Behaviour intervention plan (BIP) template and example
A behaviour intervention plan template with sample entries that shows the whole team what to do on Monday morning.
✓Replacement skill for every behaviour
✓Prevention before response
✓Sample goals and team roles
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What's inside
Strengths, Preferences, and Motivating Situations
Skill Acquisition and Replacement Goals
Preventive and Environmental Supports
Response and Safety Plan
Data Collection and Review
Caregiver / Team Implementation
Therapist Sign-off
Preview · 7 sections
Behaviour Support and Skill Acquisition Goal Plan
Patient
Patient ID
Date of birth
Plan date
Therapy
Therapist
Source assessment
Next review
Assessment snapshot
Patient caregiver priorities
Strengths, Preferences, and Motivating Situations
Strengths preferences contexts
Skill Acquisition and Replacement Goals
Domain / Skill
Goal
Baseline
Success Criteria
Teaching Strategy / Prompting
Generalization
Review
Preventive and Environmental Supports
Support
Setting
Responsible Person / Team
Review Note
Response and Safety Plan
Response and safety plan
Data Collection and Review
Data collection review
Caregiver / Team Implementation
Caregiver team implementation
Therapist Sign-off
Therapist
Designation
Registration
Date
How to fill it in
1
Assessment snapshot
The FBA findings this plan rests on, in three or four lines.
More guidance
In three or four lines, note the FBA findings this plan rests on: the target behaviours as defined, the assessment dates, and the reviewed hypotheses by number. Refer to the FBA instead of repeating it, so readers know where the evidence sits and the plan stays short enough to use.
2
Patient caregiver priorities
What the person and family most want to change, in their words.
More guidance
Record what the person and family most want to change, in their words. Priorities often differ between home and school; list both and mark where they agree. A plan that addresses what the family cares about is far more likely to be used on a tired weekday evening.
3
Strengths, Preferences, and Motivating Situations
What the person enjoys and does well, and when behaviour of concern is rare.
More guidance
List what the person enjoys and does well, and the situations in which behaviour of concern is rare. These are the levers of the plan. Preferred activities become reinforcement, strengths become teaching routes, and calm situations show which conditions to build into harder parts of the day. Update this section as preferences change.
4
Skill Acquisition and Replacement Goals
One measurable row per goal, with a replacement goal for each target behaviour.
More guidance
Write one row per goal with a baseline from data, a measurable success criterion, the teaching strategy and prompt plan, how generalisation will be planned, and a review date. Include at least one replacement goal for each target behaviour. The new skill must be as quick and effective for the person as the behaviour it replaces.
5
Preventive and Environmental Supports
Changes to setting, routine or demands, with who does each one and when.
More guidance
List changes to the environment, routine or demands that make the behaviour less likely: visual schedules, warnings before transitions, choices, seating, planned breaks, shorter tasks. Name the setting and the person responsible for each support. Prevention does most of the work in a good plan, so say exactly when and how each support is used.
6
Response and Safety Plan
Short adult responses people can remember, with safety steps from the clinic's approved policy.
More guidance
Describe how adults respond when early signs appear and when the behaviour happens: prompt the replacement skill, lower demands, and avoid letting the behaviour become the quickest way to get what it was used for. Keep it short enough to remember under stress. For any risk of harm, follow the clinic's approved safety and escalation policy; emergency steps are never improvised.
7
Data Collection and Review
Who collects which data, how often it is reviewed, and the decision rules.
More guidance
Name the data each person collects, the sheet or tool they use, how often data are reviewed and by whom. Set decision rules in advance, such as reviewing the plan if a behaviour rises for two weeks running. Rules agreed beforehand keep changes tied to data rather than to one difficult day.
8
Caregiver / Team Implementation
Who uses the plan, how they are trained, and how its use is checked.
More guidance
Record who will use the plan, how each person will be trained, and how you will check it is used as written. Include extended family who share care. Plan short coaching sessions with modelling and practice, and give each person a one-page version in their language. Note how people can raise questions between reviews.
Behaviour intervention plan (BIP) template and example: filled sample
Fictional entries, initials only, showing the level of detail to aim for. Impression and summary sections are left for the treating clinician.
Patient caregiver priorities
Mother: “I want to take him to the temple without leaving early.” Class teacher: R. stays with the class through morning assembly.
Strengths, Preferences, and Motivating Situations
Most settled during water play and when music is on. Enjoys being the helper who hands out books. Works for ten minutes when a visual timer shows the time left.
Skill Acquisition and Replacement Goals
When work becomes difficult, R. will hand the “help” card to an adult within 10 seconds, without physical prompts, in 4 of 5 opportunities across two settings by [date].
Preventive and Environmental Supports
Visual schedule on the classroom wall, reviewed with R. at the start of each period by the class aide. Two-minute warning with a sand timer before play ends.
Response and Safety Plan
Early signs: R. pushes the worksheet away and hums loudly. Adult response: point to the help card and offer two choices for how to continue.
Data Collection and Review
Leaving the area: class aide, tally sheet, every school day. Help card use: therapist, trial data each session. Supervising clinician reviews both every two weeks.
Caregiver / Team Implementation
Grandmother and mother: two coaching sessions at home, then weekly check-ins. Class teacher and aide: one-page plan in English and a school visit after three weeks.
BIP vs ABA treatment plan
Behaviour intervention plan (BIP)
ABA treatment plan
Focus
One to three behaviours of concern and the skills that replace them
Skill goals across communication, daily living, regulation, social and learning domains
Built from
A functional behaviour assessment
A broad behaviour therapy assessment
Response and safety section
Yes, linked to the clinic's policy
Usually not, unless behaviour support is part of the plan
Used by
Everyone who supports the person day to day
Mainly the therapy team, shared with the family
Review rhythm
Frequent at first, often every two to six weeks
At planned reviews, often each quarter
Tips and mistakes to avoid
Do
Write a one-page version for each setting, such as the classroom.
Put the response steps in the family's home language, with everyday words for “prompt” and “reinforce”.
Rehearse the response plan with caregivers through role play before it starts.
Add a short “busy days” note for festivals, travel and visiting relatives.
In healhab this plan is a built-in starter, so every behaviour support plan shares one structure.
Avoid
Covering only what to do after the behaviour, with little on prevention and teaching.
Choosing a replacement skill that takes more effort than the behaviour it replaces.
Including punishment-based or restrictive procedures; emergencies follow the clinic's approved policy.
Leaving out who does what, and in which setting.
About this treatment plan
A behaviour intervention plan (BIP) template sets out how a team will support a person whose behaviour is causing harm or getting in the way: the skills to teach instead, the changes that prevent difficult moments, how adults respond, and how data will be reviewed. This template follows that structure for therapists, families and teachers to use together.
After an FBA, to put hypotheses into practice
When home, school and therapy must respond alike
When a school asks for a behaviour support plan
At each scheduled review against the data
Read more
A BIP, also called a behavior intervention plan or a positive behaviour support plan, turns FBA findings into daily practice. It answers the question caregivers ask next: what do we actually do on Monday morning?
Each behaviour of concern is paired with a replacement skill, and most of the effort goes into prevention and teaching. The document title reads as a goal plan because this is the built-in starter for behaviour support plans.
Questions
What are the main parts of a behaviour intervention plan?+
Target behaviours as defined in the FBA, the hypotheses the plan addresses, replacement skills, preventive and environmental supports, response strategies, a safety section that refers to the clinic's policy, data collection and review, and the people responsible for each part.
Is there a filled BIP sample?+
Each section guide shows a fictional sample entry, using initials only, from family priorities to team implementation. The assessment snapshot has guidance only, because it must come from your own FBA. Use the samples for the level of detail and write the plan from your data.
Is a BIP the same as a positive behaviour support plan?+
They cover similar ground. A positive behaviour support plan usually puts more weight on quality of life and the person's wider environment, and many clinics use the names interchangeably. Use the name your setting and families recognise.
Do you need an FBA before writing a BIP?+
A BIP should rest on an understanding of why the behaviour happens, which is what the FBA provides. Without one, supports may not fit the behaviour. In an urgent situation, interim supports under the clinic's safety policy can start while the FBA is completed.
How often should a BIP be reviewed?+
Write the review dates into the plan, often every two to six weeks at first and less often once things are stable. Review sooner if data show the behaviour increasing, a new behaviour appears, or the person's circumstances change.
Can parents use this plan at home?+
Yes, with coaching. Give parents a shorter home version in plain language. The behaviour support home plan template on this site is designed for that purpose.
Why is the document called a goal plan?+
It mirrors a built-in product starter that keeps its original title. Its sections are those of a behaviour intervention plan, and you can change the document title to suit your clinic.
