Implementation of A Token Economy Technique to Reduce Off-Task Behaviour among Students with Low Vision

Keywords

student with low vision, off-task behaviour, token economy technique

Abstract

The results of the preliminary study showed that students with low vision often shows off-task behaviour. Therefore, a specific strategy needs to be sought to overcome it. This study aims to determine the effect of the use of token economic technique on decreasing off-task behaviour of a student with low vision at a special public school for the blind in Bandung, Indonesia. This research was applied the Single Subject Research (SSR) approach with the ABA design. Data collection were done through observation. The result of the study showed that the use of token economy can reduce the frequency of off-task behaviour for a student with low vision. Thus, this technique can be used as an alternative in overcoming off-task behaviour for students with low vision.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sunardi
AU  - Emmy Ruwayda
PY  - 2019/12
DA  - 2019/12
TI  - Implementation of A Token Economy Technique to Reduce Off-Task Behaviour among Students with Low Vision
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Special Education (ICSE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 132
EP  - 134
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125928864
ID  - 2019/12
ER  -