SAEBRS Social/Emotional/Behavior Screener

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the development of knowledge, attitudes, and skills for self-control, empathy, cooperation, and problem solving, which are skills that are foundational to academic success.

 

As part of our Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) model, CUSD will begin screening students' social-emotional and behavior skills during the 2025-2026 school year. We will use the SAEBRS and mySAEBRS screening tools by Renaissance to identify groups of students who require more teaching and support with these skills. SAEBRS is aligned with the California Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Competencies. 

 

Students in 2nd through 12th grades complete the mySAEBRS self-assessment, which is a 20-item rating scale for students to self-report their skills in the areas of social behavior, academic behavior, and emotional behavior. Items vary slightly by student age to align with developmental appropriateness. Students can choose to take the screener in English or Spanish. Examples of screener items are included below.

 

During the 2025-2026 school year, this screening tool will be administered at least once. In future school years, the district plans to administer this screener twice for all students. 

 

If your child's responses or your child's teacher's responses to the screener indicate that your child needs more support in social, emotional, and/or behavioral skills, your child's school offer support. This support may include whole-class lessons on topics such as friendship, communication, and/or social media safety, for example. In some cases, small groups of students may meet with the school counselor regularly for a few weeks to learn new skills, in which case the counselor will contact you with information.

 

Parents have the right to opt out of the mySAEBRS screener. Please complete this Opt Out form, or ask for one at you child's school front office.