The DESSA System supports a proactive approach to student behavioral outcomes.
Identify students in need of behavioral support in under 1 minute, then complete a full DESSA assessment for behavioral skill-specific data that can inform proactive intervention plans to support student resilience.
“We learned that our students’ behavior could be turned around through repetition and practicing every day. By understanding how their brains are wired and where they are coming from, we were able to address their unique needs and provide the necessary supports.”
An Objective Measure to Ensure Your PBIS Program’s Effectiveness
The DESSA System helps school districts track and complete PBIS program evaluation to understand what drives student behavior changes.
“Social-emotional skills live with our PBIS system at Rowe. We have taken the character traits from Second Step and have embedded them into the positive behavior...we assign behavior points and rewards...It also shows up in our discipline grid, found in our Student Code of Conduct, for every negative behavior, there is a menu choice of options where a teacher is encouraged to use a restorative response, for example: social-emotional skill building.”
By focusing on student resilience skills, Boerne ISD built relationships between students and teachers which directly impacted students making positive choices.
Highlights included:
80%
reduction in out-of-school suspensions
53%
reduction in in-school suspensions
47%
decrease in behavioral referrals
“With [DESSA], we capture all of the students’ competencies. It shows where students may be struggling, but it also catches their strengths in the classroom, too. It doesn’t just identify students who are being sent to the principal’s office for discipline, it captures skills and strengths.”
