ERIC Number: EJ1405199
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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Improving Behavior in an Alternative High School Summer Program Using Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams: A Pilot Study
Paul Caldarella; Erika J. Richards; Leslie Williams; Emily J. Warburton
Education and Treatment of Children, v46 n4 p351-365 2023
Effective interventions are needed to help alternative high school teachers manage challenging student behaviors. One such intervention, class-wide function-related intervention teams (CW-FIT), is a classroom management program based on positive behavior interventions and supports principles. CW-FIT involves teaching appropriate classroom behavioral expectations (social skills), using high behavior-specific praise-to-reprimand ratios, and an interdependent group contingency to provide differential reinforcement of appropriate classroom behavior and eliminate potential reinforcement of problem behavior. In this pilot study, four alternative high school teachers implemented CW-FIT during a summer school program. A series of single subject A-B designs were used over a 3-week period. Results supported effectiveness of the program as teachers appeared able to implement the program with fidelity, increase their behavior-specific praise rates and decrease their reprimand rates, and students appeared to respond with increased on-task behavior. Teacher and student responses also suggested the program was socially valid. Study implications and limitations are addressed.
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Nontraditional Education, High Schools, Summer Programs, High School Students, Intervention, Student Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Interpersonal Competence, Positive Reinforcement, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Fidelity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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