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Reward System

Provides students with positive feedback
Students respond to positive reinforcement best
Helps reinforce positive behaviors and expectations
Provides incentive
Increases motivation, buy-in, and effort
Produces a challenge with a pay-off
Creates incentive
Improves behavior and academics
Increases on task and attending behaviors
Produces immediate and quick results
Provides a visual concrete reason for students to work toward behavioral and academic goals

When students exhibit chronic behavioral problems
When students demonstrate low and persistent motivation, effort, and interest
When a student refuses to do work or follow behavior guidelines
With oppositional and defiant students
When students have poor attention and focus
When students are impulsive
When students consistently fail to meet behavioral and academic expectations
When students frequently break the school and classroom rules
When students have difficulty getting along with others or interact inappropriately with others
When students have frequent incomplete and missing work

Give the student the Forced Choice Survey to determine what type of reward they prefer and will be most likely to work toward
There are numerous reward systems and strategies, please click on and explore the links below to choose an idea(s)
Some basic reward systems include:
- Token economy where students earn a token, checkmark, sticker, etc for meeting predetermined goals, which they can use to buy or earn a reward after a certain number
- Praise for performing expected behaviors
- Earning privileges for meeting expectations
- Earning free time for meeting expectations
- Positive notes sent home for demonstrating good behavior and meeting expectations
- Small items as rewards for following rules and procedures, including stickers, erasers, trinkets, pencils, crayons, snacks, drinks, books, candy, etc