Motivation

Token Board

A token economy: a themed token board or a gem jar, with a picture menu of how to earn

A token board the learner fills toward a reward they choose, or a jar of 3D gems that adds up across sessions, days, and devices. A picture menu shows how to earn (for example, Brush teeth gives 2), and the BT gives tokens by holding a line.

Open Token Board

When

  • Reinforcing taught behaviors, routines, and chores with a visible, consistent exchange.
  • Learners who need to see what they’re working for and how close they are.
  • Use the gem jar when earning should carry over between sessions, places, or people.

Why

  • The menu and rewards are pictures, so the learner doesn’t need to read.
  • The learner can see and pick what they’re working for, and change their mind, but can’t change the menu.
  • Giving tokens needs a half-second hold, so a quick tap by the learner doesn’t count.
  • Every token is saved with the behavior that earned it, and every trade with what was chosen.

How

  1. On the setup screen, choose Token board or Gem jar. For a board, pick how many tokens fill it, a theme (Plain color, Polka dots, Farm, Space, or Ocean), a color, and a token.
  2. Under How to earn, add up to 8 behaviors and set how many tokens or gems each gives. Under Trade for, add up to 6 rewards; in the gem jar, the number is the price. Then tap Play.
  3. When the learner does a behavior on the menu, press and hold its line until the fill sweeps across. Something else gives 1 for a behavior that isn’t on the menu.
  4. On a board, the learner taps I’m working for to choose a reward. When the board is full, tap Trade in (or Not yet). In the jar, the learner taps a reward to work for it, and Trade appears when there are enough gems.
  5. Use Back to take back a token or trade given by mistake, and Hold to empty to start the board or jar over.

Saved to the dashboard: Every token or gem given, with the behavior that earned it and how many, and every trade with the reward chosen. The jar’s balance is kept for the learner on every device. Each session shows what each behavior earned, and the graph shows tokens or gems given per session.

Naming & recognitionFlashcardsNaming pictures (tacts) in discrete trialsLanguageWe & TheyPronoun discrimination: we, they, he, sheListeningFind ItListener responding: hear a word and tap the pictureListeningWhich One?Listener responding by function, feature, and classMatchingMatch ItVisual matching to sampleMatchingSort ItSorting pictures by class, function, or featureMathCount & CompareEarly math: numerals 1–5, counting, matching numbers to amounts, more and less, and sizeReadingWord MatchEarly reading: matching printed words to pictures, and lettersCommunicationMy WayA functional request (mand), for example in FCTDaily routinesToothbrushingA 9-step toothbrushing chain (task analysis)