Behavioral Intervention Plans

According to federal mandates, if a student’s behavior impedes their learning or the learning of others, the individualized education program team is required to address this with a functional behavioral assessment (FBA). The intent of the FBA is to determine the function, or reason, of the impeding behavior for the development of a behavioral intervention plan (BIP). The BIP process is a team-based approach that includes goals and interventions that result in positive behavior change. Procedural fidelity, or compliance with the plan, is of utmost importance to success of this process. Unfortunately, such integrity is often lacking, particularly when teachers carry the responsibility of implementing BIPs in the classroom. Therefore, capacity building within the school team is imperative to increase implementation fidelity of BIPs. This article provides practitioners with the tools to organize the monitoring and implementation of BIPs in classroom settings.

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Current Status and Potential Changes in the Early Behavioral Intervention With Infants With Hearing Loss

Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders Research and Diagnostics ◽

10.1044/hhd6.1.5 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Sheila Pratt

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Behavioral Intervention ◽

Current Status

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Cognitive Intervention Case Studies: A Case Study of Behavioral Intervention After Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury

Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders ◽

10.1044/nnsld8.4.6 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 6-10

Author(s):

Erika Reynolds ◽

Lyn Turkstra

Keyword(s):

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Case Studies ◽

Behavioral Intervention ◽

Cognitive Intervention

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FIT – Do Something Different

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185/a000035 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

pp. 25-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Ben (C) Fletcher ◽

Jill Hanson ◽

Nadine Page ◽

Karen Pine

Keyword(s):

Weight Loss ◽

Longitudinal Studies ◽

Behavioral Intervention ◽

Behavioral Flexibility ◽

Calorie Intake ◽

Life Skill ◽

Behavioral Repertoire ◽

Additional Weight

Two 3-month longitudinal studies examined weight loss following a 1-month behavioral intervention (FIT-DSD) focusing on increasing participants’ behavioral flexibility and breaking daily habits. The goal was to break the distal habits hypothesized as playing a role in unhealthy dietary and activity behaviors. The FIT-DSD intervention required participants to do something different each day and to engage in novel weekly activities to expand their behavioral repertoire. These activities were not food- or exercise-related. In Study 1, the FIT-DSD program was compared with a control condition where participants engaged in daily tasks not expected to influence behavioral flexibility. Study 2 used an active or quasicontrol group in which half the participants were also on food diets. Measures in both studies were taken pre-, post-, and post-postintervention. In Study 1, FIT-DSD participants showed greater weight loss that continued post-postintervention. In Study 2, all participants on the FIT-DSD program lost weight, weight loss continued post-postintervention, and participants who were also dieting lost no additional weight. A dose relationship was observed between increases in behavioral flexibility scores and weight loss, and this relationship was mediated by calorie intake. Corresponding reductions in BMI were also present. Increasing behavioral flexibility may be an effective approach for tackling obesity and also provides affective and potential life-skill benefits.

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