Improving student academic productivity within remote instruction: Investigating the effectiveness of virtual CICO

ABSTRACT

School Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports is a framework by which schools can assess and develop a system of preventative strategies to decrease the likelihood of problematic behaviors. SWPBIS provides for a three tiered system of interventions with increasing supports and complexity to meet students' needs at each level. CICO was developed as a Tier 2 procedure to be implemented for students that are not demonstrating responsiveness to Tier 1 interventions within a well-developed SWPBIS framework and is intended to be implemented with students that are exhibiting disruptive non-dangerous problematic behaviors such as calling out, out of seat behavior, low productivity, and non-compliance. The research which supports the potential flexibility of CICO intervention's applicability across a wide range of modifications empowers school administrators, teachers, and behavior specialists with the confidence to apply variations of these procedures to atypical circumstances that may arise. In March of 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic prompts schools across America to implement a novel instructional approach which allows students to attend school remotely through online access. The move towards online schooling requires a re-imagining of how behavioral support can be delivered through virtual instruction. This study reviewed the application and effectiveness of the use of Check In/ Check Out (CICO) implemented virtually during remote instruction through a commonly shared computer based platform (i.e. Google Classroom). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)