Three Ways to Document Behaviors for ISP / IBSP Goals

Choose a method—Behavior Health Monitor, PRN Tasks, or Progress Notes—that best fits your style

FAQ: What are some ways to log a behavior related to an ISP or IBSP goal?

Prep (optional but helpful)
- Open your client’s Profile ➜ Preferences.
- Under Visible fields, click Show for Behavior, then drag it to the top and Update.
Record a behavior
- Go to Health Monitor ➜ Behavior ➜ Record.
- Select a behavior from the drop-down or type a new one.
- Fill in:
  - Intensity (High / Medium / Low)
  - Duration (minutes or hours)
  - Intervention (what staff did)
  - Outcome and any notes
  - Exact date & time of the incident
Review / print later
- Health Monitor ➜ Vital Statistics ➜ Reports → choose Behaviors and a date range to generate a printable log.

Create the task
- Task Manager ➜ Task List ➜ New Task.
- Title it clearly (e.g., ISP Behavior #1 – Aggression).
- Set Task Type = PRN (unscheduled/as-needed).
- In the description, paste:
  - List of Behaviors (copy from your ISP/IBSP)
  - List of Interventions (games, walk, redirection, etc.)
- Assign to the relevant staff (or All Staff) and Save.
Chart an episode
- Tap the blue PRN button, pick the behavior task, set the date/time.
- Enter behavior, intensity, duration, intervention, outcome, notes → Save & Close.
What it does automatically
- Adds a Behavior entry in Health Monitor.
- Creates a Progress Note with the same title for narrative detail.

New Note
- Progress Notes ➜ New Note (or open the auto-created one from a PRN task).
- Use the same subject line (e.g., ISP Behavior #1 – Aggression) for easy filtering.
Write the story
- Describe what happened, staff response, resident reaction, follow-up, etc.
Retrieve later
- Filter ➜ Subject, paste the title, then Print notes for any period.