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The Conference

The International Precision Teaching Conference is a time when scientists, behavior analysts, students, parents, teachers, practitioners, and other interested parties gather together to share about Precision Teaching (PT) and other technologies utilizing the Standard Celeration Chart (SCC). Presentations typically discuss empirical data and methodologies, technological...

The Journal

The Journal of precision Teaching and Celeration(JPTC) is the scientific journal of the Standard Celeration Society. The SCS publishes roughly twice a year. It provides a forum for research, practical applications, and discussions of Precision Teaching and Celeration technology. JPTC has dedicated itself to the promotion and diffusion of Precision Teaching and Standard Celeration...

The Chart

The Standard Celeration Chart(SCS) was developed in 1967 be "Ogden Lindsley, Eric Haughton, (and several other graduate students of Lindsley's), Sanndy Houston (the administrative assistant), and Helen Brennan (the priter)" (Potts, Eshleman, & Cooper, 1993). The SCC is more tha a mere data-display tool; it guides its user to make data-driven analytical...

The News

If you are attending ABAI in Seattle this year and are a member of the SCS, please come to the business meeting. We will be updating you with the latest news regarding the day-to-day working of the Society. This also is a great opportunity for you to ask...

Doing Precision Teaching: Can I help a learner pick a reward?

[Question and Answer contributed by Dr. Ogden Lindsley, October 2000.] Yes. "Child knows best." Try to get them to do four things:

Pick something they really want.
Pick a reward the learner can break into small enough pieces so 5 to 10 a minute won't satiate or take too much time chewing. If the learner picks a reward so big you can't break it up, suggest points or tokens.
You might also suggest spacing big rewards with a schedule, paying off only every tenth performance, for example.
If your learner picks something to get rid of with a penalty, advise also counting and rewarding a positive behavior to produce treats at 5 to 10 a minute. The whole thing must be FUN!

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