FACET classroom participants
Each teacher in the experimental classrooms nominated two children for participation
who exhibited challenging behaviors in need of intervention. Specifically, teachers
identified children whose behaviors were disruptive, harmful to others, and/or interfered
with their learning. Table 1 summarizes the behaviors of concern for all children. Within
each classroom, one child was randomly designated as the focal child (FOC), and the second
was a generalization child (GEN). The purpose of identifying GEN children was to evaluate
the extent to which teams generalized the FACET approach to other children in the same
classrooms with challenging behaviors. The intervention for GEN children was developed
and implemented without support from the FACET consultants (authors) and began
approximately 6 weeks following implementation for FOC children. Teachers also identified
one child whose behavior was typical for most children and met the behavioral expectations
in her classroom. These children (TYP) served as a normative comparison group.
Control classroom participants
Teachers in the control classrooms nominated 1–2 children to participate. Similar to
FACET teachers, control teachers nominated children whose behaviors were disruptive
and interfered with their learning; these children comprised the Control-CHALL group. In
addition, control teachers nominated 1–2 children who exhibited typical behaviors for the
classroom to serve as normative comparison peers (TYP).