so that all students can see, rules should be visible and reviewed prior to the start of the game, targeted behavior written and clearly defined
What are 2 benefits to Social Skills Training?
promotes skill acquisition, enhances skill performance, reduces and eliminates competing problem behaviors, facilitates generalization and maintaince of social skills, improved cooperation amongst peers, builds community in classroom, helps to develop self-esteem amogst students, provides students with a skillset to be sucessful outside of the classroom
What are 3 expectations of a student-led self-governance meeting?
Raising hand, 1 student speaking at a time, 1 topic at a time, respectful responses, all students participating, students doing majority of talking
What would constitute response cost?
DAILY DOUBLE! Who are the trio team members?
school policy violation, physical/attempted aggression, property destruction greater then $30, elopement (from classroom and building), anything additional as discussed by the trio team
DAILY DOUBLE! teacher, counselor, clinician
Scenario: George brings a handful of small rocks into the school building. He tells you they are in his pocket, he shows them to you but says "these are mine, you can't have them!". You prompt him to put them in his locker, he proceeds to yell, "NO!" and crawls under the cafeteria table. How would you proceed?
Answers will vary..
What are some options for dealing with saboteurs?
put saboteurs on their own team, utilize the token economy to hold accountability, put saboteurs on the same team
Name 2 of 4 princples of the curriculum Skillstreaming that is used to teach Social Skills.
Modeling, Role-playing, Performance Feedback, Generalization Training
Give an example of how you could adapt a self-governance meeting for younger or lifeskills students?
Examples: use AAC devices to have students vote, use whiteboard to do polls, have students sit a circle and use a item to practice turn taking/listening in coversation, students can give thumbs up or thumbs down for voting