Early Childhood Special Education

Goal: Jason will keep his hands and feet to himself.

Age of child: 2nd grade

Reward:

At the end of every class period, if Jason has kept his hands and feet to himself, he will get a smiley sticker.

At lunch time, we will tally the number of stickers in the morning column. If he gets 3 or more, he can have 5 extra minutes of recess with a friend.

At the end of the day, we will tally the number of stickers for the afternoon. If he has 2 or more, he will get to choose a treasure from the treasure box.

Chart:

This type of behavior contract uses a time chart. This is a time based contract. This means that the child must exhibit the targeted behavior for a set amount of time. This contract uses morning and afternoon, but it could be smaller time frames (especially for a behavior like this or for younger children). Smaller time frames would be class periods, or even something like every ½ hour. In this example, if Jason cannot be successful using a morning/afternoon time frame, after a few days with little or no success, they could break it down to class periods and see if that is more successful.

A time based chart is used for predictive behavior. In other words, behaviors that can be predicted to occur on a regular basis, OR for older children, like Jason, where the behavior should be able to be controlled for a set amount of time. You will see in the next contract, a similar behavior, but the type of contract used has a frequency chart instead of a time chart. That is because the child is younger and needs immediate rewards and because it is for a non-predictive behavior. (a frequency based contract)

Time charts and time based contracts can be used for behaviors that occur regularly such as turning in homework, completing classwork, following directions the first time they are asked (this could also be used with a frequency chart), walking appropriately in the hallway, bringing all school supplies to class, etc.