SRSS-IE Universal Screener and Branching Minds

Proven Reliability

Studies examining the SRSS-IE have consistently found scores to be reliable and predictive of important student outcomes.

Predictive Insights

Scores predict outcomes like risk levels, discipline referrals, and course failures.

Comprehensive Assessment

Easily administer the screener to identify overlooked students and prioritize meaningful interventions.

Say Goodbye to Spreadsheets

With the SRSS-IE and Branching Minds, your data is no longer siloed.

With the SRSS-IE integration, Branching Minds partners can:

Train teachers to administer the SRSS-IE through our embedded, asynchronous LMS
Efficiently administer the SRSS-IE
Understand behavioral risk across student, classroom, grade, and school levels using established risk categories
Build evidence-based intervention plans tailored to specific needs
Monitor progress and outcomes with visual, actionable reports
Address system-level needs, such as staffing and programming, to support all tiers

The SRSS-IE (Student Risk Screening Scale: Internalizing and Externalizing) is a universal behavior screening tool used in MTSS frameworks to identify students who may need additional behavioral support to be successful in school.

The SRSS-IE helps teams to identify student needs earlier and more objectively than in a referral-based process. And - very importantly - the SRSS-IE helps identify students who need support with “quiet” behavior struggles like anxiety and withdrawal, needs often missed by referrals.

The SRSS-IE measures both externalizing behaviors (like aggression and elopement) and internalizing behaviors (like anxiety and withdrawal).

Yes. The SRSS-IE can be administered within the Branching Minds MTSS platform for an additional cost.

The Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA) is a strengths-based social-emotional (SEL) assessment focused on student competencies, while the SRSS-IE is a behavior screener designed to identify students at risk for internalizing and externalizing concerns.

The Social-Emotional Competency Assessment (SECA) is a student self-report SEL assessment, while the SRSS-IE is a teacher-completed universal behavior screener used to identify risk.

Yes. The SRSS-IE is a free universal behavior screening tool available to schools. Learn more here.

"We needed full staff buy-in and a way to make MTSS doable. We needed to look at the whole child, including attendance and behavior, not just focus on progress monitoring data. And Branching Minds was just that."

Emily Myers

Director of MTSS, Orange County School District, NC

"I’ve got a lot of my teachers who deal with intensive behavior support using Branching Minds to track that data… It shows the time of day, frequency, day of the week, location, trigger—it can track it… When the data is presented that way, it makes it so much easier to analyze and respond with appropriate interventions…Every decision we make, we can make on data."

Jenn Bognar

Director of Exceptional Learning, Duneland School Corporation, IN

"We found a key component in Branching Minds that has our social emotional learning support and our behavior supports. We were able to make instructional adjustments using the Branching Minds data in coherence with the teacher's data, and it helped to better support the student. Now we're not losing as much instructional time as we were with some of our frequent flyers."

Robyn Brandon

Reading Specialist, Danville Public Schools, VA

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SRSS-IE Universal Behavior Screener and Branching Minds

Identify Student Behavioral Needs

What is the SRSS-IE?

Why Use the SRSS-IE Screener?

With the SRSS-IE integration, Branching Minds partners can:

A Partnership for Student Behavior Support

SRSS-IE Behavior Screener: FAQs

What is the SRSS-IE behavior screener?

Why do schools use the SRSS-IE instead of just relying on referrals for behavior support?

What does the SRSS-IE measure?

Can the SRSS-IE be used in Branching Minds?

How is the SRSS-IE different from the DESSA?

How is the SRSS-IE different from the SECA?

Is the SRSS-IE a free behavior screener?

SRSS-IE Behavior Screener Resources

The Tier 2 Behavior Intervention Guide

Changing the Way (and the Reason) You Document Behavior

Tier 3 Behavior Intervention Guide for School Leaders

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