Special Education Consultants

School Psychology Consultant Activities

The consultant for school psychology and positive behavior and learning support at the MISD provides leadership and support for the local districts by designing, providing and facilitating educationally relevant professional development and consultation in the areas of student behavior and learning. The current focus is providing training, tools and support for school psychologists, school social workers and teacher consultants in the areas of school-wide and individual positive behavior support, classroom management, and response to intervention.  

• School-wide PBS team consultation

• Response to Intervention consultation

• Individual Behavior Planning (must be approved by district’s special education director)

• Consultation with local district building teams, school psychologists, school social workers, and teacher consultants as needed

The consultant provides or facilitates various professional workshops and in-services to support local districts keep abreast of current trends in behavior and learning such as:

• School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
• Behavioral Interventions
• Academic Interventions
• Response to Intervention
• Positive Behavior Support for Young Children
• Conducting Functional Behavior Assessments and Writing Effective Behavior Intervention Plans

• For a current listing of workshop offerings click HERE, and then select ‘Special Education,’ ‘Response to Intervention’ or ‘Behavior’ from the drop down list
   

Resources

§         National Association of School Psychologists http://www.nasponline.org/

§         Michigan Association of School Psychologists http://www.maspweb.com/

§         National Association of School Social Workers http://www.socialworkers.org/

§         Michigan Association of School Social Workers http://www.remc12.k12.mi.us/cisd/massw/

§         School Social Work Association of America http://www.sswaa.org/

§         Association for Positive Behavior Support http://www.apbs.org/

§         Florida’s Positive Behavior Support Project http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/

§         Maryland PBS http://www.pbismaryland.org/

§         OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports http://www.pbis.org/main.htm

§         Safe and Civil Schools http://www.safeandcivilschools.com/index.php

§         Intervention Central http://www.interventioncentral.com/

§         Behavior Advisor http://www.behavioradvisor.com/

• School Wide Information System http://www.swis.org/

• PBS Surveys http://www.pbssurveys.org/pages/Home.aspx

Behavior Support for Young Children

• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/

• Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children http://www.challengingbehavior.org/

Functional Assessment of Behavior

• Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice http://cecp.air.org/fba/

• Special Connections http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/main.php?cat=behavior&section=main

Response to Intervention (RtI)

• RtI Action Network http://www.rtinetwork.org/

• National Center on Response to Intervention http://www.rti4success.org/

• RtI Wire http://www.jimwrightonline.com/php/rti/rti_wire.php