Special Education

Behavior Support Specialists

 

What We Do

Behavior Support Specialists (BSS) are consultants with expertise in the area of behavior. In affiliation with the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Special Education Unit, we provide technical assistance and professional development to promote positive behavioral outcomes for all students. The BSS aim to build local district capacity by providing educators with support and services needed to implement evidenced-based behavioral practices.   A BSS is located at each Education Service Cooperative (ESC) in order to meet the needs of each district in the state of Arkansas.  Our services are provided at no cost to the school district.

Who We Are

Behavior Support Specialists serve all 75 counties in the state of Arkansas. We provide professional development for administrators, teachers, and other school personnel who work with students with disabilities. Technical assistance is provided to school teams addressing behavior concerns for individual students. Technical assistance can be requested for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade who are receiving or in referral for special education services. See Our Services tab for more information about individual-student consultation. 

 

Service We Provide

General Technical Assistance

  • Website with resources on evidence-based practices, videos, sample data collection forms
  • Free online modules on Essential Behavior Concepts, Antecedent Strategies, Targeted Behavior Interventions and Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA)

Targeted Technical Assistance

  • Professional development on evidence-based behavioral practices 
  • Free online modules on Essential Behavior Concepts, Antecedent Strategies, Targeted Behavior Interventions and Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA)

Intensive Technical Assistance

  • Support offered to school teams to provide training and technical assistance in response to individual-student CIRCUIT referrals related to severe behaviors and/or Autism Identification
  • BX3 Project with professional development and on-site coaching for district teams

https://www.arbss.org/

For more information, please contact:

Shelia Smith, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Behavior Support Specialist Coordinator
Email: shelia.smith@archford.org
Phone: (501) 289-0303
https://www.arbss.org/contact-us