ABSTRACT
In many behavior modification and traditional residential treatment programs there are a number of routine maintenance and self-care tasks that the clients are expected to carry out each day. The most common system of administering routine tasks in programs based on a token economy seems to involve a staff member assigning each task to an individual, evaluating each individual's performance, and presenting to each individual the consequences, such as praise and tokens for task completion, and perhaps punishment, such as loss of tokens or reassignment of the task, for failure to complete the task. Organizational researchers have suggested other possible administrative arrangements. These researchers have compared a number of administrative arrangements for effectiveness and preference by adult workers. The rehabilitation program at Achievement Place consisted of training and evaluation that occurred during the various phases of a token reinforcement system.
