Student wellbeing & Social Emotional Health
SSIS Assessments
& Intervention Suite
SSIS delivers the leading Social and Behavioral Health (SBH) assessment—offering schools and clinicians a brief, universal screener designed for all students. The SSIS SBH Brief Universal Screener for grades PK-12 is a powerful assessment for gathering insights on the core social skills and stress management domains, plus stress indicators and emotional behavior health.
The SSIS assessments have been newly re-normed using a 2024 national sample—providing educators with the most current, reliable norm- and criterion-referenced scores to guide data-driven decisions. This powerful assessment gathers insights about each student from 3 separate respondents: the student, their teacher, and their parent/guardian. You can use the results directly within your MTSS / RtI process and software to further refine your whole-child support protocols.
The SSIS Brief Universal Screener is a highly researched and validated instrument for measuring
Healthy Social Skills and Resilience
Stress Management Skills
Emotional Behavioral Health Indicators (Mental Health)
Stress Indicators
KEY FEATURES
Multi-Perspective
Includes survey forms for student, teacher, and/or guardian.
Efficient
20-35 items total, 5–7 minutes per participant to complete. Use tools you are already familiar with like Classlink, Clever, and Google SSO.
Flexible Survey Options
Select a version that aligns with your program and state guidance: Social & Behavioral Health or SEL & Mental Health
CASEL-Aligned
Grounded in the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) framework.
Comprehensive & Longitudinal Reports
In-depth, longitudinal reports for the SSIS SBH Brief Universal Screener, offering valuable insights into student trends over time.
Training & Project Manager Included
Oversees survey administration setup and reports training overview.
Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA accessible surveys are available in both Spanish and English with read aloud and a large on screen accessibly menu.
Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA)
We prioritize student data privacy and adhere to all SOPPA regulations, with a proven track record of successful partnerships with schools and Local Education Agencies (LEAs).
Go beyond Social Skills & External Behaviors
Identify students that may be under the radar with internalizing emotional behavior concerns and/or high stress.
Tier 1 & Tier 2 Interventions Available
CASEL SELect Tier 1 Classroom Intervention Program (CIP) & Tier 2 Small Group Intervention (CIP-T2).
The SSIS assessment was developed by Dr. Stephen Elliott and colleagues for universal screening of Social and Behavioral Health of students and program evaluation for Social Skills or SEL curriculum.
Resonant Education is the exclusive provider of the SSIS Brief Universal Screener. The screener is also made available through integration partnerships with many other service providers powered by Resonant Education. See below for the list of our integration partners
Contact Resonant Education to learn more about the SSIS Brief Universal Screener and how bring this resource to your district or consortium.
SSIS Social Skills and Behavioral Health Brief Universal Screener
ssis BRIEF universal screening options
ASSESSMENT OPTIONS
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20 Social Skill items & 5 Stress Management Skill items (student only) + 10 Emotional Behavioral Health Items and 5 Stress items. Takes 7-8 minutes to complete. Primarily used for Universal Screening & Program Evaluation of Social Skills, Emotional Behavior Concerns, and Stress. Student (3-12), Guardian (K-12), and Teacher (PK-12) forms available in English and Spanish.
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20 SEL items aligning directly to CASEL competencies + 10 Emotional Behavioral Health Items and 5 Stress items. Takes 7-8 minutes to complete. Primarily used for Universal Screening & Program Evaluation of SEL Skills, Emotional Behavior Concerns, and Stress. Student (3-12), Guardian (K-12), and Teacher (PK-12) forms available in English and Spanish.
Learn more about the Universal Screening options:
SSIS ASSESSMENT INTEGRATIONS PARTNERS
CASEL-ALIGNED PK-12 MULTI-INFORMANT UNIVERSAL SCREENER
Actionable Reporting With Direct Connections to Interventions and Resources Aligned to the CASEL Framework
ALIGNMENT TO CASEL
RESILIENCE BEHAVIOR DOMAINS
Self-Awareness
Accurate recognition of one's emotions and thoughts and their influence on behavior, including accuracy in the assessment of skills and a sense of confidence and optimism.Self-Control (CASEL: Self-Management)
Effective regulation of one's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in different situations, including stress management, impulse control, self-motivation, and goal setting.Social Awareness & Support (CASEL: Social Awareness)
Taking the perspective of, and empathizing with, others from diverse backgrounds and cultures, including understanding social and ethical norms for behavior and recognizing various resources and supports that are available.Relationship Skills
Establishing and maintaining healthy and rewarding relationships with diverse individuals and groups, including clear communication, active listening, cooperation, resisting peer pressure, conflict negotiation, and seeking/offering help when appropriate.Responsible Decision & Conflict Resolution (CASEL: Responsible Decision Making)
Making constructive and respectful choices about personal behavior and social interactions that are based on consideration of ethical standards, safety concerns, social norms, consequences, and the well-being of self and others.Stress Management Skills
Intentional or strategic behaviors used to reduce stress by regulating breathing, sleep, exercise, and support buffering relationships.
EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR DOMAINS
Stress Indicators
Observable or self-reported signs of a state of mental tension and worry caused by events in one’s life. These indicators reflect the physical, cognitive, emotional, or behavioral symptoms associated with stress.Internalizing Emotional Behavior
Negative emotions and behaviors directed inwardly involving feeling anxious, sad, or lonely; exhibiting poor self- esteem; lack of interest or limited engagement with others.Externalizing Emotional Behavior
Negative emotions and behavior directed primarily toward others involving verbal or physical aggression; poor control of temper; arguing; actively excluding others.
REPORTING & DATA EXTRACTS
The SSIS reporting suite offers multiple reports for school and district teams to monitor current status and progress over time at individual, teacher, school, grade, and district levels.
The key report is the SSIS Student Report, which shows current and historical data for each student and is often shared with families and during intervention planning.
The scored data extract files allow you to easily export the scored data to your SIS, MTSS, RtI or district data warehouse with ease for integration with your own reporting or whole-child analysis processes.
PRE-BUILT REPORTING FOR DISTRICTs, SCHOOLs & TEACHERS
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
ALIGN YOUR SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCREENER TO INSTRUCTIONAL & INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
EVIDENCE BASED SEL LEARNING PROGRAMS
The SSIS Brief Universal Screener is tightly aligned to the SSIS SEH Classwide Intervention Program (CIP) curriculum. SSIS SEH CIP has been recognized by CASEL as one of the few CASEL SELect Programs available for evidence-based social and emotional learning programs.
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The Intervention Program focuses on teaching up to 15 SEL skills representing the competency domains of Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making. Each skill unit is comprised of 3 lessons that require 25-30 minutes. Each lesson follows an effective Tell-Show-Do-Monitor Progress-Generalize format and features engaging PowerPoints, video/song clips, and downloadable materials to support students’ learning how to apply SEL skills in up to 60 social situations. The Skill Units are ungraded; Units 1-5 are Fundamental and can be used with students ages 3-5, while Units 6-15 can be used with students 4-6. The program meets the S.A.F.E.R. (sequenced, active, focused, explicit, and responsive) criteria for highly effective instruction.
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The Intervention Program focuses on teaching up to 30 SEL skills representing the competency domains of Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making. Each skill unit is comprised of 3 lessons that require 25-30 minutes. Each lesson follows an effective Tell-Show-Do-Practice-Monitor Progress-Generalize format and features engaging PowerPoints, video clips, and downloadable materials to support students’ learning how to apply SEL skills in up to 180 social situations. The Skill Units are ungraded; Units 1-10 are Core and can be used with students ages 5-18, while Units 11-30 are Advanced and can be used with students 10-18. The program meets the S.A.F.E.R. (sequenced, active, focused, explicit, and responsive) criteria for highly-effective instruction and is recognized by CASEL as a SELect program.
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The SSIS Social Emotional Health (SEH) CIP-T2 is a Tier 2 intervention program for improving social emotional health of students who need extra support beyond what they received in a Tier 1 SEL Program. The CIP-T2 builds upon the SSIS SEL Classwide Intervention Program, a CASEL SELect and What Works Clearinghouse recognized Tier 1 Strong Program, and is comprised of two components:
BIGS (Brief Intervention Group Support) focuses on developing group support and teamwork to teach 4 healthy behavior routines (Stress Management, Social Support Empowerment, Positives Behavior Wins, and Personal Improvement Goal Setting).
BIMS (Brief Intervention Modules for Students) focuses on individualized SEL skill interventions using the CIP Skill Units; note other SEL or related social behavior improvement programs could be used in place of the CIP.
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Item description
What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Tier 1 Strong
Meets WWC Standards Without Reservations in most cases means that a study was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that was deemed by experts to be well-designed and well-implemented and that did not have problems with attrition (that is, participants dropping out or otherwise leaving the study).
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
Since 1994, CASEL has worked to research and empower organizations to help develop skills for self-aware, caring, responsible, engaged, and lifelong learners who work together to achieve their goals and create a better world.
RESEARCH
SSIS assessments are the most researched and validated Social Emotional and Behavioral instruments on the market
RESEARCHED-BACKED VALID & RELIABLE ASSESSMENTS
The SSIS assessments were recently re-normed using a 2024 national sample giving educators the most up to date norm- and criterion- referenced scores available.
Use the SSIS assessments with confidence knowing that you are using the most researched and validated Social Emotional and Behavioral instruments on the market. You can have confidence that you are making decisions with assessments that have demonstrated evidence of Reliability, Validity, Fairness, and Sensitivity to interventions.
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