Abstract

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 concerns (EBC). This article describes the development of brief EBC-Internalizing and EBC-Externalizing scales designed to augment the SSIS SEL Brief Scales (SSIS SELb) Teacher and Student Forms. To further evaluate the utility of concurrently screening for SEL and EBCs, we examined distributions of SEL scores at each EBC Concern level. Both the Teacher and Student assessments of SEL skills and EBC behaviors maximized efficiency and yielded reliable and valid scores that provide insights regarding the interplay of these behavior constructs. The SSIS SELb and EBC scales can be administered together as the SSIS SELb + Mental Health Scales to provide efficient measurement of the whole social emotional child. The article examines the study’s limitations, follow-up research, and implications for using brief universal screenings and instructional programs to advance the wellbeing of students.

Impact Statement

Universal screening of children’s social emotional learning (SEL) competencies has been strength focused. A meaningful percentage of students identified as functioning at competent or advanced SEL levels, however, concurrently report cooccurring internalizing or externalizing emotional behavior concerns (EBC). Thus, universal screening programs that integrate EBC and SEL measurement can better serve the whole social emotional child.

摘要

随着提高社交情感学习 (SEL) 技能的计划的实施，对学生的普遍筛查正在增加。用于进行 SEL 筛选的评估侧重于社交情感优势；但是，此类评估可以通过同时筛查情绪行为问题 (EBC) 来更广泛地描述学生的幸福感。本文介绍了旨在增强 SSIS SEL 简要量表 (SSIS SEL b) 教师和学生表格。为了进一步评估同时筛查 SEL 和 EBC 的效用，我们检查了每个 EBC 关注级别的 SEL 分数分布。教师和学生对 SEL 技能和 EBC 行为的评估都最大限度地提高了效率，并产生了可靠和有效的分数，这些分数提供了有关这些行为结构相互作用的见解。SSIS SEL b和 EBC 量表可以作为 SSIS SEL b + 心理健康量表一起管理，以提供对整个社会情感儿童的有效测量。这篇文章审视了该研究的局限性、后续研究以及使用简短的普遍放映和教学计划来提高学生福祉的意义。

影响声明

儿童社交情感学习 (SEL) 能力的普遍筛查一直以强度为重点。然而，相当一部分学生被确定为在胜任或高级 SEL 水平上运作，同时报告同时发生内化或外化情绪行为问题 (EBC)。因此，整合 EBC 和 SEL 测量的普遍筛查计划可以更好地服务于整个社会情感儿童。