MySAEBRS stands for Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener. It is a 20 item rating scale that students complete about their personal social, academic, and emotional behaviors by answering simple questions such as I am respectful, I like school, and I feel sad on a scale from never to almost always. It is grounded in a conceptual model, which specifies that school success is predicated not just on academic achievement, but also success within multiple inter-related behavioral domains. The MySAEBRS assessment is designed to evaluate student functioning in terms of overall general behavior (total 20 items). It is comprised of seven social behavior items, six academic behavior items, and seven emotional behavior items.

Washougal School District’s vision is to “know, nurture, and challenge all students to rise!” In order to know and nurture the whole child, the district is using the MySAEBRS screener to better understand the social/emotional wellbeing of all students. With this information, more effective, supportive instruction and activities, which support not only the academic growth of students, but also the social and emotional growth as well, can be implemented.