Response Cost Of Time Out Vs. Punishment

Time out, in fact, does not really help the child at all but seems instead to act as a punishment that often makes him feel more belligerent than he was to start with. In truth, time out helps only the teacher, and then only briefly, by getting the child out of the way for a moment. It is a teachers solution for a child problem. Thus a time out does not address the issues in the conflict nor help the child learn to deal with them. (Beaty,1995,p.191) Response Cost. Response cost is a punishing technique that translates to the equivalent of losing what you possess or have earned. Earned consequences are considered reinforcers. When they are lost, this is response cost. The child places in jeopardy what he or she has earned as the result