Behavior Intervention Support Team (BIST)
Overview
Focus
Specific Skills
- Expected behaviors
- Decrease negative child behavior
Program Length
School Year
Program Description
"The BIST model is a philosophy of teaching and protecting students by providing both grace and accountability. It provides teachers with a problem-solving model, and includes specific interventions to teach students to manage their own behavior. The primary goal is to empower students by providing them with the skills necessary to be successful in the classroom."
Visit Program WebsiteCost
No Cost
More Pricing DetailsDemographics & Delivery
Intended Population
- Any
Grade
- Elementary School
- Middle School
Intended Group Size
- School
ELL/DLL
- Unspecified
Multisensory Applications
- Unspecified
Computer-Based Delivery
- None
Scripted
- Instructor Scripted
Program Specifics
Comprehensive or Skill Specific
- Comprehensive
Placement Tests
- No
Accelerated Learning
- No
Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery
- No
Error Correction Built In
- Unspecified
Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher
- Unspecified
Research & Evaluation
Research Summary
A literature review revealed three doctoral dissertations and an evaluation report with mixed evidence. Martin (2001) revealed that students who did not receive the BIST model in the 6th grade were more likely to consistently have a higher occurrence of office referrals as they got older. Price (1998) found no statistically significant differences between BIST and non-BIST participating students on absences, achievement, or self-concept. Hirschi (2015) found no statistically significant differences in office referrals and Safe Schools Act violations between BIST, SW-PBIS, and control schools, but found BIST schools to have the fewest reported behavioral incidents. A BIST evaluation report found that the BIST model consistently revealed statistically significant reductions in the number of office discipline referrals in schools (Boulden, 2012). There were no peer-reviewed evaluating the efficacy of BIST. Consequently, there is insufficient evidence to support this program's efficacy at this time.
Study Citations
Boulden, W.T. (2012). The Behavior Intervention Support Team (BIST) Program 2012 Evaluation Report. Resource Development Institute. https://bist.org/assets/Uploads/6-BIST-2012-Evaluation-Report.pdf
Hirschi, C. G. (2015). A study of school-wide positive behavior support and behavior intervention support teams and their impact on student behavior in six Missouri middle schools [Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood University].
Martin, K. L. (2001). The relationship between the behavior intervention support team discipline model and changes in middle school student office referrals [Doctoral dissertation, Saint Louis University].
Price, V. A. (1998). Behavior intervention support teams and student attendance, achievement, and self-esteem [Doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri-Columbia].
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
- Insufficient evidence