The Classwide Function-Based Intervention Team Program

ABSTRACT

The authors present an overview of how to implement the classwide function-based intervention team (CW-FIT) program. The CW-FIT program is a multilevel group contingency intervention that broadly addresses common functions of problem behavior. The CW-FIT is considered a classroom-level primary intervention because it is used with all students in a class. For students not responding to the primary-level intervention-group contingency, secondary-level or targeted interventions of self-management and help-card procedures are implemented. Students that do not respond to either primary or secondary intervention are candidates for a functional behavior assessment (tertiary level). The authors focus on describing the primary and secondary levels of CW-FIT. Results show that this intervention increases classwide time on on-task behavior during instruction and reduces disruptive behavior of students who are at risk for school failure.

KEYWORDS:

• behavior
• classroom-level intervention
• group contingency
• reward
• self-management

Acknowledgments

The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences and the U.S. Department of Education (R324A070181). The opinions presented in this article are those of the authors and no endorsement by the agency is intended or implied.