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Build the relationship
•        Work on your relationship with your son or daughter first, because no discipline will
be successful unless this is the basis. Having a good relationship takes time.
•        Often you need to do things together on their terms. Listen to their ideas without
trying to force your ideas on them. Take an interest in what is important to them and you
will have a good baseline to work from.
•        Trusting your teenager is an important part of your relationship. Trust has to be
earned by both of you. Remind yourself that your teenager is struggling with lots of new
feelings and his behaviour could be showing genuine unhappiness which needs your
concern.

A token economy is an intensive, in-class positive reinforcement program for
building up and maintaining appropriate classroom performance and behavior. A
token program may be needed when other positive reinforcement programs, such
as selective use of teacher attention or a home-based reinforcement program, are
insufficient to motivate the student with Attention Deficit Disorder to behave and
perform appropriately. When this is the case, a tangible reward program, managed
by the teacher, may be needed. Tangible rewards can be conveniently managed
through a token reinforcement program.
Token programs involve the distribution of physical tokens (for example, poker
chips, stickers, stars, smiley faces, etc.) or points following appropriate behavior.
The tokens or points can be accumulated throughout the day and exchanged for
designated rewards at a specified time. A predetermined goal is set for the number
of tokens or points required to earn a reward. The teacher or classroom aide is
responsible for distributing the tokens and providing the reward.