DESSA-High School Edition
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Understanding the whole child is essential to student performance and success. Strong social and emotional skills have been proven to increase academic achievement, decrease negative behaviors, and reduce drop-out rates.*

The DESSA-High School Edition serves as:

• A Universal Screener to identify students' current social and emotional skill levels
• A research-based assessment to pinpoint specific strengths and areas for improvement on 8 core competencies
• An early warning indicator used to identify and prevent discipline infractions from occurring.

*Taylor, R. D., Oberle, E., Durlak, J. A., & Weissberg, R. P. (2017). Promoting Positive Youth Development Through School‐Based Social and Emotional Learning Interventions: A Meta‐Analysis of Follow‐Up Effects. Child Development, 88(4), 1156-1171. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cdev.12864