Grade 5 - UBC Middle Years Development Instrument

FOR GRADE 5 STUDENTS ONLY: Abbotsford School District has partnered with the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) at the University of British Columbia to measure and promote children’s social and emotional development, health, well-being, and assets through the Middle Year Development Instrument (MDI). The Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) is a self-report questionnaire that asks children in middle childhood about their thoughts, feelings and experiences. The survey questions align with the BC Ministry of Education’s K-12 curriculum, which includes a focus on promoting children’s personal and social competencies. This will take place at Sandy Hill Elementary in January and February 2022.

For more information and to view the questionnaires: http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/mdi/

Parent FAQs: http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/mdi/parent-guardian-resources/

If you DO NOT want your child to participate please contact your child’s teacher, fill out the withdrawal form at the end of the parent/guardian informed passive consent letter (see attached, also a copy was sent home with your child), or contact the MDI project staff at mdi [at] help.ubc.ca.