IL238 School Social Work Exam
Questions And Actual Answers.
Ecosystems Perspective - Answer All systems (students, classroom, schools) must be understood within
their social context and among the multifaceted transactions that take place between systems.
Ecological Theory - Answer a perspective providing the framework for understanding the nature of the
transactions between the person and different institutions and systems.
Ex. helping the social worker to identify and consider all systems contributing to the student's situation
or difficulty.
The resolution may be more effective when intervention take place within more than one system.
ecological environments - Answer School system, Peer groups, ethnic/racial group, family
system/extended members, socioeconomic group, community/neighborhood
Family Systems Theory - Answer A theory that views the family as a system of interacting parts whose
interactions exhibit consistent patterns and unstated rules. (Murray Bowen) Within the boundaries of
the system, patterns develop as certain family member's behavior is caused by and causes other family
member's behaviors in predictable ways. Maintaining the same pattern of behaviors within a system may
lead to balance in the family system, but also to dysfunction.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) - Answer Federal law that pertains
specifically to education records. Under FERPA, parents have the right to consent to disclosure of their
children's information until the child reaches the age of 18. At 18 the rights transfer to the student.
FERPA applies to the education records of the students, including information that is in written or
recorded form. Many records created by the SSW are subject to the provisions of FERPA.
A school social worker generates social developmental studies, conducts and records functional
behavioral analyses, provides and documents social work minutes in a individualized education plan, and
engages in recording notes of individual and group counseling sessions.
These are all protected under what federal law? - Answer Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of
1974 (FERPA)
Questions And Actual Answers.
Ecosystems Perspective - Answer All systems (students, classroom, schools) must be understood within
their social context and among the multifaceted transactions that take place between systems.
Ecological Theory - Answer a perspective providing the framework for understanding the nature of the
transactions between the person and different institutions and systems.
Ex. helping the social worker to identify and consider all systems contributing to the student's situation
or difficulty.
The resolution may be more effective when intervention take place within more than one system.
ecological environments - Answer School system, Peer groups, ethnic/racial group, family
system/extended members, socioeconomic group, community/neighborhood
Family Systems Theory - Answer A theory that views the family as a system of interacting parts whose
interactions exhibit consistent patterns and unstated rules. (Murray Bowen) Within the boundaries of
the system, patterns develop as certain family member's behavior is caused by and causes other family
member's behaviors in predictable ways. Maintaining the same pattern of behaviors within a system may
lead to balance in the family system, but also to dysfunction.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) - Answer Federal law that pertains
specifically to education records. Under FERPA, parents have the right to consent to disclosure of their
children's information until the child reaches the age of 18. At 18 the rights transfer to the student.
FERPA applies to the education records of the students, including information that is in written or
recorded form. Many records created by the SSW are subject to the provisions of FERPA.
A school social worker generates social developmental studies, conducts and records functional
behavioral analyses, provides and documents social work minutes in a individualized education plan, and
engages in recording notes of individual and group counseling sessions.
These are all protected under what federal law? - Answer Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of
1974 (FERPA)
