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Student Behavior Survey (SBS)
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"The Student Behavior Survey is the most comprehensive and reliable instrument
I have found for
gathering teacher opinions of student behavior...
I especially like
the SBS because it is written in a
format and language that teachers understand
and use. As a result, the SBS yields ratings that are
consistent with the teachers'
casual descriptions, avoiding the under-reporting or the magnification
of problems that plague other instruments." Fred Provenzano, Ph.D., NCSP
Teachers offer a unique perspective on children. While clinicians and
parents
can
provide useful insights, teachers are in the best position to evaluate
children's functioning
in relation to peers and within the school environment.
And this
perspective is essential in diagnosing disruptive behavior syndromes,
student adjustment, and academic achievement.
The Student Behavior Survey (SBS), from the author of the Personality
Inventory for Children, Second Edition (PIC-2) and the Personality
Inventory for Youth (PIY), joins these other highly regarded instruments
to give you a comprehensive evaluation of student adjustment from
the teacher's point of view.
Appropriate for evaluating students from kindergarten through grade 12
(5 through 18 years
of age), the SBS assesses achievement, academic
and social skills,
parent cooperation,
and emotional and behavioral adjustment.
Completed in just 15 minutes, the SBS asks the teacher to rate the child
on 102 items
covering the following scales:
| Academic Resources |
Adjustment Problems |
Disruptive Behavior |
| Academic Performance |
Health Concerns |
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity |
| Academic Habits |
Emotional Distress |
Oppositional Defiant |
| Social Skills |
Unusual Behavior |
Conduct Problems |
| Parent Participation |
Social Problems
Verbal Aggression
Physical Aggression
Behavior Problems |
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The SBS documents the presence and severity of specific classroom
behaviors required to establish disruptive behavior diagnoses.
The SBS manual provides extensive interpretive guidance, including
discussion
of clinically relevant score elevations and associated
behaviors. Case studies
are also included, some using the SBS alone to
measure student adjustment,
and some using the SBS in conjunction with
other instruments, such as the
PIC-2 and PIY. These case studies
illustrate the test's
value in educational,
clinical, neuropsychological, and forensic
applications.
In the course of test development, the SBS was used to rate more than
4,000 students. Over
half of these ratings involved concurrent administration of other
instruments--providing significant independent evidence supporting use
of the
SBS. Standardization was based on teacher ratings of more than
2,500 students (K-12, evenly distributed by grade and gender)
from 22 school districts in 12
states spanning the U.S. This sample
closely reflects census figures in regard to ethnicity and
socio-economic status. In addition, SBS ratings were
collected on more than 1,300 students referred for behavioral or
academic problems in
special education, clinical, and juvenile justice settings.
The SBS provides a comprehensive description of the student, reflecting
academic
achievement, adjustment problems, and behavioral assets needed
for classroom success.
By offering an efficient way to quantify classroom
observations, the SBS
facilitates communication between school and clinician.
In addition, it
is an excellent way to measure behavior change over time.
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