As I sit and look at the class notes about response-cost procedures, I think about my own class. I currently teach a class for students with Emotional Disturbance and have tried response cost with them. I tried giving the students reinforcers for their behaviors, and then taking them away when they have lost them. I found that if I was taking something away that the students feel they have previously earned, they figure that appropriate behavior is not worth it.
We have now switched to a token economy, where the students earn stars for appropriate behavior and completing tasks. They can then use these stars to purchase time on a choice activity. Since we have started this system, the students seem to be working harder, becuase they want to earn their stars. They want to be able to use them for individual things like computer time and whole class rewards like a movie on Friday afternoon.
No matter what type of behavior management system you have in place the one thing I have learned this year is that you must be consistent in your carrying out of the plan that is set in place. The student will notice when you don't follow through the way the system is set up.
What types of behavior management systems are you using in your classrooms, or do you think you will use once you have your own class?
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