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Weeden, Marc; Wills, Howard P.; Kottwitz, Esther; Kamps, Debra – Behavioral Disorders, 2016
Class-wide interventions have strong empirical support for improving behavior in general education classes but are rarely tested in special education classes. The present study examined the effects of the Class-wide Function-related Intervention Team (CW-FIT) program, a group contingency intervention, on the on-task behavior of six elementary…
Descriptors: Intervention, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, General Education
Naylor, Anna Schmidt; Kamps, Debra; Wills, Howard – Education and Treatment of Children, 2018
The current study examined the effects of the Class-wide Function-related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT), a class-wide group contingency, on the on-task behavior of all students in a first grade class and the on-task and disruptive behavior of three target students within that class who were nominated by their teacher through a behavioral screening.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Contingency Management, Time on Task, Student Behavior
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Kamps, Debra; Wills, Howard P.; Heitzman-Powell, Linda; Laylin, Jeff; Szoke, Carolyn; Petrillo, Tai; Culey, Amy – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2011
The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the Class-Wide Function-related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) program, a group contingency intervention for whole classes, and for students with disruptive behaviors who are at risk for emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD). The CW-FIT program includes four elements designed from…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Intervention, Behavior Disorders, Reinforcement
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Wills, Howard; Kamps, Debra; Abbott, Mary; Bannister, Harriett; Kaufman, Jorun – Behavioral Disorders, 2010
This study investigated the effects of small-group reading interventions, implemented within a school wide positive behavior support model, on elementary students with and without risk for emotional and behavior disorders. Participating schools and students were part of a larger randomized controlled group study. A subset of the larger study, four…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Fluency, At Risk Students, Behavior Disorders
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Kamps, Debra; Abbott, Mary; Greenwood, Charles; Arreaga-Mayer, Carmen; Wills, Howard; Longstaff, Jennifer; Culpepper, Michelle; Walton, Cheryl – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2007
This experimental/comparison study of secondary-level, small-group instruction included 318 first- and second-grade students (170 ELL and 148 English-only) from six elementary schools. All schools served high numbers of ELL students with varying school SES in urban and suburban communities. Experimental schools implemented a three-tier model of…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Experimental Schools, Intervention
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Kamps, Debra; Wendland, Maura; Culpepper, Michelle – Behavioral Disorders, 2006
This study presents functional assessment data from two second-grade students with behavior and academic problems. Functional assessment procedures included interview, observation, functional analysis, and intervention. Functional analysis conditions, conducted by the classroom teacher, with coaching from the researcher, indicated multiple…
Descriptors: Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems