Abstract Recently, the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD) highlighted
the need to “actively screen for those in need of mental health services.” Questions remain …

uthor Man uscript financial and time costs (Owens et al., 2002). Left untreated, behavioral
and emotional concerns are more likely to persist into adulthood and to require more …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of Direct Behavior Rating Single Item
Scale (DBR–SIS) targets of disruptive, engaged, and respectful behavior within school …

Behavioral and social-emotional challenges experienced in childhood are risk factors for
negative educational and health outcomes. Universal social-emotional screening in schools …

Universal screening for emotional and behavioral risk in schools facilitates early
identification and intervention for students as part of multitiered systems of support. Early …

Data derived from universal screening procedures are increasingly utilized by schools to
identify and provide additional support to students at risk for behavioral and emotional …

Teachers are a primary source of referral to mental health services for children and
adolescents. However, studies find that students identified by teachers differ from those …

The first purpose of the current study was to examine the defensibility of common
recommendations for the frequency of screening administrations. The second purpose was …

This study used item response theory (IRT) methods to investigate group differences in
responses to the 12-item Student Risk Screening Scale–Internalizing and Externalizing …

The practice of screening students to identify behavioral and emotional risk is gaining
momentum, with limited guidance regarding the frequency with which screenings should …