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Ciara Brennan; Avril Deegan; Clare Bohan; Sinéad Smyth – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2025
Group contingencies are well established as methods for reducing disruptive classroom behaviors and increasing academic behaviors. However, their role in increasing prosocial behaviors has not yet been explored to the same extent. We conducted a systematic review of the single-case literature to synthesize the types of prosocial and antisocial…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Intervention, Prosocial Behavior, Antisocial Behavior
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Peyton A. Johnstone; Paul Caldarella; Christian V. Sabey; Howard P. Wills – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2025
Class-wide Function-related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) is a classroom management intervention in which teachers incorporate positive behavior support (PBS) principles by teaching specific classroom expectations and providing feedback on student behavior as part of an interdependent group contingency. Interventions like CW-FIT may be helpful for…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Self Contained Classrooms, Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
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Bohan, Clare; McDowell, Claire; Smyth, Sinéad – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2022
This study evaluated use of the Caught Being Good Game (CBGG) across two adolescent student populations, maintaining a focus on the provision of feedback during the game. The CBGG, a variation of the group contingency intervention the Good Behavior Game (GBG), is a classroom management intervention that involves the provision of points to teams of…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Contingency Management, Intervention
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Bohan, Clare; Smyth, Sinéad; McDowell, Claire – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2021
This study investigated the Caught Being Good Game (CBGG), for use with an adolescent student population. The CBGG is a positive variation of the Good Behavior Game (GBG), a popular group contingency intervention in classroom management literature. In this positive version, teams of students receive points for engaging in desirable behavior,…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Contingency Management, Behavior Modification, Educational Games
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Dearbhaile Mahon; Ciara Gunning; Jennifer Holloway; Helena Lydon – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2020
Preschool is an important educational setting for child development, and problem behavior is a prevalent barrier within this setting. Preschool teachers have expressed the need for evidence-based classroom management interventions to address problem behavior. Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) is an intervention that…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Positive Behavior Supports
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Dunlap, Glen; Iovannone, Rose; Wilson, Kelly J.; Kincaid, Donald K.; Strain, Phillip – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2010
Although there is a substantial empirical foundation for the basic intervention components of behavior analysis and positive behavior support (PBS), the field still lacks a standardized program model of individualized PBS suitable for widespread application by school personnel. This article provides a description of a standardized PBS model that…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, School Personnel, Behavior Modification
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Brown, Kenneth E.; Mirenda, Pat – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2006
This study evaluated the effectiveness of contingency mapping, a new visual support strategy designed to enhance clients' understanding of the contingencies associated with functional equivalence training (FET). The study was conducted in a general education classroom with an adolescent boy with autism who engaged in prompt dependent behavior. A…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Visual Aids, Program Effectiveness