Re: Discouraged - need advice

[Guest guest]

We use a token board. If the task is more difficult (receptive for Jer) we

start by only using 5 tokens with a one to one ratio (one token per correct

response). He knows what he is working for and knows that the quicker he

responds correctly, the quicker he gets what he wants. The token board works

as a kind of timer. If the tasks are less difficult the tokens can be given

in a variable way. At one point the token board had become too long and too

much the same (one token per 2 correct responses using ten tokens). Well, we

lost Jer and had a lot of the inattention you are talking about. We reworked

the system and it made all the difference. The nice thing about it is that

now we know -- so that even for some really difficult stuff we may only use

three tokens (2 are already on).

Rosie