Cascades Screening

Whole-Child screening tools designed to seamlessly integrate with your MTSS process flows.

Diverse group of smiling schoolchildren with backpacks raising their hands excitedly in a classroom hallway in front of a chalkboard.

What is Cascades Screening?

Cascades Screening helps districts identify early warning signs across the full spectrum of student wellbeing, from academic and attention challenges to peer conflict, emotional regulation, and school disengagement. It pairs these indicators with validated mental health screeners for depression, anxiety, trauma exposure, suicide and self-harm risk, and social functioning. Insights flow directly into your MTSS and Whole Child review process, highlighting the highest risk domains and guiding timely, coordinated interventions.

Early warning signs on wellbeing risks that indicate:

● Academic and Attention Issues
● Peer Relationship Problems
● Internalizing Behaviors
● Externalizing Behaviors
● Bullying Behaviors
● Emotional Dysregulation
● School Disengagement

Classroom with students at desks labeled as exhibiting bullying behavior and internalizing behavior.
Circular risk gauge with a smiling girl in the center, showing sections labeled High Risk in red, Some Risk in orange, and Low Risk in green.
Standardized mental health symptoms and risk screeners for:

● Depressive disorders
● Anxiety disorders
● Suicide/self‑harm or social functioning
● Trauma exposure and post‑traumatic stress

Key features that align with your district’s policies and goals:

● Parent Consent
● Identification of intervention priorities based on domain with highest risk
● Ability to create small group interventions and individual referrals for tiered supports.

Flowchart showing teacher input and student input with parent consent leading to district, school, and individual reports that inform setting district priorities and small group and individual referrals.
Line graph tracking student progress from 2023 to 2026 with a highlighted profile photo for 2026 and a Submit Referral button below.
Leverage screening results in Cascades MTSS process flows and Whole Child review

Start with a school or grade-level view of trends and risk signals, then move from summary metrics to the specific students impacted. Results are designed to support screening conversations with an MTSS team, not just reporting for reporting’s sake.

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"Cascades has provided the District an efficient way to analyze key data to determine student support and intervention, caseload management, and system level efficacy allowing for nimble problem solving. The data analysis efficiency of Cascades results in more time for our staff to provide direct support for students!"

Dr. Adam Bayne Ph.D.

Superintendent, Holton Schools

"As a district leader, I've seen firsthand the transformative impact Cascades has had on our schools. It empowers our teams to proactively address student well-being, behavior, and academic performance. Its early detection capabilities enable us to identify students at risk and provide timely interventions that are both culturally responsive and contextually appropriate. Cascades doesn't just offer solutions; it guides us through a systematic process that leads to measurable outcomes. Thanks to Cascades, our district is better equipped to create a nurturing environment where every student can thrive."

Sephram Raymond

Director, Instructional & Interventional
Services, Holton Schools