Students in grades 1-12 will participate in brief (~5 mins) surveys as part of our participation in the Move this World SEL curriculum supported by the ISD.
The SSIS Brief + Mental Health Scales are short rating scales that are completed by a student and their teacher. Each assessment takes between 5 and 8 minutes to complete. The focus of the scales is a student’s social emotional learning (SEL) (including self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making) and emotional behavioral concern (internalizing and externalizing). The purpose of these online assessments is as a universal screener given to all students that will identify areas of strength and emotional behavioral concerns in order to inform teachers and school leaders in planning SEL instructional and programmatic supports for students.
This measure of students' social and emotional functioning is aligned with State of Michigan Social Emotional Learning standards and provides results used to guide strength-focused instruction for all students and potentially preventive support for any students experiencing emotional behavior concerns. This brief rating scale is not a comprehensive diagnostic measure for classification of disorders. Rather, it is meant to efficiently “check-in” to help us better understand how our students are functioning, how effective our programming is, and how we can better meet the needs of all students.
The screening provides information about a student’s current functioning levels. The social emotional functioning associated with each level can always be improved and thus change over time. Periodic re-screening can be used to continue to monitor students’ progress.
All SSIS SEL Brief Scales are designed to be used by educational professionals and students within Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for the purposes of:
Screening groups of students to identify their overall SEL competency level and emotional behavior health status,
Identifying students’ SEL strengths and individual students with possible emotional behavior concerns,
Planning which SSIS SEL CIP skill units to teach for improving students’ skills,
Monitoring change in students’ SEL skills over time and possible emotional behavior concerns to determine if additional assessment and intervention support are needed,
Evaluating the effects of intervention programs on students’ level of SEL skills and emotional behavior concerns.
We view this as an important tool to inform our work in supporting vital social and emotional skill development for all students at LPS. If you would like your child to opt out of this please let us know by emailing Mr Peschel at mpeschel@lelandschool.com.
