2011-2012
Darrell Hudson, Principal
Chari Fikes, BBSST Administrator / Facilitator
ADMINISTRATOR/FACILITATOR*/CHARI FIKES
REGULAR EDUCATION /JANET DYER
REGULAR EDUCATION/WALTER HAMPTON
SPECIAL EDUCATION
REPRESENTATIVE/ELEANOR CHAMPION
SUPPORT PERSONNEL:
COUNSELOR/GARI JOHNSON
SCHOOL NURSE/CYNTHIA KELLEY
ATTENDANCE OFFICER/RICHMOND WILLIAMS
WHAT IS BBSST?
• It stands for:
Building Based Student Support Team
• It is not the way to special education
• In fact, it is the way to stay out of special education
• BBSST will be the RTI mechanism
• RTI= Response to Instruction
Early
Antisocial
Behavior
Substance
Abuse
Suicide
Academic
Failure
Death of a
Parent
Teen
Pregnancy
Cultural Issues
Homelessness
Delinquency
Gender
Identity Issues
Parenting
Issues
Athletes
At-Risk
School
Dropout
Violence
Child
Abuse/Neglect
Transient Issues
Student Assistance Progra
SUPPORT
GROUPS
PREVENTION
ACTIVITIES
CONFLICT
RESOLUTION
CURRICULUM
EVALUATION
MENTORSHIP
EMPLOYEE
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
INTERVENTION
ACTIVITIES
POLICY & PROCEDURE
STATEMENTS
PEER
ASSISTANCE
PARENTING
CLASSES
CRISIS
MANAGEMENT
TEAM
TRAINING
AWARENESS
COMMUNITY
MOBILIZATION
BBSST MODEL
• Offers a framework for organizing student services
• Designed as a general education initiative
• Focuses on eliminating or changing the barriers that impact the
student’s learning
• Encourages team membership and group problem solving as
interventions are developed, implemented, reviewed, and
revised
• Acts as a pre-referral forum for special education
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the interventions for each
student as well as the overall effectiveness of the BBSST.
WHO SHOULD BE REFERRED TO
BBSST?
Any student having risk behaviors which
may interfere with his/her education. Areas
of concern may be:
• Attendance
• Personal relationship/social/emotional
• Academic
• Health
• Behavior
• Alcohol and drug use
• Family Issues
• Other
BBSST
MEETING OUTCOMES
Curriculum strategies and intervention
Alternative instructional strategies
Behavior management plans
Crisis intervention
Conflict resolution
Conferences with family members, healthcare
professionals, and/or other agency representatives
• Suggestions for additional evaluation(s) by school
personnel, crisis management personnel, and/or
healthcare professional
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BBSST TO THE RESCUE!
HELPING TEACHERS
•M A K E S T E A C H E R S M O R E A W A R E O F I N T E R V E N T I O N
S T R AT E G Y O P T I O N S ( G O O D T E A C H I N G P R A C T I C E S )
•H E L P S W I T H V E R T I C A L C O M M U N I C AT I O N
•H E L P S T E A C H E R S C O R R E C T LY I D E N T I F Y S T U D E N T S W H O
N E E D R E S O U R C E A S S I S TA N C E
•H E L P S T H E T E A C H E R T O P R E V E N T S T U D E N T S F R O M
“SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS”
•S H A R E S R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y & E X P E R T I S E A M O N G S C H O O L
S TA F F
HELPING STUDENTS
•I D E A S A N D S T R AT E G I E S
•I N D I V I D U A L S T U D E N T AT T E N T I O N
•I N C R E A S E S O P P O R T U N I T I E S F O R
STUDENT SUCCESS AND IMPROVEMENT
•R E D U C E S S T U D E N T & T E A C H E R S T R E S S
•A D D R E S S E S “ S L I P P I N G T H R O U G H T H E
CRACKS”
HELPING PARENTS
•I N C R E A S E S P O S I T I V E I N T E R A C T I O N S
B E T W E E N PA R E N T S A N D T E A C H E R S
•I N C R E A S E S S O U R C E S O F C O M M U N I C AT I O N
•S H O W S PA R E N T S T H AT S T U D E N T S A R E
R E C E I V I N G I N D I V I D U A L AT T E N T I O N
LEE V. MACON
Mandatory BBSST Teams
• Lee v. Macon Consent Decree, Prereferral Process, pgs. 4-7
• Ala. Admin. Code § 290-8-9-.1-.72ER(2)
Student Prereferral Form & Tracking Log
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State-mandated forms as of December 1, 2000
Distributed in hard copy
Can be downloaded from the website
Ends June 1? yearly & due electronically to SDE June?
BBSST training required for all
certified personnel with yearly updates
1. Accept pre-referral
names from various
sources:
Administrator,
teachers, counselors,
or parents
6. The teacher(s)
implement the
interventions. The
student is
reviewed by the
BBSST in 2-4
weeks and again in
2-4 weeks. Review
is indicated on
page 4 of the Prereferral form.
7. If the interventions are
working, the student may
continue to be monitored
through BBSST, or the
student may be
dismissed. This is
documented on page 4 of
the Pre-referral form.
2 The
teacher(s) fill
out the
information
portion of the
referral. (page
1-2)
5. The Team records
the student on the
Lee v. Macon log
and recommended
interventions on
page 3 of the Prereferral form.
8. Each time the
student is reviewed
at 30-45 day
increments, the
student is reentered on the Lee
v. Macon log.
Additional page 3-4
may be added.
3. The BBSST
facilitator sets up a
meeting in which
the student will be
presented to the
BBSST.
4. The student
is presented to
BBSST.
Recommendations are made.
9. If interventions are
not successful, the plan
may be changed. Or,
the Team may
recommend the student
to an IEP team to
decide if a Special
Education referral is
needed.
STEPS IN THE BBSST PROCESS
• Student is identified as
having difficulty
academically, behaviorally,
personally/socially, etc. ;
the referral process begins
(from school personnel,
students, parents, etc.)
• Pre-referral information is
collected by the teaching
team.
• The student is presented to
the BBSST.
STEPS IN THE BBSST PROCESS, CONT.
• The BBSST recommends
interventions, accommodations,
etc. for the student.
Recommendations are
documented on the pre-referral
form and recorded on the Lee v.
Macon Log.
• The BBSST reviews the child’s case
in two-four weeks.
• The BBSST reviews the child’s case
again in four weeks.
Members of the BBSST
Administrator*
Regular Education BBSST facilitator*
Regular Education teachers from a variety
of disciplines
Special Education representative
Support personnel: Counselor, School
Nurse, District Personnel
(Prevention/Intervention, Social Workers,
Attendance Officers, etc.)
* Required by State Monitoring
REFERRING TEACHER
RESPONSIBILITIES
Makes request for support & provides
information on pg. 1-2 of referral form and all
required documentation for a complete
picture of the student
Attends BBSST meeting to present the
student to the team
Implements intervention strategies
Reports to BBSST team intervention
effectiveness and helps to revise plan, if needed
Recommended
Resources
www.alex.state.al.us
* NEW *
For training contact: Theresa Farmer
[email protected] 334-242-8114
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“A pessimist looks for difficulty
in the opportunity,
but an optimist looks for
opportunity in the
difficulty.”
YOU MAY CONTACT YOUR LOCAL
BBSST CHAIRPERSON IF YOU HAVE
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.