SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK MIDTERM
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% VERIFIED
5 subsystems in which school social workers find themselves practicing - ANSWER-1.
production system
2. maintenance subsystem
3. supportive subsystems
4. adaptive subsystems
5. managerial subsystems
Earliest school social workers done by teachers, referred to as what? - ANSWER-
Visiting teachers
the IEP team that meets to determine if a child is in need of special education services -
ANSWER-Eligibility conference
The IEP team at an eligibility conference - ANSWER-parents, evaluating school staff,
teachers, and administrators
504 description - ANSWER-A blueprint or plan for how a child will have access to
learning at school
504 law - ANSWER-Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This is a federal civil
rights law to stop discrimination against people with disabilities
504 eligibility - ANSWER-two requirements:
1. a child has any disability, which can include many learning or attention issues
2. The disability must interfere with the child's ability to learn in a general education
classroom.
A child who doesnt qualify for an IEP might still be able to get a 504 plan
IEP eligibility - ANSWER-Two requirements:
1. A child has one or more of the 13 specific disabilities listen in IDEA. Learning and
attention issues may qualify
2. The disability must affect the childs educational performance and/or ability to learn
and benefit from the general education curriculum
IEP law - ANSWER-The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
An IEP is created by an IEP team that must include:
the parent
one of the childs general education teachers
, one special education teacher
school psychologist or other specialist who can interpret evaluation results
A district representative with authority over special education services
entire team must be present for IEP meetings
Informed parent consent - ANSWER-not only must the parent consent to evaluation
being undertaken but it must include anything that is needed so that parents fully
understand what is involved. After evaluation, parental consent continues in that parents
must agree with certifying their child as special ed eligible
In the year ______ recognition
by NASW as a distinct Social Worker role, use of term school social worker. -
ANSWER-1955
What is greatest challenge within the school setting? - ANSWER-CONFIDENTIALITY
RTI Tier 1 - ANSWER-All students are screened to identify those students who need
intervention to be on
track academically. These screeners are to be evidence-based and provided by regular
ed teachers in the classroom
RTI Tier 2 - ANSWER-More intense instruction in addition to what student is getting in
classroom if screening process shows academic deficits. Small group setting. Perhaps
not yet classified as special ed.
RTI Tier 3 - ANSWER-Even more intensive supplemental instruction. More
individualized to student, may indicate student is moving toward special ed status.
Reactive response - ANSWER-Reactive responses result after a situation has taken
place and there is a need to discipline. This usually involves the administrative office of
discipline.
Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) - ANSWER-Is conducted by a qualified
professional not employed by the school agency, but this evaluation is paid for by the
school district (Wright & Wright, 2007). This intervention is usually requested by the
parent(s) because of lack of confidence in the school district or in response to not
accepting the results of the original evaluation.
Mainstreaming - ANSWER-Is placing special education students in regular classes
when they are believed competent enough to be integrated into that environment
(possibly with modifications to the curriculum). This process helps these students share
an academic and a social environment with their non classified peers. It is also part of
what is considered a "least restrictive" environment—that is, an environment that is part
of general education
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% VERIFIED
5 subsystems in which school social workers find themselves practicing - ANSWER-1.
production system
2. maintenance subsystem
3. supportive subsystems
4. adaptive subsystems
5. managerial subsystems
Earliest school social workers done by teachers, referred to as what? - ANSWER-
Visiting teachers
the IEP team that meets to determine if a child is in need of special education services -
ANSWER-Eligibility conference
The IEP team at an eligibility conference - ANSWER-parents, evaluating school staff,
teachers, and administrators
504 description - ANSWER-A blueprint or plan for how a child will have access to
learning at school
504 law - ANSWER-Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This is a federal civil
rights law to stop discrimination against people with disabilities
504 eligibility - ANSWER-two requirements:
1. a child has any disability, which can include many learning or attention issues
2. The disability must interfere with the child's ability to learn in a general education
classroom.
A child who doesnt qualify for an IEP might still be able to get a 504 plan
IEP eligibility - ANSWER-Two requirements:
1. A child has one or more of the 13 specific disabilities listen in IDEA. Learning and
attention issues may qualify
2. The disability must affect the childs educational performance and/or ability to learn
and benefit from the general education curriculum
IEP law - ANSWER-The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
An IEP is created by an IEP team that must include:
the parent
one of the childs general education teachers
, one special education teacher
school psychologist or other specialist who can interpret evaluation results
A district representative with authority over special education services
entire team must be present for IEP meetings
Informed parent consent - ANSWER-not only must the parent consent to evaluation
being undertaken but it must include anything that is needed so that parents fully
understand what is involved. After evaluation, parental consent continues in that parents
must agree with certifying their child as special ed eligible
In the year ______ recognition
by NASW as a distinct Social Worker role, use of term school social worker. -
ANSWER-1955
What is greatest challenge within the school setting? - ANSWER-CONFIDENTIALITY
RTI Tier 1 - ANSWER-All students are screened to identify those students who need
intervention to be on
track academically. These screeners are to be evidence-based and provided by regular
ed teachers in the classroom
RTI Tier 2 - ANSWER-More intense instruction in addition to what student is getting in
classroom if screening process shows academic deficits. Small group setting. Perhaps
not yet classified as special ed.
RTI Tier 3 - ANSWER-Even more intensive supplemental instruction. More
individualized to student, may indicate student is moving toward special ed status.
Reactive response - ANSWER-Reactive responses result after a situation has taken
place and there is a need to discipline. This usually involves the administrative office of
discipline.
Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) - ANSWER-Is conducted by a qualified
professional not employed by the school agency, but this evaluation is paid for by the
school district (Wright & Wright, 2007). This intervention is usually requested by the
parent(s) because of lack of confidence in the school district or in response to not
accepting the results of the original evaluation.
Mainstreaming - ANSWER-Is placing special education students in regular classes
when they are believed competent enough to be integrated into that environment
(possibly with modifications to the curriculum). This process helps these students share
an academic and a social environment with their non classified peers. It is also part of
what is considered a "least restrictive" environment—that is, an environment that is part
of general education
