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Shaun Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of the research was to utilize strengths-based programming evaluation methods to measure the efficacy of the Customized Employment Model administered by staff for individuals with mild to moderate disabilities at two Vocational Rehabilitation Programs in southeast Georgia. Also, the purpose was to review the staff's perception of any…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Program Effectiveness
Doromal, Justin B.; Cottone, Elizabeth A.; Kim, Helyn – Grantee Submission, 2017
This study investigated the measurement of social emotional competence in low-income youth by assessing the validity of responses derived from the widely used, teacher-rated Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA). Based upon the five-component social emotional learning model proposed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional…
Descriptors: Low Income, Kindergarten, Correlation, Goodness of Fit
Laija-Rodriguez, Wilda; Grites, Karen; Bouman, Doug; Pohlman, Craig; Goldman, Richard L. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2013
Current assessments in the schools are based on a deficit model (Epstein, 1998). "The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Model for Comprehensive and Integrated School Psychological Services" (2010), federal initiatives and mandates, and experts in the field of assessment have highlighted the need for the comprehensive…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Models, Intervention, School Psychology
Bird, Victoria J.; Le Boutillier, Clair; Leamy, Mary; Larsen, John; Oades, Lindsay G.; Williams, Julie; Slade, Mike – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Strengths assessments focus on the individual's talents, abilities, resources, and strengths. No systematic review of strengths assessments for use within mental health populations has been published. The aims of this study were to describe and evaluate strengths assessments for use within mental health services. A systematic review identified 12…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health, Psychometrics, Mental Health Programs
Coyne, Paige; Woodruff, Sarah J. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022
Pedagogical approaches in higher education are evolving. Instructors are tasked with meeting the needs and preferences of the modern student and their desire for increased input in higher education courses. As such, this study sought to provide a manageable example of how flexible weighting schemes can be incorporated into assessments for…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Student Attitudes, Content Analysis, Teaching Methods
Thurston, Linda P.; Yelich Biniecki, Susan M. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2017
A strengths assessment of the College of Education at Kansas State University in the United States showed that a majority of faculty had strong interests in social justice issues in education. The need for providing continuing post-graduate education in social justice education with theory-to-practice relevancy is critical in formal and informal…
Descriptors: Program Design, Curriculum Design, Graduate Study, Student Certification
Owusu-Acheampong, Eugene; Kwapong, Olivia A. T. Frimpong – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2021
This study looked at assessment for learning as a criterion for promoting inclusiveness and equitable access to educational opportunities in Ghana. It compared assessment for learning and assessment of learning and recommended measures to evaluate students' performance to allow for equitable access and progression in education. The study found the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Access to Education, Educational Improvement
Warmbold-Brann, Kristy; Maras, Melissa A.; Splett, Joni W.; Smith-Millman, Marissa; Dinnen, Hannah; Flaspohler, Paul – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
The success of universal screening for effective school mental health programs is dependent on the availability of usable measures as well as empirically based recommendations for use. The current study examined the long-term stability of a strengths-based social-emotional screening tool, the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment-Mini…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Screening Tests, Social Development, Emotional Development
Bozic, Nick; Lawthom, Rebecca; Murray, Janice; Oldfield, Jeremy – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2021
Over the last twenty-five years, there has been an increase in the availability of published checklists and schedules which allow practitioners to identify the strengths of children and young people, including those with special educational needs. While helpful, these assessments are unable to tell us about the nature of contextual factors which…
Descriptors: Ability, Student Characteristics, Special Needs Students, Student Evaluation
Valosek, Laurent; Nidich, Sanford; Wendt, Staci; Grant, Jamie; Nidich, Randi – Education, 2019
Background: A growing literature describes the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) for student social behavior, academic performance, and emotional health. One widely implemented school program, the Quiet Time program, has been shown to improve factors associated with SEL, including positive emotional and behavioral coping skills,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Program Effectiveness, Social Emotional Learning, Interpersonal Competence
Alane J. Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2022
For children and adolescents, developing key social-emotional skills is beneficial to how they grow and learn in their environment. The objective of this study was to evaluate the overall social-emotional skills of African American students in a general education setting using a social-emotional learning program, Strong Kids. This study…
Descriptors: Coping, Social Emotional Learning, African American Students, Comparative Analysis
Kilpatrick, Kayla D.; Maras, Melissa A.; Brann, Kristy L.; Kilgus, Stephen P. – School Psychology Review, 2018
The first purpose of the current study was to examine the defensibility of common recommendations for the frequency of screening administrations. The second purpose was to examine the internal consistency and criterion-related validity of the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA)-mini (Naglieri, LeBuffe, & Shapiro, 2011a), a…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, At Risk Persons, Social Development, Emotional Response
Paz, Jennica; Kim, Eui Kyung; Dowdy, Erin; Furlong, Michael J.; Hinton, Tameisha; Piqueras, José A.; Rodríguez-Jiménez, Tíscar; Marzo, Juan C.; Coates, Susan – Grantee Submission, 2020
The assessment of psychosocial strengths in children and adolescents has predominately focused on the measurement of single traits and constructs, such as grit (Christopoulou, Lakioti, Pezirkianidis, Karakasidou, & Stalikas, 2018), optimism (Oberle, Guhn, Gadermann, Thomson, & Schonert-Reichl, 2018), hope (Pedrotti, 2018), and gratitude…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Student Characteristics, Screening Tests, Holistic Approach
Cooper, Liz; Woods, Kevin – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2017
This exploratory study investigated an educational psychologist's use of a strengths-based development tool with head teachers, in the context of influencing and supporting leaders in school organisations. Nine head teachers completed the "Realise2 Introductory Profile" online strengths assessment and then received a structured debrief…
Descriptors: Principals, Organizational Development, Well Being, School Psychologists
Soria, Krista M.; Roberts, Julia E.; Reinhard, Alex P. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine whether first-year college students' strengths awareness is associated with their perceived leadership development. The institution in this study offered all first-year students the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment and strengths-related programming. The results of hierarchical regression analysis of two…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Regression (Statistics), Student Surveys, Predictor Variables