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Imprinted
Stickers items

Screen
Erasers savers

Coupons Candy or
food

Toys
Extended
breaks

Extrinsic
Rewards
MINDMAP 2. Extrinsic Rewards

Extended Breaks
All rewards need not cost money. Consider giving extended breaks or lunch periods as
a reward for individual or group accomplishment. You can even turn the determination
of time length into a game of chance using spinners, dice, cards, or other creative means
(see Resources for Trainers in the appendices).

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Books for Behavior
ooks are excellent incentives because they can be chosen for their content
Bto reinforce and supplement classroom information later. If you have major
bookstore chains in your area (e.g., Borders, Barnes & Noble, or Books-a-Million),
check their discounted bookshelves located in the front of their stores. If these
chains do not have a store nearby, check their websites (see Resources for Trainers
in the appendices). You can get significantly reduced prices on books from these
companies. College or university bookstores and book websites (e.g., Amazon.com)
are other great places to find books with marked down prices. They often have
discontinued, overstocked, or out of print copies of books for as low as $1.00.
These make valuable rewards for your learners.