Info & Abstract
Beahm, L.A., Ingvarsson, E.T., Funk, N. et al. Using an App-Based Token Economy to Increase Engagement in Daily Living and Vocational Tasks with Adults with Developmental Disabilities. Behav Analysis Practice 16, 1047–1060 (2023).
The token economy is an evidence-based practice that improves outcomes across populations, settings, and behaviors. Nonetheless, their complex nature frequently leads to inefective implementation. In addition, little is known about the extent to which token economies are efective for increasing engagement in adults with disabilities. Therefore, we conducted a multiple probe across participants to evaluate the efectiveness of a token economy using an app (i.e., Class Dojo) to increase engagement with daily living and vocational tasks in adults with disabilities.
All participants increased their engagement with tasks following the introduction of the intervention and maintained higher than baseline levels of engagement up to 6 weeks after the intervention ended. Staff members completed an anonymous survey to indicate their perception of the feasibility and efectiveness of the intervention. Social validity results indicated that some staf members found the intervention efective, but time-consuming and challenging.
All participants increased their engagement with tasks following the introduction of the intervention and maintained higher than baseline levels of engagement up to 6 weeks after the intervention ended. Staff members completed an anonymous survey to indicate their perception of the feasibility and efectiveness of the intervention. Social validity results indicated that some staf members found the intervention efective, but time-consuming and challenging.