Understanding Token Contingency

The therapist starts with one token. This phase is designed to teach the student to hand over the token board to the therapist once it’s completed to receive the reinforcer. Prompts are used at the beginning but faded gradually.

This phase is designed to teach the student to earn three tokens and hand over the completed token board to the therapist to receive the reinforcer.

This phase is designed to teach the student to earn five tokens in different locations. He/she needs to hand over the completed token board to the therapist to receive the reinforcer.

This phase is designed to teach the student to finish a task in order to earn the tokens.

This phase is designed to teach the student to finish multiple tasks in order to earn the tokens.