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Universal School-wide Screening to Identify Students at Risk of School Failure

Learn about using systematic screening tools in schools to identify students at risk of academic failure and behavioral issues. Explore evidence-based methods and strategies for successful student intervention.

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Universal School-wide Screening to Identify Students at Risk of School Failure

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  1. Universal School-wide Screening to Identify Students at Risk of School Failure • Doug Cheney, Ph.D., Washington PBIS Coordinator, • University of Washington, Seattle dcheney@u.washington.edu • Kimberli Breen, Technical Assistance Director, • Jenn Rose, XX Position • IL-PBIS Network: kimbreen@rcn.com 2008 National Forum for Implementers of School-Wide PBS October 31, 2008

  2. Session Agenda • Background and Context for using Screening • Some evidence from Washington schools using SSBD • Application of using SSBD • Further Ideas for Students at risk

  3. Risk Factors Individual Personal Adjustment & Life Success School Family Community

  4. Universal Screening • Reliable Tools available for past 20 years • Universal screening offers opportunity for prevention, yet…. • Schools reluctant to conduct behavioral screening: • Fear of “stigmatizing kids” • Concerns regarding efficient/effective methods of supporting identified youth Source: Walker, Cheney, Stage, Blum (2005)

  5. Universal (school-wide) behavioral screening : • Addresses prevalence of emotional/behavior problems among school-age children ranges between 9%-13% (Tier 2 & 3 Students) • Provides a valid and reliable approach for identifying student behavioral issues • Externalizing and Internalizing students are identified • Highlights schools as an ideal environment for addressing mental health-related issues • “Less stigmatizing” than clinics • Potential to reach large groups of youth and families • Successfully identify kids with internalizing behaviors

  6. Universal Screening • Behavioral screening viewed as normative, e.g., Vision, Hearing, Literacy • Good fit with RTI behavior model • Links to prevention programs & reduces need for more intensive services later • Untreated emotional/behavioral issues correlate with negative outcomes • Poor grades & personal relationships • High school dropout & Unemployment • Incarceration, Substance abuse, Suicide

  7. Screening History (SSBD) • Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorders (SSBD) • Research in the 1980s on predictors • Gating procedures following mental health model • Published in 1992, Walker & Severson • Evidence for efficiency, effectiveness, & cost benefits

  8. Multiple Gating Procedure (Severson et al. 2007) Teachers Rank Order 3 Ext. & 3 Int. Students Gate 1 Pass Gate 1 Teachers Rate Top 3 Students on Critical Events, Adaptive & Maladaptive Scales Gate 2 Tier 2,3 Intervention Pass Gate 2 Gate 3 Classroom & Playground Observations Tier 3 Intervention or Special Ed. Referral

  9. SSBD History in Washington • Used in research over the past 10 years • 10 districts statewide • School psychs review & adopt for district • Teachers informed & process reviewed in staff meeting • Screening takes 1-2 hours per teacher to complete • Tier 2 Students identified

  10. Cheney, Stage, Hawken, Lynass, Mielenz, & Waugh (in review) • 119 Tier 2 CCE Intervention, 86 Comparison Students in 18 schools • 73/119 students (61%) graduate within 2 yrs • SSBD & Behavioral Measures differentiate graduates, comparisons, nongraduates. • Graduates lower problem behaviors & increase social skills in growth curve model.

  11. SSBD Differentiates Grads , Non-grads, Comparisons

  12. Decrease in Prob Behavior, SSRS

  13. What to do with at-risk students? • Relationship matters • School-home communication • In school structure & supervision • More frequent monitoring & feedback • Increased reinforcement/acknowledgement • Behavioral engagement in work

  14. What to do? • Behavioral contracts & cards • Prompt, cue, precorrect, direct • Learn to self-manage • English Proficiency • Social Skill Instruction & Problem Solving

  15. Assignment #3 • Case Study and Behavior Planning

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