Reinforcing Desired Behavior: Reinforcement Menus

Reinforcing Desired Behavior: Reinforcement Menus
By Kaye Otten and Jodie Tuttle
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Reinforcement interviews, surveys, observations, and reinforcement journals can help create individualized reinforcement menus that give students variety and help the intended reinforcers maintain their effectiveness. Teachers have a tendency to choose one or two reinforcers and have the students work for them every time. The problem with this is that students tend to start to satiate on reinforcers if they experience them too often, making them less effective. If they get the same thing all the time, they will tire of it.

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