---

Forest Hills Special Education Cooperative (Indiana). Forest Hills is a joint service and supply special education cooperative, providing administrative support and related services to two school districts in southern Indiana.  Together the districts have a combined general education enrollment of 7000 students in ten schools, 900 of whom have disabilities. The percentage of students identified as emotionally handicapped has grown steadily in the past four years, and the district has committed itself to a program of improved behavioral supports for those students.  The two school districts encompass both suburban and rural schools, and include the two largest elementary schools in the state of Indiana. Project director Skiba has collaborated extensively with Forest Hills on issues of functional assessment and school wide behavioral planning 
Richland Bean-Blossom District Teams
Spencer-Owen District Teams

Beatrice Public Schools (Nebraska).  Beatrice is a rural community with a population of about 13,000 in southeast Nebraska and is about 40 miles directly south of Lincoln, Nebraska. The public schools in Beatrice serve over 2300 students, approximately 24% of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch, reflecting the relatively low socioeconomic level of many similar rural or small town agricultural families.  The special education students in Beatrice represent about 17.4 % (408 students) of the student population with about 18% of those (74 students) identified as having an emotional/behavioral disorder. The Beatrice School District has begun a comprehensive school improvement planning process, including demonstration of the variety of student skills in both academic and behavioral areas.  Project director Peterson has been engaged in the district for the past year, presenting workshops on behavioral supports and school discipline to the superintendent and school principals.
 School Teams in Beatrice
 Meeting Dates for the Beatrice teams
 School based Implementation plans

Malcolm Public Schools (Nebraska) Malcolm, NE is a rural community located 13 miles northwest of Lincoln. The public schools in Malcolm serve 439 students in Grades K-12. Sixteen percent (70 students) of the schools total population (439 students) receives special education services. None of these students have been identified as having an emotional/behavioral disorder. Malcolm's elementary school population includes 1.7% Native American (5 students), 0.7% Asian (1 student), 0.7% African-American (1 student), and 97.9% Caucasian (140 students).

Lincoln Public Schools
Beattie Elementary School (Nebraska)- Beattie Elementary School is located in Lincoln, NE an urban community of approximately 250,000 people. The school serves a total of 445 students in grade K-6. Sixty students (13;79%) have been identified as needing special education services. Of the 60 students, 4 (.007% of the entire school population) have been identified as behavior disordered. Beattie's elementary school population includes 0.5% Native American (2 students), 1.1% Asian (5 students), 0.7% African-American (3 students), 0.7% Hispanic (3 students), and 97.1% Caucasian (430 students).

Robin Mickle Middle School- Robin Mickle Middle School is located in Lincoln, NE, an urban community of approximately 250,000 people. The school serves approximately 791 students in grades 6th, 7th, and 8th. 19.47% (154 students) of Mickle's population receives special education services with 2% (~12 students) identified as emotional and behavioral disordered. Mickle's school population includes 0.4% Native American (3 students), 2.1% African-American (16 students), 2.2% Asian (17 students), 2.1% Hispanic (16 students), and 93.3% Caucasian (727 students.)