Designing a Differential Reinforcement Procedure
For this units 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)
You are encouraged to use your creativity and visuals as part of the development of this intervention!
Review two of your classmates responses, using the following ideas as a guide:
- Evaluate whether the differential reinforcement intervention is a good fit for the target behavior.
- Provide feedback on whether the procedure was outlined technologically, so that it would be easy to follow with integrity, including the use of prompting and schedules of reinforcement.
- Provide feedback on the overall design of the token economy system
- Did your classmate cover potential ethical, social validity, and cultural considerations related to the intervention?
- What are your thoughts on the emotional / elicited effects that were discussed?
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