A Review of Research Trends and Program Characteristics Implementing Class-Wide Function-related Intervention Team (CW-FIT)

This study aimed to analyze the trends and the program characteristics of international research applied to the class-wide function-related intervention team (CW-FIT). In total, 16 papers were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria through the search of articles published in English from 2010 to 2020. Research trends were examined through the analysis of general characteristics(publication year, research subject, research method) of the study, and the characteristics of the program by support level (primary support, secondary support) were analyzed in detail. The results of the study are as follows. First, in foreign studies, most of the CW-FIT programs were conducted in general elementary school classes, and in a number of studies, class task performance behavior was measured through the implementation of primary support using frequency recording method and time sampling method through reversal design. Second, positive results were showed in the student's task performance behavior and disturbance behavior, class task performance behavior, and teacher's praise, which represent behavioral problems through social skills teaching and group reinforcement, which are the main components of the CW-FIT program. Third, it was shown that the primary and secondary support was more effective than the primary support. Based on the results of the study, the direction of further research and plans for application in the educational field were discussed.