UNPACKING UNIVERSAL SCREENING
Course: Student Identification Process: Universal Screening from Missouri SW-PBS on Vimeo.
Read the video transcript here.
Handouts
1. Social, Emotional/Behavioral Screening Instruments
2. Sample Parent Notification Letter for Universal Screening
3. Universal Screening Considerations
TOPIC IN ACTION
Pause & Reflect #1
- Does your school regularly engage in universal screening of all students for academic skills such as reading, writing, and math?
- Are students screened for hearing and vision?
- What about behavior screenings – are they as common in your school as the other types of screenings? If not, are there barriers that have prevented such screenings?
Pause & Reflect #2
Review the Social, Emotional & Behavioral Screening Instruments document.
- What will be your system for gathering additional information and selecting an instrument?
- Who will make the final decision?
- Consider these questions presented earlier to assist in your decision-making process:
- Is the screening instrument evidence-based?
- Is it cost effective in terms of price?
- Is it efficient in terms of resources such as staff training for administration and staff time to administer?
- Does it identify the behaviors we want – internalizing and/or externalizing?
- Is it appropriate for the ages and grade levels of our students?
Pause & Reflect #3
Review the Sample Parent Notification Letter for Universal Screening handout and consider the following questions.
- How does your school inform parents about academic and health screenings?
- Will that same notification process work for universal behavioral screenings?
- Will this sample letter be helpful to you?
- How might you modify it to meet your needs?
Pause & Reflect #4
Review the Universal Screening Considerations handout.
- How will your team ensure that these features and questions are included in your planning process?
