Class-wide Function-Based Intervention Teams: A Research to Practice Agenda for Functional Behavior Assessment for Students with and At Risk for SBD
Project Description:
Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders/EBD and those with early presenting behavioral challenges continue to be a primary concern to educators in the public schools. They have a number of conditions that interfere with academic performance such as learning problems, attention deficits, chronic antisocial behaviors, and anxiety disorders to name a few. The purpose of the current project is to conduct efficacy and replication trials of the effectiveness of the Class-wide Function-Based Intervention Teams Program (CW-FIT) for students with and at risk for Serious Behavior Disorders (SBD), and to implement studies of FBA linked individualized intervention for the most challenging students. The CW-FIT Program includes four elements designed from hundreds of empirical studies on the treatment of problem behavior: teaching socially-appropriate communicative skills to access attention or brief escape, extinction or eliminating potential reinforcement (attention, escape) for problem behavior, and differential reinforcement at individual levels with group contingencies, and self-management.
Objective 1. Conduct randomized experimental-control group studies of the Class-wide Function Based Intervention Teams Program in elementary school settings.
Objective 2. Conduct Functional Behavior Assessment studies to standardize procedures, develop Individualized Function Based Interventions/Teams (I-FIT), and promote data-based decision making within school settings.
Objective 3. Establish training procedures for school-based staff to (a) screen for risk at the individual level, (b) implement the CW-FIT, (c) implement FBA procedures for SBD and at risk students in need of intervention enhancement (I-FIT), and (d) monitor interventions.
Expected benefits include improved on task behavior for urban classroom settings and improved on task behavior and reduced disruptive behaviors for students with and at risk for EBD.
Core Function(s):
Performing Research or Evaluation
Area of Emphasis
Education & Early Intervention
Target Audience:
Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Professionals and Para-Professionals, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Empowerment Zone
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
Single-County
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
