SAEBRS and I-BEGIN Screeners
We developed a universal screener that identifies school-age children who could use some help building social and emotional skills. This screener is called the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS).
We are adapting the SAEBRS screener to be used with children ages 3 to 5 who speak English or Spanish. The early childhood screener is called the Identifying Behavioral and Emotional Growth Indicators and Needs screener (I-BEGIN).
Research Projects
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I-BEGIN (SAEBRS-EC) Project
Development and Validation of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener for Early Childhood. The primary purpose of this project is to develop and validate a social, emotional, and behavioral risk…
Publications
- Eklund, K., Kilgus, S. P., von der Embse, N., Beardmore, M., & Tanner, N. (2017). Use of universal screening scores to predict distal academic and behavioral outcomes: A multi-level approach. Psychological Assessment, 29, 486-499.
- Eklund, K., Kilgus, S. P., Barber, A. J., Collins, B., & Eikenmeyer, M. (2023). The effect of student race/ethnicity on the diagnostic accuracy of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS). Psychology in the Schools, 60(10), 3878-3895.
- Fallon, L. M., Veiga, M., Susilo, A., Robinson-Link, P., Berkman, T., Minami, T., & Kilgus, S. P. (2022). Exploring the relationship between teachers’ perceptions of culturally relevant supports, student risk, and classroom behavior. Psychology in the Schools, 59(10), 1948-1964.
- Fallon, L. M., Veiga, M. B., Susilo, A., & Kilgus, S. P. (2023). Do teachers’ perceptions of high cultural responsiveness predict better student behavioral outcomes? Behavioral Disorders, 48(2), 97-105.
- Iaccarino, S., von der Embse, N. P., & Kilgus, S. P. (2019). Interpretation and use of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS): A latent transition approach. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 37, 486-503.
- Jenkins, A., Thoman, S., Wang, Y., von der Embse, N. P., & Kilgus, S. P. (2021). Identifying type and evaluating stability of behavioral risk. Psychology in the Schools, 58(11), 2225-2237.
- Kilgus, S. P., Bonifay, W., von der Embse, N. P., Allen, A. N., & Eklund, K. (2018). Evidence for the interpretation of Social, Academic, and Emotional, Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS) scores: An argument-based approach to screener validation. Journal of School Psychology, 68, 129-141.
- Kilgus, S. P., Bowman, N. A., Christ, T. J., & Taylor, C. N. (2017). Predicting academics via behavior within an elementary sample: An evaluation of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS). Psychology in the Schools, 54, 246-260.
- Kilgus, S. P., Chafouleas, S. M., & Riley-Tillman, T. C. (2013). Development and initial validation of the Social and Academic Behavior Risk Screener for elementary grades. School Psychology Quarterly, 28, 210-226.
- Kilgus, S. P., Eklund, K., von der Embse, N. P., Taylor, C., & Sims, W. A. (2016). Psychometric defensibility of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS) teacher rating scale and multiple gating procedure within elementary and middle school samples. Journal of School Psychology, 58, 21-39.
- Kilgus, S. P., Eklund, K., von der Embse, N. P., Weist, M., Barber, A. J., Kaul, M., & Dodge, S. (2021). Structural validity and reliability of Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener – Student Rating Scale (mySAEBRS) scores: A replication study. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 46(4), 259-269.
- Kilgus, S. P., Izumi, J. T., von der Embse, N. P., Van Wie, M. P., Eklund, K., Taylor, C. N., & Iaccarino, S. (2019). Co-occurrence of academic and behavioral risk within elementary schools: Implications for universal screening practices. School Psychology, 34, 261-270.
- Kilgus, S. P., Sims, W., von der Embse, N. P., & Riley-Tillman, T. C. (2015). Confirmation of models for interpretation and use of the Social and Academic Behavior Risk Screener (SABRS). School Psychology Quarterly, 30, 335-352.
- Kilgus, S. P., Sims, W. A., von der Embse, N. P., & Taylor, C. N. (2016). Technical adequacy of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS) in an elementary sample. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 42, 46-59.
- Kilgus, S. P., Taylor, C. N., & von der Embse, N. P. (2018). Screening for behavioral risk: Identification of high risk cut scores within the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS). School Psychology Quarterly, 33, 155-159.
- Kilgus, S. P., von der Embse, N. P., Allen, A. N., Taylor, C. N., & Eklund, K. (2018). Examining SAEBRS technical adequacy and the moderating influence of criterion type on cut score performance. Remedial and Special Education, 39, 377-388.
