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The Utility of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Predicting Mental Disorders in the Project to Learn about Youth-Mental Health
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Danielson, Melissa L.; Kassab, Hannah D.; Lee, Mary; Owens, Julie S.; Evans, Steven W.; Lipton, Corey; Charania, Sana; Young, Hayley Elia; Kubicek, Lorraine F.; Flory, Kate; Cuffe, Steven P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
We examined the predictive utility of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-2-BESS) and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in identifying students with a mental disorder. Data were collected in a two-stage study over 34 months with kindergarten-12th grade (K-12) students (aged…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Child Behavior, Predictive Validity, Mental Disorders
Screening the Whole Social-Emotional Child: Expanding a Brief SEL Assessment to Include Emotional Behavior Concerns
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Elliott, Stephen Nelson; Lei, Pui-Wa; Anthony, Christopher. J.; DiPerna, James Clyde – School Psychology Review, 2023
Universal screening of students is increasing as programs are implemented for improving social emotional learning (SEL) skills. Assessments used to conduct SEL screenings focus on social emotional strengths; however, such assessments can provide a broader characterization of students' wellbeing by concurrently screening for emotional behavior…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Social Emotional Learning, Well Being, Behavior Problems
Initial Development and Validation of the Social Skills Improvement System--Social and Emotional Learning Brief Scales--Teacher Form
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Anthony, Christopher J.; Elliott, Stephen N.; DiPerna, James C.; Lei, Pui-Wa – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
Despite the need for assessments targeting social and emotional learning (SEL) skills within multitiered systems of support, there are few brief SEL measures available. To address this need, this article describes the development of the Social Skills Improvement System--Social and Emotional Learning Brief Scales--Teacher Form (SSIS…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Social Emotional Learning, Test Construction, Test Validity
Convergent and Divergent Validity of the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment
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Nickerson, Amanda B.; Fishman, Callen – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
This study assessed the convergent and divergent validity of the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA; LeBuffe, Shapiro, & Naglieri, 2008). A total of 227 (n = 94 teachers, n = 133 parents) raters completed the DESSA, in addition to the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scales-2 (BERS-2; Epstein, 2004) and/or the Behavior Assessment…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Rating Scales, Correlation, Interrater Reliability