Educational Support and Related Services Specialists (ESRSS)

Who We Are

The Educational Support and Related Service Specialists (ESRSS) serves all 75 counties in Arkansas with the mission to promote positive outcomes for students by providing leadership, support, and service to students with disabilities, their families, and the districts who serve them. ESRSS improves cohesion among educators and school-based therapists by growing district capacity through professional learning and technical assistance to support students. 

Professional learning and technical assistance are structured through a tiered model of support for school teams to meet student needs. Services are  offered at no cost to public school districts in Arkansas.

Services We Provide 

General Technical Assistance (TA)

General assistance is offered through:

 

Targeted Technical Assistance

  • Targeted services focus on district capacity and sustainability to support students with disabilities to address meaningful access for all students.

Intensive Supports

  • ESRSS provides consultation and technical assistance to assist IEP teams in supporting individual student needs.  Intensive student level support is accessible through the Centralized Intake and Referral/Consultant Unified Intervention Team (CIRCUIT).

          

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For more information please contact:

Charity Avery
Related Services Coordinator
ADE Office of Special Education
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
1401 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 425
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-319-7333
Email: charity.avery@ade.arkansas.gov

Amy Goddard
Related Services Coordinator
ADE Office of Special Education
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
1401 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 425
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-319-7333   
Email:  amy.goddard@ade.arkansas.gov