BASIC Training Sample Training Module

Universal Screening The SBS Group, 2007

Universal Screening

Universal Screenings
What is screened? Academics Behavior 3 times per year


When does screening occur?

Why?

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Who is screened? Everyone Why? This is not a pre-referral processyou are screening your entire system To identify curriculum problems To identify instructional problems To identify all students who are at risk, early

Universal Academic Screening

How is screening conducted? Sample skills on the entire curriculum


Not only those skills currently being taught

Tools/Resources CBM TAKS (formative, data is only available once per yearcannot use only TAKS for screening) Benchmark testing TPRI

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What do you do with the data? Compare your district performance to state/national standards Compare your schools to each other Compare classrooms at each campus to each other

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How do you interpret and use the data? Box and whiskers charts Set cut points


ALL students who fall below the cut are considered as potentially in need of Tier II interventions

Box and Whiskers Plot

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How do you determine cut scores? According to a districtlevel plan and a predetermined, protocol Decide if you are going to use district-wide percentiles
 

Resources will go to student needs Resources will probably not be divided equally to all campuses How many students can you serve in Tier II?
For academics For behavior

Assess your resources



Universal Behavior Screening

How is screening conducted? PBMAS (formative) Office referrals Behavior management room referrals AEP placements

Universal Behavior Screening

Sample screening questions: Is one teacher referring (to the office, to behavior management) more students than others? Are all teachers referring students for the same types of behavior?
  

Oppositionality Verbal Aggression Physical Aggression

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Texas Behavior Support Initiative
  

Havent I heard of that before? Doesnt that fit REALLY well with RTI? Is anyone still doing it?
If not, why? Any lessons learned?

Universal Behavior Screening

What are you looking for?
   

How are you doing across the board? How are you doing with specific subsets of students? Are patterns consistent across schools?
Campus-level interventions?

Are patterns consistent within schools?

Teacher-level interventions?

Universal Behavior Screening

If you identify district-, campus-, or teacherlevel problems..
Do you have a universal behavior management system? Is everyone trained every year? Is it implemented by everyone, consistently? Who needs additional training? Who needs additional support and monitoring?

Universal Behavior Screening

What do you do if you identify systemic problems?
  

Select or create a universal behavior management system Train everyone on it every year (at least) MONITOR

Universal Behavior Screening

What do you do if you identify teacher problems?


Assess what kinds of behaviors (or students) the teacher is not managing well
Develop a plan with a timeline and goals Train and re-train Monitor continuously Assess for growth

Universal Behavior Screening

After you have verified that there are not systemic or adult problems, or after they are addressed: Are there individual student problems?
  

Set cut points Monitor students in class Consider needs for targeted interventions

Universal Screenings Planning for Implementation

Do your needs analysis/readiness survey
 

Identify curricular/district-level needs Identify resources

People Tools Money

 

Identify prioritized training needs Set timelines

Create a training schedule for critical staff training that must occur prior to initial implementation Create a schedule for annual trainings/refreshers

Who will analyze data at the district level?



Assign responsibilities and write it in your implementation plan



Will the same person do both academic and behavior screening?

Who will analyze data at the building level? Who will analyze data at the student level?


Identify and name one districtlevel administrator who is ultimately accountable for universal screening Identify the position responsible for district-level data analysis/communication Identify the position on each campus responsible for process and data analysis

All of the whos have to work closely together in initial planning and in implementation

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Components of the Implementation Plan
When will screenings occur?
 

Specific dates for each school year Who is responsible to determine dates for each year? How will the schedule be provided to each administrator each school year?

When is campus level data due to the assigned district-level administrator? When do districts find out the district-wide results?

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Components of the Implementation Plan How will the data be analyzed? How will information be conveyed to campus-level administrators? What tools will you use for:
 

Academic Screening Behavior Screening

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Components of the Implementation Plan If a building or teacher problem is identified,
 

What is the required corrective course of action? What is the timeline?

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Components of the Implementation Plan
For students who fall below (for academics) or above (for behaviors) the cut-offs
      

What will happen? How will their Tier I progress be monitored? What is expected of the building administrator? What is expected of the teacher? Who should be notified? (teacher, parents, support staff, student?) When? How?

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Components of the Implementation Plan How much will this cost?


Line in your RTI budget for screening

How will you pay for it? Are any additional staff needed?

Group Activity

Using universal academic screening data at the building level

Group Activity

Using a spreadsheet to evaluate referrals to behavior management