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No. As a matter of fact, in many instancces a BIP is in place before a child goes through testing.
If this is what you are interested in having for your son, request a meeting to have a Functional Behavior Analysis done. You should get a copy to fill out before the meeting. All your son's teachers should complete the FBA as well. At the meeting, you and the team will use the information from the FBA to write up the BIP. Many times the school system will include their behavioral specialist at the meeting.
A BIP was very helpful for my son. He had a BIP in place long before he was tested for qualification. His had things like "when difficult child shows signs of frustration, offer him a quiet place to calm down, feeding the fish, a book in the reading center, a trip to the nurse, etc." It also listed small rewards he could earn for good behavior. There were also recommendations as to how best to speak to difficult child when his frustrations were building.
However, the downside to a BIP is it is not legally enforceable like an IEP. Now that difficult child has an IEP, many of the things in his BIP are part of the accoms/mod section of his IEP - although his BIP is still in place.
Good luck.
Sharon