Reward system medium?

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We have used a reward system in the past, gluey stars to a large poster. We want to start another reward system but with something not so tedious and are looking for suggestions- thanks!!

It really depends on what skill you are working on, how often the kiddo needs to be reinforced to keep up the behavior, and where it needs to to be implemented (home, school, community).

If you can give me some more info, I'm sure I can think of a few different ideas.

We use the same system they use at school so there is uniformity. We use a red/yellow/green chart with a clothespin that moves with undesired behaviors or refusal to do a task. Stay on green each day she gets a ticket in a jar that she uses for treats or to "pay" for something she wants. I usually give the tickets once per week (just like they do at school) and believe me, she knows how many she has earned!

We are currently doing a chart where DS earns or loses time for playing video games or the computer. He starts each day with 10 minutes. There is a list of things he can do to get more minutes and things that he does (or doesn't do) that will cause him to lose minutes. The get more side includes tasks that we sometimes struggle to do each day, getting dressed, brushing teeth but also includes small chores and things like read a book. This gives him a way to be able to earn back any lost points by doing something positive or constructive at pretty much any time of the day.

We do kind of the same thing as Mama to Grace. We have tokens (plastic coins) and we have a list of behavior and chores. We also use time out (we started this a few months ago when I was in and out of the hospital and hardly able to walk and my husband and in laws could not handle my kids, only my son has earned one time out, with me, so the positive method still works better). So my kids get a token every day for doing their chores and following the rules. I remind my kids, I dont expect them to remember every day so I point things out and I also do the 123 thing if they are doing a undesired behavior and as I said I only got to 3 since I have been home from the hospital so I think we are doing well.
We also have a token to Euro ratio so if they want a toy.....my son loves battle tops and my daughter loves squinkies and she also likes these strange Lalaloopsey dolls lately so she was saving for another one of those but she had enough to get a pack of squinkies so she used all her tokens so now she is back to saving for the doll. She loves the squinkies, they are little rubber animals and people, she has always loved figurines as she has always liked to line toys. She also likes to make patterns out of the colors.

We are making a sensory room right now for meltdowns as my daughter is having a lot of stress due to her school (I have a post up about that) and my son has always been the meltdown king....they are short but loud and he knows to go in his room and beat up his stuffies and his pillows before he gets too out of control, we also remind him that its time to go calm down. Sometimes I just have to bring him his weighted blanket, its 10lbs so I can drag it but my auto immune disease makes it impossible for me to physically get him to his room as he is 9 years old now. I have a lot of pain and I can easily crack or break my fragile bones or tear more nerves if Im not careful. I do have aides that come to my house to do cleaning and help out with the kids.

Posters with stars, game time with parents, small toys, candy, a trip to a special place, such as an ice cream store. These can all be rewards. You call also say ten stars=a trip to a favorite place.