The Classwide Function-Based Intervention Team Program

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.