Severe Disabilities

Developing a Behavioral Support Plan (BSP)

Evaluation Rubric

Student: Date:

Required Courses Completed: Yes No Evaluation: Initial Rewrite

Required Element Evaluation Standards Evaluation

Standards
Met
Yes No

1. BSP includes Initial section describes:

appropriate basic a. Who the plan was developed for, the contexts/settings in which
descriptive and the person is involved, and the persons/agencies to which the plan is
demographic addressed.
information. b. The general problems/concerns/needs that led to the development
of the plan.

2. BSP is based on This section includes:

functional assessment a. A brief description of functional assessment/analysis activities
data. that were conducted and their results.
b. One or more summary hypothesis statements derived from the
assessment data that contain all necessary elements.

This section includes:

3. BSP includes a. Any strategies that are needed to respond to immediate health
foundational and safety issues (e.g., increased staffing, change in settings).
information on b. General strategies for interacting with and supporting the
providing support to individual (e.g., slower/faster pacing, greater/lesser enthusiasm and
person. affect).

4. BSP includes full These sections include:

range of specific a. Strategies to proactively or reactively deal with identified
assessment-based problematic setting events.
support strategies. b. Strategies to eliminate, present, or modify identified influential
immediate antecedent events.
c. Strategies to proactively prompt and/or teach behaviors that are
positive alternatives to the problem behaviors. (Note: Some
alternative behaviors must serve the same function as the problem
behaviors).
d. Strategies to arrange naturalistic rewards/ reinforcement for
appropriate behaviors.
e. Strategies to arrange extinction or approved mild punishment
procedures contingent on problem behaviors. (Note: More
intrusive/aversive contingency procedures must be accompanied by
documentation of appropriate LRBI review and approval).
f. If deemed necessary, strategies for managing severe behavioral
escalations, including physical redirection and/or brief restraint if
necessary. (Note: More intrusive
 Required Element Evaluation Standards Evaluation
Standards
Met
Yes No

5. BSP includes clear This section includes:

plan for ongoing data a. A clear description of the positive and problem behaviors and
collection and outcomes that will be tracked and measured.
evaluation of plan b. A clear description of how data will be collected and how it will
impact. be periodically summarized (e.g., graphically), and who will be
responsible for doing this.
c. A clear description of who will meet and on what schedule to
review the data and make decisions about needed revisions to the
plan. (Note: The plan should indicate that meetings for data review
will take place at a minimum of every 2-3 weeks).
Percent of Required Elements Meeting Evaluation Standards =

Overall Assessment Pass Fail