PBIS Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under IDEA, a BIP must be developed when a student with a disability has a behavior that:
- Occurs more than 3 times per week
- Impedes their learning or the learning of others (Correct answer)
- Results in an office referral
- Is documented in three different settings
Correct answer: Impedes their learning or the learning of others
IDEA requires a BIP when a student's behavior impedes their own learning or that of their peers.
Question 2: Which scenario best illustrates a behavior that is escape-maintained?
- A student yells to get the teacher's attention during independent work
- A student tears up worksheets to be sent to the hallway (Correct answer)
- A student hits peers to obtain their toys
- A student rocks back and forth during transitions
Correct answer: A student tears up worksheets to be sent to the hallway
Tearing up worksheets to be removed from the work environment is a classic escape-maintained behavior.
Question 3: Which element should be included in a BIP to support generalization of the replacement behavior to new settings?
- Increasing punishment intensity in non-trained settings
- Programming common stimuli and teaching in multiple environments (Correct answer)
- Restricting the student to one setting until mastery
- Assigning a 1:1 aide to prompt in every setting permanently
Correct answer: Programming common stimuli and teaching in multiple environments
Generalization is promoted by teaching the replacement behavior across multiple environments with varied stimuli.
Question 4: A student's BIP includes 'access to preferred items contingent on appropriate behavior.' This strategy is based on which behavioral principle?
- Extinction
- Negative punishment
- Positive reinforcement (Correct answer)
- Negative reinforcement
Correct answer: Positive reinforcement
Delivering preferred items following appropriate behavior is positive reinforcement, which increases the likelihood of that behavior.
Question 5: During a BIP team meeting, a teacher reports the plan 'isn't working.' The FIRST step should be to:
- Write a new BIP immediately
- Review implementation data to check for fidelity (Correct answer)
- Increase the intensity of consequences
- Request a change in placement
Correct answer: Review implementation data to check for fidelity
Before modifying a BIP, teams must determine whether the plan is being implemented as written (fidelity).
Question 6: Which component of a BIP describes what the student will be taught to do instead of the problem behavior?
- Antecedent modifications
- Consequence strategies
- Instructional strategies for the replacement behavior (Correct answer)
- Crisis response protocol
Correct answer: Instructional strategies for the replacement behavior
The instructional or teaching component of a BIP explicitly addresses how the student will be taught the replacement behavior.
Question 7: A BIP data review reveals the behavior is decreasing at school but increasing at home. The team should FIRST:
- Conclude the behavior is biologically driven
- Assess whether BIP strategies are being used at home (Correct answer)
- Remove home data from the progress monitoring report
- Change the BIP to target only school behaviors
Correct answer: Assess whether BIP strategies are being used at home
Discrepant data across settings suggests the BIP strategies may not be implemented consistently at home.
PBIS Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) 3
Under IDEA, a BIP must be developed when a student with a disability has a behavior that: