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A Description and Evaluation of a “Levelled Token Economy” Operating within the School Day in a Residential School for Junior Maladjusted Boys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

R. P. Mendham  and
M. T. Thorne
R. P. Mendham
Affiliation:
Chelfham Mill School, Barnstaple, North Devon
M. T. Thorne
Affiliation:
Chelfham Mill School, Barnstaple, North Devon
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This study was carried out in a residential school for 46 junior boys ascertained as maladjusted. Some of the dissatisfactions with the more conventional classroom based economies are expressed and the “Levelled Economy” is put forward as an alternative model. The levelled system is described in detail and the economy evaluated over a 3-month period. The results showed a dramatic reduction of inappropriate behaviour and also a large increase in the acquisition of skills.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 151 - 162
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1984

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