Bentonville Public Schools

Special Services

Special Services Director: Lynn Runnels
Special Services Associate Director: Waynette Chambers
Special Services Associate Director: Kim Buchanan
Phone Number: (479) 254-5065
Total students enrolled in Special Education Program: 1257 students

All children have the ability to learn, but some face different challenges. Special services identifies and accommodates for those students who need assistance to be successful in the standard classroom. The Special Services Department utilizes a team approach to provide for the individual needs of identified students. BPS special services provides a variety of services for identified students: early childhood education, academic support services, speech language services, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and behavioral support.

Special education services are specifically designed instruction intended for students with identified disabilities from age 3 to age 21. To be eligible for special education services a student must be referred, offered interventions for each area of weakness with documented response of interventions on learning, evaluated, and identified as a student with a disability (13 categories). If you believe your child needs additional support services, the primary point of contact should be your school's designee or principal.

Special Education in the Bentonville School District means:

If you are moving in the Bentonville School District from another district within the state or from out of state, it would greatly assist us in determining appropriate programming and placement for your child if the following were provided (in order of priority) before or at the time of enrollment:

Special Services program administration building and program assignments:
Lynn Runnels Waynette Chambers Kim Buchanan
Autism Program Behavior Program SSP Program (severe/profound)
Private School Coordination Facility Coordination Early Childhood Program
Campuses:
AGES
ETES
SCES
TJES
OHMS
RBMS
SHMS
Campuses:
LJHS
WJHS
BHS
Campuses:
CES
CGES
CPES
MJES
REBES

If you are interested in being a Bentonville Public Schools Special Services Surrogate Parent please use contact information below.

2007-2008 Local Education Agency Annual Performance Report: After clicking the link you must scroll down to 04-01 Bentonville School District. This site allows you to access all districts in the state of Arkansas.

2008-2009 Early Childhood Profile (3-5): After clicking the link you must scroll down to 04-01 Bentonville School District. This site allows you to access all districts in the state of Arkansas.

2008-2009 School Age Profile (5-21): After clicking the link you must scroll down to 04-01 Bentonville School District. This site allows you to access all districts in the state of Arkansas.

For additional information about the Bentonville Public Schools Special Education department, please contact Lynn Runnels at the Special Services office at (479) 254-5065.

Building Designees
AGES Karrie Slane
CES Brooke Dancer
CGES Nate Bice
CPES Galen Havner
ETES Mandie Thompson
MJES Ashley Williams
REBES Stephan Bowman
SCES Stephanie Summerford
TJES Amy Simpson
OHMS Jason Brunner
RBMS Rose Peterson
SHMS Janet Schwanhausser
LJHS Kim Fernandez
WJHS Stephanie Lane
BHS Jack Loyd

Useful Links:

Advocacy: Abilities Unlimited (http://www.outsourcingus.com/aufs.htm)
Autism Support Group of NWA, Inc. (http://www.autismsupportgroupofnwa.org/)
Arkansas Childfind (http://www.archildfind.org)
Arkansas Children's Hospital (http://www.archildrens.org/)
Arkansas Council for Exceptional children (http://cec.k12.ar.us/)
Arkansas Department of Education (http://arkansased.org/)
Arkansas Department of Education Special Education (http://arksped.k12.ar.us/)
Arkansas Special Education Rules and Regs 2008 (http://arksped.k12.ar.us/sections/rulesandregulations.html)
Arkansas Direct Services Support (http://arksped.k12.ar.us/sections/dss.html)
Arkansas Special Olympics (http://www.specialolympicsarkansas.org/index.cfm)
Adult Development Center (http://www.outsourcingus.com/adcrogers.htm)
American Disability Association (http://www.adata.org/)
Arkansas Department of Health and Human Serivces (http://www.healthyarkansas.com/)
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services (http://www.arsinfo.org/)
Arkansas Support Network (http://www.supports.org/)
Bentonville Special Olympics (http://portal.bentonvillek12.org/SpecialOlympics/)
BOST, Inc (http://www.bost.org/)
Camp Barnabas (http://www.campbarnabas.org/)
Center for Youth and Families (http://www.youthandfamilies.org/)
CIRCUIT (http://arksped.k12.ar.us/sections/circuit.html)
Community Home Health Care (http://www.northwesthealth.com/OurServices/Home_Health)
Disability Rights Center (http://www.arkdisabilityrights.org/)
Easter Seals Disability Services (http://ar.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ARDR_homepage)
HealthLine - ADD and ADHD Learning Center (http://http://www.healthline.com/channel/add-adhd.html)
IDEA resources (http://idea.ed.gov/)
Jones Center for Families (http://www.jonesnet.org/)
Office of Human Concern (http://www.eohc.org/)
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/index.html?src=mr)
Ozark Regional Transit (http://www.ozark.org/RidingORT/home.html)
Parent's Rights under IDEA (English) (http://arksped.k12.ar.us/rules_regs_08/2. APPENDIX/A. ADE REQUIRED FORMS/4. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE IDEA/YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE IDEA.pdf)
Pathfinders (http://www.pathfinderinc.org/)
SchwabLearning.org (http://www.schwablearning.org/)
Social Security On line (http://www.ssa.gov/)
Sources, Inc (http://www.arsources.org/)
The Special Ed Advocate Newsletter (http://www.wrightslaw.com/)
Early Childhood: Arkansas Department of Education Early Childhood (http://arksped.k12.ar.us/sections/Early Childhood.htm)
Benton County Sunshine School (http://www.nwabcss.org/)
First Connections Arkansas Infant and Toddler Program (http://www.arkansas.gov/dhs/ddds/FirstConn/index.html)
Disability: Asperger's Syndrome- Tony Attwood (http://www.tonyattwood.com.au/)
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (http://www.add.org/)
Autism- Carol Gray (http://www.thegraycenter.org/)
Autism Society (http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer)
Dyslexia (http://interdys.org/)
Hearing Impaired- National Association of the Deaf (http://www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=91587)
HiP Publishing Group (http://www.hip-books.com/index.php)
Learning Disabilities On-line (http://www.ldonline.org/)
Learning Disabilities Association (http://www.ldanatl.org/)
National Federation of the Blind (http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Default.asp)
National Institute of Health (http://www.nih.gov/)
Ozark Guidance Center (http://www.ozarkguidance.org/)
Quest Kids (http://www.questinc.org/kids.htm)
SchwabLearning.org (http://www.schwablearning.org/)
United Cerebral Palsy (http://www.ucpark.org/)
Vista Health Services (http://www.vistahealthservices.com/)
Visually Impaired- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (http://www.rfbd.org/)
Visually Impaired- American Printing House for the Blind (http://www.aph.org/)
Youth Home (http://www.youthhome.org/)