Ten Decisive Steps to
Motivating your Delinquent Teen to Action
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Currency or Merits
can be banked, meaning that for currency or merits that were not used
for one weak can be carried forward to the other week.
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Currency or Merits
should be awarded for excellent work, good behavior or for any other
necessary details that the institution requires.
Examples of types of rewards that can be given are listed below.
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On a class level,
each class can operate an incentive closet or goodies basket from which
to reward each member of a group that had positive behavior or work for
the previous week. Things to
include in the basket are: Typed class notes, Class Notes on CD-ROMS,
Floppy Disks with class notes, Burned music CDs and movie DVDs with
appropriate content (The School could subscribe to an online website
where music and movies can be downloaded, they could easily burn these
and give them to the students – copyright would not be a problem as they
would not be sold). Note
Books, Pens, Pencils, Floppy Disks, Blank disks or any other incentive
or rewards deemed necessary for the class level.
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On a class level,
the group with the highest level of currency or merits per week would
get to listen to their favorite music or music video at the start of the
class. (Each class could be
equipped with a radio and a TV/VIDEO/DVD)
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At the
Institutional Level – An incentive shop should be operated where
students can purchase things at the end of the month with their currency
that they have not used at the class level or that which may have gained
as extras. The shop would
sell things like (with make the believe currency that the student have)
New DVD movies, New Music CDs and Videos, New Games, IPods and all the
little electronic gadgets that kids go crazy about and or other rewards.
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At the
Institutional level also – the entire class or grade or school if
discipline and good work can be maintained for a certain period of time
– example one month – can get to watch a live movie at the school.
A multimedia projector system could be set up where large groups
can watch the movie or stage show.
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t the institutional
level – a bi-monthly or quarterly concert could be held at the school if
good behavior and excellent work can be achieved for that particular
period of one month or three months.
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An all expense paid
class trip or school trip could be planned for the class with the
highest level of merits or currency for a particular period of time.
CONCLUSION
The heart of any system or methodology to motivate
teens that is delinquent or non-participatory is has to be focused,
interactive and duplicable.
The ten steps advanced in this book are decisive and should bring
about successful results for those who embrace its concepts responsibly
and seek to duplicate it.
Our delinquent teens need to be motivated to action and this motivation
is most effective if the caregivers are the ones to inspire the
motivation in their youths.
Be creative, responsible, enthusiastic and understanding as you seek to
motivate your teen to optimal levels of achievement.
Have a successful, motivational teen challenge!
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