TY - JOUR
AU - Edlund, Calvin V.
AB - CALVIN V. EDLUND • The classroom use of material reinforcers, such as candy and trinkets, to bring about higher rates of desirable academic, social, and personal behavior has Calvin V. Edlund is school psychologist been reported by Bijou (:1964); Haring and Phillips (1962); Hewett (:1966); at the San Juan Unified School District, Staats, Minke, Finley, Wolf, and Brooks (:1964); and Zimmerman and Zim­ Carmichael, California. merman (1962). However, on the basis of reports from some children who dem­ onstrated achievement and! or behavioral problems and of reports from their parents,.it appeared that these children did not find candy and trinket reinforcers nearly as desirable as a variety of activities and objects available in the home environment. This article describes a procedure which utilized reinforcers available in the home environment to promote desirable school behavior. Desirable school be­ havior as used here refers to a child's, (a) increasing the number of accurately completed class assignments within the time alloted for the completion of the tasks in question, and (b) increasing the length of time during which his social and personal behavior meets classroom standards. Implementation o Initial sessions. The program was implemented through a series of parent­ of the Program 
TI - Rewards at Home to Promote Desirable School Behavior
JF - TEACHING Exceptional Children
DO - 10.1177/004005996900100408
DA - 1969-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/rewards-at-home-to-promote-desirable-school-behavior-3Orxz7bJr0
SP - 121
EP - 127
VL - 1
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -