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A demonstration of a token economy for the real world

1996; Elsevier BV; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0962-1849(96)80025-4

1873-7293

Deborah Morisse, Lalita Batra, Larry Hess, Randy Silverman, Patrick W. Corrigan,

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Abstract Token economies are rarely used in real-world psychiatric settings because of barriers to their implementation, such an institutional constraints and insufficient collegial support. The line-level treatment team at Elgin Mental Health Center was able to overcome these contraints and develop a user-friendly token economy. This article describes Elgin's simple yet effective token economy and the process used to develop it.