Team & Organization
Direct Observations
Sessions on the calendar, tap scoring, and 1, 2 or 5 minute intervals scored for you.
See Direct Observations: Direct ObservationsFor behavior teams and BCBAs
Your plan, carried out between visits.
Every adult logs to the same student profile, observations happen on schedule, and the Advisor reinforces the BIP’s strategies with the teacher every day.
Between your visits
Where a good plan usually slips.
You wrote a strong plan. What happens to it on a Tuesday afternoon is harder to see.
I wrote a solid plan. I have no idea what happened with it on Tuesday.
The ABC data I asked for comes back as “bad day” on a sticky note.
The observation was on the calendar. Then a sub was out and nobody went.
Three adults work with him. Each keeps their own notes, or none.
By the time I see the data, it’s weeks old and I can’t tell what changed.
At a glance
What the team works from.
BrighterBalance gives you more of the data you need, from more of the adults who see the student, without taking the clinical decisions away from you.
- Who logs
- Teachers, paraprofessionals and the behavior team, all logging to the same student profile.
- What gets captured
- Everyday moments with what happened before and after, scheduled observation sessions, and progress on each BIP goal.
- Where the data comes from
- Voice notes, photos of handwritten notes, emails and typed notes from every adult, plus your observation sessions.
- What you keep
- The function, the plan and every clinical call. The Advisor suggests; you confirm or change it.
A week with BrighterBalance
Elena’s plan for Marcus, from Monday to Friday.
Elena is the behavior specialist. Sarah Chen is Marcus’s teacher. (A fictional example from our demo account.)
Monday
Set the plan up once
Elena uploads Marcus’s BIP. BrighterBalance pulls out each goal, the target behavior, the replacement behavior and the interventions, then tracks each goal from the logs related to it.Tuesday
Every adult logs to the same profile
Sarah logs a hard moment during centers by voice. The para snaps a photo of her notes from lunch. Both land in Marcus’s profile with what happened before, during and after.Wednesday
The observation happens on schedule
The session is on the calendar with the goal and what to watch for. The observer taps to score, and interval scoring at 1, 2 or 5 minutes is done for them. If the observer can’t make it, coverage is built in.Thursday
The Advisor reinforces your strategies
Sarah asks the Advisor what to try during transitions. It sees the BIP and answers from Marcus’s own data, so the strategies she hears are the ones Elena wrote.Friday
Elena sees what changed
Marcus’s profile shows the time-of-day pattern, progress on each goal, and how many scheduled sessions were held. Elena adjusts the plan from data, not from a hallway update.
The outcome
More of your time on the plan, less on chasing data.
Before: ABC data reconstructed from memory.
With BrighterBalance: Moments captured when they happen, with what came before and after.
Before: Observations that slip off the calendar.
With BrighterBalance: Sessions on a schedule, with interval scoring built in and missed intervals recorded as missed.
Before: Strategies that fade between visits.
With BrighterBalance: The Advisor reinforces the BIP’s strategies with the teacher day to day.
Before: Data you can’t compare from one month to the next.
With BrighterBalance: Scoring parameters lock to the goal after baseline, so the data stays comparable.
I have solid data for the behavior team to consider placement/service changes to get the support he needs.
Features used
The features behind your plan.
Each one has its own page with the screens.
Team & Organization
Behavior Plans
Upload the BIP and each goal is tracked separately. Draft BIP content from the student’s own logged data.
See Behavior Plans: Behavior PlansAll plans
Student Profile
Every adult’s logs in one profile, with what tends to set a moment off surfaced.
See Student Profile: Student ProfileAll plans
Goal Progress
Each behavior goal tracked from the logs and observations related to it.
See Goal Progress: Goal ProgressQuestions
Questions behavior teams ask.
Does BrighterBalance decide the function of a behavior?
No. You lead the assessment. Once a student has five logs, the Advisor suggests a possible function based on the pattern. You confirm or change it, and strategies follow your decision. It is a suggestion, not a diagnosis.
Do teachers have to count behaviors in their logs?
No. Scheduled observations are separate from everyday moment logging. Teachers are never asked to count “7 times in 20 minutes” in a moment log.
How is interval data scored?
Interval length is a setting: 1, 2 or 5 minutes. Scoring parameters lock to the behavior goal after baseline, and a missed interval is recorded as missed, not left blank. Every behavior is recorded as a timestamped event, and interval views are never presented as estimates of how long a behavior lasted.
What does the Advisor tell teachers?
It answers from that student’s own logs, observations and plan, and from a curated evidence base from the IRIS Center and PBIS. Because it sees the BIP, it reinforces the strategies the plan already names.
Does it replace our IEP system?
No. Teams copy BIP and IEP behavior content into the IEP system or state form they already use.
See your plan carried out between visits.
For districts and special education teams
Documentation your district can stand behind.
See how BrighterBalance fits your MTSS workflow, your rostering and the platform you already own. Most districts start with a team of five.
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