Greater awareness and use of contingency management in practice may improve outcomes across a range of mental health and related conditions. Contingency management refers to a type of behavioural therapy in which individuals are 'reinforced', or rewarded, for evidence of positive behavioural change.
CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES SAMHSA grant programs that authorize a CM intervention support the implementation of either escalating voucher CM or prize-based CM in an evidence-based manner.
Evidence-Based Treatment Methods Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Contingency management (CM). Motivational enhancement therapy (MET), which is sometimes referred to as motivational interviewing (MI). Family behavior therapy (FBT). 12-Step facilitation therapy. Medications for substance use disorder.
Contingency contracting is an intervention that involves identifying a behavior, the conditions under which the behavior is supposed to occur, and the consequences for both achieving the goal and failing to perform to a criterion. From: A Practical Guide to Finding Treatments That Work for People with Autism, 2017.
CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES SAMHSA grant programs that authorize a CM intervention support the implementation of either escalating voucher CM or prize-based CM in an evidence-based manner.
In psychology, contingency contracting is used to create a contract between the therapist and the individual seeking help. The contract outlines the specific behaviors or goals that the individual wants to achieve. The therapist outlines the reward system that will be used to reinforce the desired behavior.
In contingency statements, the consequence of the possible act can also be some behavior: If Joe plays his drums at night, the neighbors might complain. If you feed the dog at the table during our meals, he will often come begging during our meals. If you park illegally, the cop may give you a ticket.
In psychology, contingency contracting is used to create a contract between the therapist and the individual seeking help. The contract outlines the specific behaviors or goals that the individual wants to achieve. The therapist outlines the reward system that will be used to reinforce the desired behavior.
The objectives for the examples above might be “raises hand and waits to be called on five times each hour” (if the student is, for example, raising his hand three times and interrupting five times) or “completes 60% of math worksheets.”
For example, a person with substance abuse can contract with co-workers to attend work sober, a person with schizophrenia can contract with a therapist to maintain medication use, and a person with depression can contract with friends to increase attendance at social events.