2011-2012
Darrell Hudson, Principal
Chari Fikes, BBSST Administrator / Facilitator

A D M I N I S T R AT O R / FA C I L I TAT O R * / C H A R I F I K E S
R E G U L A R E D U C AT I O N / J A N E T D Y E R
R E G U L A R E D U C AT I O N / WA LT E R H A M P T O N
S P E C I A L E D U C AT I O N
R E P R E S E N TAT I V E / E L E A N O R C H A M P I O N
S U P P O R T P E R S O N N E L :
C O U N S E L O R / G A R I J O H N S O N
S C H O O L N U R S E / C Y N T H I A K E L L E Y
AT T E N D A N C E O F F I C E R / R I C H M O N D
W I L L I A M S

• 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
Substance
Behavior
Abuse
Death of a
Parent
Cultural Issues
Gender
Delinquency
Parenting
Teen
Pregnancy
Violence Suicide
Academic
Athletes
Failure
Identity Issues
At-Risk
Issues
Homelessness
School
Dropout
Child
Abuse/Neglect
Transient Issues
Student Assistance Progra
PREVENTION
ACTIVITIES
CONFLICT
RESOLUTION
CURRICULUM
INTERVENTION
ACTIVITIES
POLICY & PROCEDURE
STATEMENTS
SUPPORT
GROUPS
EVALUATION
PEER
ASSISTANCE
PARENTING
CLASSES
MENTORSHIP
CRISIS
MANAGEMENT
TEAM
EMPLOYEE
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
COMMUNITY
MOBILIZATION
TRAINING
AWARENESS

• 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.

of concern may be:
• Attendance
• Personal relationship/social/emotional
• Academic
• Health
• Behavior
• Alcohol and drug use
• Family Issues
• Other

• 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

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
“ S L I P P I N G T H R O U G H T H E C R A C K S ”
• 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

• 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
S T U D E N T S U C C E S S A N D I M P R O V E M E N T
• 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
C R A C K S ”

• 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

 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
• 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.

• 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

 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

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