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Paul Caldarella; Erika J. Richards; Leslie Williams; Emily J. Warburton – Education and Treatment of Children, 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…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Nontraditional Education, High Schools, Summer Programs
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Paul Caldarella; Ross A. A. Larsen; Leslie Williams; Howard P. Wills – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2023
Middle school teachers frequently struggle with positively managing student behavior. However, praise-to-reprimand ratios (PRRs) have received little research attention. PRRs studied in elementary school have been positively associated with improvements in on-task and prosocial behavior, but limited research has been conducted on optimal PRRs in…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Correlation, Prosocial Behavior, At Risk Students
Krystine A. Jolstead; Paul Caldarella; Blake Hansen; Byran B. Korth; Leslie Williams; Debra Kamps – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2017
Challenging behavior in preschool is a serious concern for teachers. Positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) have been shown to be effective in reducing such behaviors. Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) is a specific multi-tiered intervention for implementing effective classroom management strategies using PBIS…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Program Implementation, Preschool Education, Intervention
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Howard Wills; Joseph Wehby; Paul Caldarella; Debra Kamps; Rebecca Swinburne Romine – Exceptional Children, 2018
The present study examined the effects of the Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Team (CW-FIT) program, a group contingency intervention addressing the on-task and disruptive behavior of students with or at risk for emotional behavior disorders (EBD). Twenty-one elementary schools, 155 general education teachers, and 324 students…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Program Effectiveness, Replication (Evaluation), Randomized Controlled Trials
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Paul Caldarella; Leslie Williams; Blake D. Hansen; Howard Wills – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
Comprehensive evidence-based interventions are needed to help early childhood educators manage challenging student behaviors. One such intervention, class-wide function-related intervention teams (CW-FIT), is a multi-tiered behavioral intervention program based on positive behavior support principles, including four main elements: (a) teaching…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, Intervention, Early Childhood Education