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Miller, Faith G.; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Welsh, Megan E.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Fabiano, Gregory A. – School Psychology, 2019
Responsive service delivery frameworks rely on the use of screening approaches to identify students in need of support and to guide subsequent assessment and intervention efforts. However, limited empirical investigations have been directed to informing how often screening should occur for social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties in school…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems, Identification, Screening Tests
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Miller, Faith G.; Cohen, Daniel; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Welsh, Megan E.; Fabiano, Gregory A. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between teacher-implemented screening measures used to identify social, emotional, and behavioral risk. To this end, 5 screening options were evaluated: (a) Direct Behavior Rating-Single Item Scales (DBR-SIS), (b) Social Skills Improvement System-Performance Screening Guide (SSiS), (c)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Screening Tests, At Risk Students
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Becker, Derek R.; Grist, Cathy L.; Caudle, Lori A.; Watson, Myra K. – Global Education Review, 2018
High quality educational settings play a crucial role in preparing a child to enter kindergarten, but little work has explored how outdoor play and complex physical activity outside school and childcare settings promote school readiness among preschoolers. To address this gap, the present study explored connections among school readiness with…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Play, Physical Activities, School Readiness
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Sointu, Erkko T.; Savolainen, Hannu; Lappalainen, Kristiina; Lambert, Matthew C. – Educational Psychology, 2017
Positive student-teacher relationships are related to students' academic achievement and behavioural and emotional adjustment. How a student's behavioural and emotional strengths are associated with these relationships and how the relationships influence students' academic performance remains unknown. We examined this framework using a…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Student Relationship, Emotional Development, Correlation
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Cress, Cynthia J.; Epstein, Michael H.; Synhorst, Lori – Exceptionality, 2010
This article reports three studies that evaluated the test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the "Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale" (PreBERS) (Epstein & Synhorst, 2009). First, teachers rated 63 children receiving school services for disability on the PreBERS, with two ratings one month apart. Second,…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Disabilities, Preschool Children, Rating Scales
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Epstein, Michael H.; Synhorst, Lori – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008
The Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (PreBERS) is a standardized, norm-referenced instrument that assesses the emotional and behavioral strengths of preschool children. Two studies that investigated the test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the PreBERS are reported. In the first study, teachers rated preschool children (N = 96)…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Preschool Children, Behavior Rating Scales, Measures (Individuals)
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Benner, Gregory J.; Beaudoin, Kathleen; Mooney, Paul; Uhing, Brad M.; Pierce, Corey D. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008
In the present study, we sought to extend instrument validation research for a strength-based emotional and behavior rating scale, the "Teacher Rating Scale of the Behavior and Emotional Rating Scale-Second Edition" (BERS-2; Epstein, M. H. (2004). "Behavioral and emotional rating scale" (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: PRO-ED) through…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Emotional Disturbances, Test Validity, Rating Scales
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Cox, Kathleen F. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2006
The trend toward adopting a strengths approach to mental health practice with children and adolescents amounts to a paradigm shift from an emphasis on diagnosing disorders to tapping child capacities and assets toward the achievement of treatment goals. While the potential value and challenges associated with this shift has received ample…
Descriptors: Research Design, Behavior Disorders, Rating Scales, Adolescents
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Matto, Holly C.; Naglieri, Jack A.; Clausen, Cinny – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: This is the first validity study to date to examine the relationship between the Draw-A-Person: Screening Procedure for Emotional Disturbance (DAP:SPED) and strengths-based emotional and behavioral measures. The incremental predictive validity of the DAP:SPED relative to the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale was examined. Method:…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Predictive Validity, Rating Scales, Correlation