BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan)
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A BIP is a written plan, based on an FBA, that describes how staff will prevent a behavior, teach a replacement skill and respond when the behavior happens.
Topic: Behavior and FBA/BIP
In plain terms
A good BIP has three main parts. Prevention strategies change antecedents, such as breaking tasks into smaller parts or giving choices. Teaching strategies build a replacement behavior that meets the same need. Response strategies describe how adults react, so the problem behavior no longer works and the new skill does. Many BIPs also include a crisis section and a data plan.
How it shows up in an IEP
When behavior impedes learning, the team must consider positive behavioral interventions and supports, and a BIP is often how it does so. BIP goals measure the replacement behavior and the problem behavior with the same definitions used in the FBA.
Example
A BIP for escape-maintained behavior shortens writing tasks at first, teaches the student to ask for a break with a card, and gives a 2-minute break each time the card is used.
The rule
Federal reference: 34 CFR §300.324(a)(2)(i), 34 CFR §300.530(f).
Related terms
- FBA (Functional Behavior Assessment)An FBA is a process for figuring out why a behavior happens, by studying when it occurs, what triggers it and what it gets or avoids for the student.
- Replacement behaviorA replacement behavior is an appropriate skill taught to meet the same need as a problem behavior, so the student no longer needs the problem behavior.
- ReinforcementReinforcement is any consequence that makes a behavior more likely to happen again, such as praise, a preferred activity or a break.
- Crisis planA crisis plan is a written plan for keeping a student and others safe if behavior becomes dangerous, including who responds and how.
- Special factorsSpecial factors are five issues the IEP team must consider for every student: behavior, English learning, braille, communication and assistive technology.
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