ILLINOIS PEL FINAL PAPER UPDATED
QUESTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
ANSWERS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
◉ Ecological Systems Theory & School as Org
Answer: The school social worker, drawing upon the person-in-
environment approach, sees the self as a professional-in-
organization; the below systems (1) interact and interrelate with
one another and (2) the individual has the capacity to construct &
shape (rather than be shaped by) the systems in which he/she/they
participate
Microsystems - family, peer groups, and schools (within
environmental contexts); school = student peer groups, classrooms,
teams, parent groups, and formal and informal faculty
Mesosystems - the relationships that develop between microsystems
Exosystems - contexts in which the individual does not necessarily
participate in directly like Community orgs & school boards
◉ SSWAA Practice Model
Answer: - provide evidence-based education, behavior, and mental
health services
,- promote a school climate and culture conducive to student learning
& teaching excellence
- maximize access to school-based and community-based resources
◉ Early Childhood
Answer: period of development from 1 to 6 years of age; maintaining
attachment while beginning to explore world & self; learning to
control impulses; learning about status, roles, & rituals; beginning to
develop language and sense of self with "I" and "me;" begin to
understand parents' point of view; strategies for coping/regulation -
play, self-stimulation, language
◉ Middle Childhood
Answer: 6-11 years; have developed many more strategies for
emotional regulation than in early childhood; children are beginning
to see the world as a place with its own laws and customs, about
which they must learn and into which they must assimilate
themselves; latency stage - ability to maintain control & calm; begin
understanding social perspectives of others; begin to have empathy
(prosocial behavior), begin identifying themselves within groups >
individual; minority children identify their status/hierarchy based
on (class, race, gender, ability, ethnicity)
◉ Adolescence
Answer: Risk taking behaviors; heightened desire for independence;
egocentrism; puberty & growth spurt; Piaget's formal operations -
,able to think in new and novel ways; moral development - ability to
imagine a variety of outcomes for an event; development of
emotional intelligence, self-awareness, self-management, social
awareness, & relational management
◉ Early Adulthood
Answer: Erikson's identity exploration; finding one's niche in society
(relationships, vocation, love, work, residence); more autonomy than
adolescence, less responsibilities than adulthood; defined by
possibilities & optimism; striving towards independence (financially,
making decisions, accepting self-responsibility); exploring
spirituality and/or religion
◉ Culture & Human Development
Answer: most cultures begin schooling at ages 5 or 6; race,
socioeconomic status, & ethnicity greatly shape a way a child
develops their sense of self (in comparison with the dominant
majority) & language acquisition (how many languages are they
learning & are they conducive to the language used at school/larger
context); foster youth more likely to experience homelessness &
have much less privilege & exploration at adolescence & emerging
adulthood; context & cultural also influences resilience
◉ Object Relations Theory
Answer: the psychodynamic theory that views the desire for
relationships as the key motivating force in human behavior;
, explores the process whereby people come to experience
themselves as separate and independent from others, while at the
same time needing profound attachment to others
◉ Systems Theory
Answer: Factors at each level (micro, mezzo, macro) & how they
interact with one another to shape the lived experience; from which
risk & protective factors derive; when conducting an assessment
(bio-psycho-social-spiritual)
Micro - IQ, age, gender, income, health, language, spirituality,
recreation, emotion, cognition, self-esteem
Mezzo - local economy & resource, coworkers, work, family, church,
neighborhood
Macro - government, discrimination & oppression, history, services
& resources, cultural values, community, economics, politics
◉ Feminist Theory
Answer: a theoretical approach that looks at gender inequities in
society and the way that gender structures the social world;
emphasizes how social, political, & economic structures should be
considered based on the effects of oppression & domination, power
& powerlessness; intersectionality
◉ strengths-based approach
QUESTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
ANSWERS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
◉ Ecological Systems Theory & School as Org
Answer: The school social worker, drawing upon the person-in-
environment approach, sees the self as a professional-in-
organization; the below systems (1) interact and interrelate with
one another and (2) the individual has the capacity to construct &
shape (rather than be shaped by) the systems in which he/she/they
participate
Microsystems - family, peer groups, and schools (within
environmental contexts); school = student peer groups, classrooms,
teams, parent groups, and formal and informal faculty
Mesosystems - the relationships that develop between microsystems
Exosystems - contexts in which the individual does not necessarily
participate in directly like Community orgs & school boards
◉ SSWAA Practice Model
Answer: - provide evidence-based education, behavior, and mental
health services
,- promote a school climate and culture conducive to student learning
& teaching excellence
- maximize access to school-based and community-based resources
◉ Early Childhood
Answer: period of development from 1 to 6 years of age; maintaining
attachment while beginning to explore world & self; learning to
control impulses; learning about status, roles, & rituals; beginning to
develop language and sense of self with "I" and "me;" begin to
understand parents' point of view; strategies for coping/regulation -
play, self-stimulation, language
◉ Middle Childhood
Answer: 6-11 years; have developed many more strategies for
emotional regulation than in early childhood; children are beginning
to see the world as a place with its own laws and customs, about
which they must learn and into which they must assimilate
themselves; latency stage - ability to maintain control & calm; begin
understanding social perspectives of others; begin to have empathy
(prosocial behavior), begin identifying themselves within groups >
individual; minority children identify their status/hierarchy based
on (class, race, gender, ability, ethnicity)
◉ Adolescence
Answer: Risk taking behaviors; heightened desire for independence;
egocentrism; puberty & growth spurt; Piaget's formal operations -
,able to think in new and novel ways; moral development - ability to
imagine a variety of outcomes for an event; development of
emotional intelligence, self-awareness, self-management, social
awareness, & relational management
◉ Early Adulthood
Answer: Erikson's identity exploration; finding one's niche in society
(relationships, vocation, love, work, residence); more autonomy than
adolescence, less responsibilities than adulthood; defined by
possibilities & optimism; striving towards independence (financially,
making decisions, accepting self-responsibility); exploring
spirituality and/or religion
◉ Culture & Human Development
Answer: most cultures begin schooling at ages 5 or 6; race,
socioeconomic status, & ethnicity greatly shape a way a child
develops their sense of self (in comparison with the dominant
majority) & language acquisition (how many languages are they
learning & are they conducive to the language used at school/larger
context); foster youth more likely to experience homelessness &
have much less privilege & exploration at adolescence & emerging
adulthood; context & cultural also influences resilience
◉ Object Relations Theory
Answer: the psychodynamic theory that views the desire for
relationships as the key motivating force in human behavior;
, explores the process whereby people come to experience
themselves as separate and independent from others, while at the
same time needing profound attachment to others
◉ Systems Theory
Answer: Factors at each level (micro, mezzo, macro) & how they
interact with one another to shape the lived experience; from which
risk & protective factors derive; when conducting an assessment
(bio-psycho-social-spiritual)
Micro - IQ, age, gender, income, health, language, spirituality,
recreation, emotion, cognition, self-esteem
Mezzo - local economy & resource, coworkers, work, family, church,
neighborhood
Macro - government, discrimination & oppression, history, services
& resources, cultural values, community, economics, politics
◉ Feminist Theory
Answer: a theoretical approach that looks at gender inequities in
society and the way that gender structures the social world;
emphasizes how social, political, & economic structures should be
considered based on the effects of oppression & domination, power
& powerlessness; intersectionality
◉ strengths-based approach
