How is a behavior intervention plan (BIP) incorporated into an IEP?
• What are positive behavioral supports or interventions? Positive behavioral supports or interventions, which are based on functional behavioral assessment, attempt to understand the purpose of a problem behavior so the problem behavior is replaced with new and more appropriate behaviors that achieve the same purpose. In general, positive approaches are developmentally, chronologically, cognitively, and functionally appropriate for the student and focus on two areas: (1) modifying the environment to try to prevent challenging behaviors; and/or (2) addressing behavior programmatically by teaching replacement behaviors and skills. There are three reasons why school personnel should strongly consider positive behavioral supports and interventions: • Simply suppressing a problem behavior does not have long-term effects and often leads to increased counter-aggressive behaviors from students. • Once school personnel know why a student s behavior occurs, they can respond more appropriately b
