The Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) Behavior Support Plan Template is used to establish the plan to provide behavior support to people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in the District of Columbia. Behavior support is a service provided in situations where a person with disabilities is determined to have patterns of behavior which are likely to seriously limit or deny access to ordinary community experiences and activities or which threaten the physical safety of the person or others around them.

The BSP template provides space to address the following topics:

1. Identification
2. Purpose
3. Relevant History
4. Diagnostic Info
5. Medication Treatment
6. Target Behaviors
7. Functional Assessment
8. Behavioral Goals
9. Proactive Strategies
10. Goals for Behaviors Targeted for Increase
11. Staff Responses and Crisis Intervention
12. Staffing Supports
13. Restrictive Components &/ or Psychotropic Medication
14. Restrictive Components & Psychotropic Medication Fade Plan
15. Data Collection and Monitoring
16. Staff Training