Teaching · Related Services

What does the school give every student to lean on?

Rate thirteen protective factors the school controls, with the data in front of you. The summary sorts strengths from gaps and gives one concrete action for each priority the team picks.

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The inventory

One record per school or team, dated each time you rate. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A rated list of school-level protective factors with strengths, gaps, questions for students and one action for each priority.
Who it is for
School psychologists, counselors and social workers, school climate teams and administrators.
Format
Browser inventory. One saved record per school or team; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
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Drawn for this page. Protective factors here are things the school controls: relationships, structure and support, not traits of individual students.

How to use it

  1. Bring data to the meeting: a climate survey, attendance and discipline by student group.
  2. Rate each factor as it is, not as the handbook says it should be.
  3. Mark not known when the team is guessing; the summary turns those into questions for students.
  4. Pick no more than three priorities.
  5. Rate again at the end of the year with the same data.

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What the inventory covers

School-level factors

Protective factors lower the chance of poor outcomes even when risks are present. This inventory covers the ones a school builds: connection to caring adults, belonging, clear and fair structure, skills and access to support.

Connectedness matters most

Students who feel that adults and peers at school care about them and their learning are less likely to report poor mental health, substance use or violence, according to CDC research on school connectedness.

What it is not

The inventory is not a screening of students and does not identify anyone at risk. Use your school’s procedures for any concern about a student.

Sources

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. School connectedness: Strategies for increasing protective factors among youth. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009.
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Promoting mental health and well-being in schools: An action guide for school administrators and leaders, 2023.
  3. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Risk and protective factors (prevention resources).
  4. Wilkins, N. J., Krause, K. H., Verlenden, J. V., and others. School connectedness and risk behaviors and experiences among high school students. MMWR Supplements, 72(1), 13 to 21, 2023.

The example school, data and ratings are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.