BASIC TrainingSample Training ModuleUniversal Screening

The SBS Group, 2007

Universal Screening

Universal Screenings What is screened?

Academics Behavior

When does screening occur?

3 times per year Why?

Universal Screenings Who is screened?

Everyone

Why? This is not a pre-referral

process—you 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 year—cannot use only TAKS for screening)

Benchmark testing TPRI

Universal Screenings 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

Universal Screenings 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

Universal Screenings How do you determine cut

scores?

According to a district-level plan and a pre-determined, 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

Assess your resources How many students can you

serve in Tier II? For academics For behavior

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

Universal Screenings Texas Behavior Support Initiative

Haven’t I heard of that before? Doesn’t 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 teacher- level 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 ScreeningsPlanning 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? 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? All of the “who”s have to work

closely together in initial planning and in implementation

Assign responsibilities and write it in your implementation plan Identify and name one district-

level 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

Universal Screenings 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?

Universal Screenings 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

Universal Screenings 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?

Universal Screenings 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?

Universal Screenings 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