Appendix B. Incentives
South Dakota's Juvenile Supervisory Responses (JSR)
-Incentives-
| Desired Behaviors | Low Level Incentive | Moderate Level Incentive | High Level Incentive |
| Compliant (Contemplation Stage of Change) Desired behavior would be that the juvenile is meeting the conditions of probation or has shown an improvement in meeting those conditions. | 1 . Verbal Praise 2 . Written Praise 3 . Drawing from a Prize Bucket 4 . Encourage School Staff Recognition for Child 5 . Decrease Phone Contact 6 . Parent and Juvenile Recommended Incentives. | 1 . Verbal Praise 2 . Written Praise 3 . Drawing from a Prize Bucket 4 . Encourage School Staff Recognition for Child 5 . Decrease Phone Contact 6 . Parent and Juvenile Recommended Incentives 7 . Reduce meetings 8 . Eliminate Electronic Monitoring 9 . Allow overnights with Friends | 1 . Verbal Praise 2 . Written Praise 3 . Drawing from a Prize Bucket 4 . Reduce Meetings 5 . Allow Overnights with Friends 6 . Encourage School Staff Recognition for Child 7 . Decrease Phone Contact 8 . Parent and Juvenile Recommended Incentives 9 . Reduce meetings 10 . Eliminate Electronic Monitoring 11 . Allow overnights with Friends 12 . Reduced UAs/PBTs 13 . Job Shadowing 14 . Moderate Financial Reward (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships under $15 etc.) 15 . Reduced Probation Condition 16 . Extend Curfew |
| Demonstrated Improvement (Action Stage of Change) -Strategies for change are chosen and | 1 . Verbal Praise 2 . Written Praise 1 . Moderate Financial Reward (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships under $15 etc.) 1 . Reduced Probation Condition 2 . Reduced UAs/PBTs 3 . Drawing from a Prize Bucket 4 . Reduce Meetings 5 . Allow Overnights with Friends 6 . Encourage School Staff Recognition for Child 7 . Extend Curfew 8 . Decrease Phone Contact 9 . Graduation Certificate/Ceremonies for Accomplishments 10 . Reduce Telephone Contact 11 . Higher Level Financial Rewards (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships over $15 etc.) 12 . Job Shadowing 13 . Recommend Reduced Probation Term | 1 . Verbal Praise 2 . Written Praise 3 . Moderate Financial Reward (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships under $15 etc.) 1 . Reduced Probation Condition 2 . Reduced UAs/PBTs 3 . Drawing from a Prize Bucket 4 . Reduce Meetings 5 . Allow Overnights with Friends 6 . Encourage School Staff Recognition for Child 7 . Decrease Phone Contact 8 . Graduation Certificate/Ceremonies for Accomplishments 1 . Reduce Telephone Contact 2 . Higher Level Financial Rewards (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships over $15 etc.) 3 . Job Shadowing
| 1 . Verbal Praise 2 . Written Praise 3 . Moderate Financial Reward (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships under $15 etc.) 1 . Reduced Probation Condition 2 . Reduced UAs/PBTs 3 . Drawing from a Prize Bucket 4 . Reduce Meetings 5 . Allow Overnights with Friends 6 . Encourage School Staff Recognition for Child 7 . Backpack Program- food, school supplies 8 . Increase Driving Privileges 9 . Extend Curfew 10 . Decrease Phone Contact 11 . Graduation Certificate/Ceremonies for Accomplishments 12 . Reduce Telephone Contact 1 . Higher Level Financial Rewards (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships over $15 etc.) |
| 1 . Eliminate Electronic Monitoring 2 . Acknowledgement by the Judge for Positive Behaviors 3 . Parent and Juvenile recommended incentives 1 . College/Career Planning session 2 . School Spirit Wear | 3 . Eliminate Electronic Monitoring 4 . Acknowledgement by the Judge for Positive Behaviors 5 . Parent and Juvenile Recommended Incentives 6 . College/Career Planning Session 1 . School Spirit Wear 2 . Backpack Program- food, school supplies 3 . Increase Driving Privileges 4 . Extend Curfew 5 . Reduce Community Service Hours | 1 . Job Shadowing 2 . Recommend Reduced Probation Term 3 . Eliminate Electronic Monitoring 1 . Acknowledgement by the Judge for Positive Behaviors 2 . Parent and Juvenile Recommended Incentives 3 . College/Career Planning Session 4 . School Spirit Wear 5 . Backpack Program- food, school supplies 6 . Increase Driving Privileges 7 . Extend Curfew 8 . Reduce Community Service Hours |
| Significant Improvement (Action Stage of Change) Desired behavior would indicate a demonstration of commitment and progress to meeting the terms of probation and would be associated with a level of improvement that shows effective change by the juvenile. -Sustaining new habits
| 1 . Verbal Praise 2 . Written Praise 3 . Moderate Financial Reward (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships under $15 etc.) 4 . Reduced Probation Condition 5 . Reduced UAs/PBTs 6 . Drawing from a Prize Bucket 7 . Reduce Meetings 8 . Allow Overnights with Friends 9 . Encourage School Staff Recognition for Child 10 . Backpack Program-food, school supplies 1 . Increase Driving Privileges 2 . Extend Curfew 3 . Decrease Phone Contact 4 . Graduation Certificate/Ceremonies for Accomplishments 5 . Reduce Telephone Contact 6 . Higher Level Financial Rewards (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships over $15 etc.) | 1 . Verbal Praise 2 . Written Praise 3 . Moderate Financial Reward (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships under $15 etc.) 4 . Reduced Probation Condition 5 . Reduced UAs/PBTs 6 . Drawing from a Prize Bucket 7 . Reduce Meetings 8 . Allow Overnights with Friends 9 . Encourage School Staff Recognition for Child 10 . Backpack Program-food, school supplies 1 . Increase Driving Privileges 2 . Extend Curfew 3 . Decrease Phone Contact 4 . Graduation Certificate/Ceremonies for Accomplishments 5 . Reduce Telephone Contact 6 . Higher Level Financial Rewards (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships over $15 etc.) | 1 . Verbal Praise 2 . Written Praise 3 . Moderate Financial Reward (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships under $15 etc.) 4 . Reduced Probation Condition 5 . Reduced UAs/PBTs 6 . Drawing from a Prize Bucket 7 . Reduce Meetings 8 . Allow Overnights with Friends 9 . Encourage School Staff Recognition for Child 1 . Backpack Program- food, school supplies 2 . Increase Driving Privileges 3 . Extend Curfew 1 . Decrease Phone Contact 2 . Graduation Certificate/Ceremonies for Accomplishments 3 . Reduce Telephone Contact 4 . Higher Level Financial Rewards (gift cards, activity fees, tickets, recreational passes, memberships over $15 etc.) |
| 1 . Photo ID Costs 2 . Job Shadowing 3 . Recommend Reduced Probation Term 4 . Eliminate Electronic Monitoring 5 . Acknowledgement by the Judge for Positive Behaviors 6 . Parent and Juvenile Recommended Incentives 7 . Reduce Community Service Hours 8 . Recommend Court Reduction in Fines or Fees. 9 . College/Career Planning Session 10 . School Spirit Wear 11 . Payment for high school equivalency testing | 1 . Photo ID Costs 2 . Job Shadowing 3 . Recommend Reduced Probation Term 4 . Eliminate Electronic Monitoring 5 . Acknowledgement by the Judge for Positive Behaviors 6 . Parent and Juvenile Recommended Incentives 7 . Reduce Community Service Hours 8 . Recommend Court Reduction in Fines or Fees. 9 . College/Career Planning Session 10 . School Spirit Wear 11 . Payment for high school equivalency testing | 1 . Photo ID Costs 2 . Job Shadowing 3 . Recommend Reduced Probation Term 4 . Eliminate Electronic Monitoring 5 . Acknowledgement by the Judge for Positive Behaviors 6 . Parent and Juvenile Recommended Incentives 7 . Reduce Community Service Hours 8 . Recommend Court Reduction in Fines or Fees. 9 . College/Career Planning Session 10 . School Spirit Wear 11 . Payment for high school equivalency testing |
*Incentives should be individualized to the juvenile and this list is not exclusive.
** Incentives should be applied with a 4:1 ratio when compared to Sanctions.
Source: SL 2016, ch 240 (Supreme Court Rule 16-01), eff. Feb. 1, 2016; SL 2017, ch 77, § 3.