What is a BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan)?
A behavior intervention plan (BIP) is a written plan describing how a team will respond to a specific challenging behavior - what changes to prevent it, what skill is taught in its place, and how everyone should respond when it happens.
A BIP is written by a BCBA once a functional behavior assessment has identified why the behavior is happening. Because the plan is built around that function, two clients whose behavior looks identical on the surface can end up with very different plans.
Most plans cover three things: antecedent strategies that change the environment so the behavior is less likely to be triggered, a replacement skill that gets the client the same outcome in a safer way, and agreed responses for when the behavior does occur.
A plan is only as good as its consistency. Every technician - and often caregivers and school staff too - has to implement it the same way, so plans are written to be followed in the moment and revised as session data shows what is actually working.