Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)

Why should I do it:

Provides more intensive intervention and monitoring
Increases support around student
Provides an individualized plan for success
Addresses specific issues in a specific manner
Involves teachers, support staff, the student, and parents actively
Helps teachers to address behaviors and issues consistently across subjects, rooms, sessions, etc

When should I do it:

When students exhibit consistent and significant behavior problems that interfere with their learning and/or others in the class
When students demonstrate significant emotional difficulties that interfere with learning and/or others, including frustration, anxiety, depression, fear, etc
When students demonstrate significant difficulties with organization, motivation, work completion, etc
When you have parents that cause children to be consistently late, tardy, or who don’t help or enforce homework routines, etc
When students demonstrate any other significant and consistent issues that affect their school experience and learning
When students’ parents cause the student any other significant and consistent issues in school or related to school, like academic support, reinforcing good behaviors, etc

How do I do it:

Use one or more of the “Data Tracking Forms” below to track information on the student’s behaviors, like frequency, degree, time, patterns, antecedents and consequence, etc
After tracking the behaviors, you may or may not choose to perform a Functional Behavior assessment, which takes the behavior data and helps you to analyze it and decide on why the student may be engaging in the behavior
After tracking and analyzing the behaviors function, utilize one of the behavior plan forms below to create a plan as to which specific behaviors you will address and what specific interventions and class supports you will provide to address the behaviors. Included in the plan should be a component as to what is expected of the teacher, student, and parent
Meet with the student, teachers, parent, and support staff to review the behavior plan, giving copies to everyone and having everyone sign the plan
Implement the behavior plan for 2-4 weeks, using a data tracking tool below to track progress, and then meet with the team again (student, teachers, parents, support staff) to review progress and make any necessary changes
Regular reviews of the students progress and adjustments to the plan should occur about every month

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