Overview of the Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)

What is a Behavior Intervention Plan or BIP?

The Behavior Intervention Plan, in conjunction with the Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) is a formal way for parents, teachers, and other school professionals to work together to help make a student become more successful. The FBA is intended to be a problem solving process used to determine the function of a student's behavior and is used prior to a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP). The BIP is the actual plan created to help improve behavior. It is also a formal way to document interventions that are attempted.

When is it used?

Behavior plans are more effective when the BIP is created after the FBA has been completed. When a student's behavior is impeding his own learning or the learning of others in the classroom, teachers often seek assistance. The BIP can be used with regular education students or special education students.

What are good practices?

-Interventions should be specific and clearly stated, including the persons responsible for implementing interventions, rewards, or measurement of the intervention.

- Goals should be measurable with baseline data already collected. This is a way for a person to determine how well the plan is working.

-It is more effective to express the behavior you are seeking, rather than the negative behavior.

-Focus on 2-3 behaviors that you would like the student to improve upon. Focusing on too many behaviors can be overwhelming for the student and the teacher, and decreasing the chance for meaningful change.

Helpful links
Creating Behavior Plans
Intervention Plans
Overview of the FBA and BIP