Benefits & Difficulties
- Low cost
- Highly effective
- Replacing the problem behavior
- Identifying behavior to reinforce
- Need to constantly reinforce behavior
- Phasing out of reinforcement
In Practice
Research
Lunchroom Praise Note System:
- To decrease problem behaviors in the lunchroom
- Inappropriate sitting, running, trash
- Combined with other practices
- Effective in decreasing behaviors
- Trash: 96%
- Inappropriate sitting: 65%
- Running: 75%
- Works well with other behavior management practices
- clear expectations
- consistent praise
- token system
- response cost
What it is
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior
- Reinforcement - increase behavior
- Decrease a problem behavior by reinforcing an opposite, positive behavior
- Example behavior: out of seat - want to increase "in seat behavior"
Environments
Example
Problem behavior: bolting to the door
Reinforced behavior: laying down
- Classroom - all
- School-wide:
- lunchroom
- hallways
Information/Resources
- Good Overview - has all types of differential reinforcement
- http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/bi2/cresource/q4/p08/#content
Research articles - good examples of how to use the strategy in a classroom
- Lunchroom Praise Note System - see handout
- Inattentive Behavior of Jordanian Children
Research
Decreasing Inattentive Behavior in Jordanian Children:
- Children with ADHD
- Used DRI and response cost to decrease inattention
- Reinforce attentive behavior
- Lose sticker for problem behaviors
- Easy to implement after training