Overview
Designing a Differential Reinforcement Procedure
For this unit’s Discussion post, you will design a differential reinforcement intervention procedure, which will include the use of a token economy system as the reinforcing contingency for the intervention.
- First, provide a brief introduction to the client, and the behavior of interest that will be addressed by the intervention (you may refer to past clients from the discussions, or select a new client).
- Determine which Differential Reinforcement Procedure (DRO, DRA, DRI, DRL/H) you will use as your intervention for this client, with a rationale for your selection.
- Technologically outline a set of procedures for your DR intervention, to include the use of a token economy as a conditioned reinforcer. When outlining your token economy procedures, be sure to include:
- The rules for successful task completion
- Procedures for dispensing and exchanging tokens
- Procedures to follow when token requirements are not met
- Discuss the ethical, social validity, and cultural considerations related to the development of this intervention, with particular consideration of the Martinez & Mahoney (2022) article.
- Provide a brief discussion of any potential emotional or elicited effects that may occur as part of these procedures.
Then, you will create a brief set of (2-3) PowerPoint Slides that includes the following components of your system and upload it to your post:
- The tokens you will use (with visuals of what they will look like)
- How you will make your system specific or individualized to your client
- Your menu of backup reinforcers (again, include visuals in your presentation)