SOCW 588 - STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Role of the School Social Worker
Answer:
•Contribute to the social and emotional learning of all students by engaging in prevention activities
•Provide individual and group counseling
• Crisis Intervention
•Collaborate with teachers & administrators
•Liaison with families and communities
•Advocate for children and families
•Complete comprehensive assessments to ensure students educational needs are met
Question:
2. Compulsory school attendance
Answer:
1895-1918, passage of compulsory school attendance law, which meant education was no longer for the
elite; it was a necessary part of preparation for modern life and had to be for everyone. Belief became basis
for an ever-growing extension of education to all children at risk, whether populations of children with
special needs, special histories, or disabilities.
Question:
3. Early supreme court decisions in education
Answer:
-(1954) Brown v. Board of Education - education for each child is a constitutional right, which, if available
to any, must be available to all on an equal basis
Education for all Handicapped Children Act (1975) - all schools were required to educate every child
regardless of disability and any accompanying special needs
Question:
4. National Association of School Social Workers
Answer:
1955 - consolidation of the NASW
Merged together American Association of Group Workers, American Association of Medical Social
Wotkers, American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, American Association of SWs, and
NASSW
Question:
5. Shifts in focus for SSW
, Answer:
Philosophies of inclusiveness and respect for individual differences continue to shape the practice of
education and provide the basis for the role of the SSW
1906-7, purpose was to work bw the school and communities of new immigrants, promoting understanding
and communication Visiting teachers
1916 - role was to interpret to the school the child's out of school life; school-family-community liaison
1929 - Milford Conference - casework
1959 - Focus shifted from problem pupil alone, to focus on pupils and schools adapting to each other in the
context of every child's right to an education
Late 1960s, 1979 - Specialization
1974 - Alderson & four models of practice: clinical theory, social change model, school community model,
social interaction model
Question:
6. Models of SSW practice
Answer:
(Alderson, 1974)
Clinical model: changing pupils identified as having social or emotional difficulties
School change model: changing the environment and conditions of the school
School community model: relation of school to its community, particularly to deprived and disadvantaged
communities
Social interaction model: focus of practice on persons and environments, pupils (in families), and schools
in reciprocal interaction; draws on systems theory
Question:
7. 7 functions of SSW role (Costin)
Answer:
1. Direct counseling with individuals, groups, and families
2. Advocacy
3. Consultation
4. Community linkage
5. Interdisciplinary team coordination
6. Needs assessment
7. Program and policy development
Question:
8. Code of ethics
Answer:
Sets forth specific ethical standards with which the public can expect social workers to comply
These standards also set forth the expectation to which the public can hold the social worker accountable
The code is viewed as one of the highest authorities and reference points to which the courts and state
boards can use when investigating an inquiry regarding ethical issues
Question:
9. Organization that created/developed position statement with regard to confidentiality
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Role of the School Social Worker
Answer:
•Contribute to the social and emotional learning of all students by engaging in prevention activities
•Provide individual and group counseling
• Crisis Intervention
•Collaborate with teachers & administrators
•Liaison with families and communities
•Advocate for children and families
•Complete comprehensive assessments to ensure students educational needs are met
Question:
2. Compulsory school attendance
Answer:
1895-1918, passage of compulsory school attendance law, which meant education was no longer for the
elite; it was a necessary part of preparation for modern life and had to be for everyone. Belief became basis
for an ever-growing extension of education to all children at risk, whether populations of children with
special needs, special histories, or disabilities.
Question:
3. Early supreme court decisions in education
Answer:
-(1954) Brown v. Board of Education - education for each child is a constitutional right, which, if available
to any, must be available to all on an equal basis
Education for all Handicapped Children Act (1975) - all schools were required to educate every child
regardless of disability and any accompanying special needs
Question:
4. National Association of School Social Workers
Answer:
1955 - consolidation of the NASW
Merged together American Association of Group Workers, American Association of Medical Social
Wotkers, American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, American Association of SWs, and
NASSW
Question:
5. Shifts in focus for SSW
, Answer:
Philosophies of inclusiveness and respect for individual differences continue to shape the practice of
education and provide the basis for the role of the SSW
1906-7, purpose was to work bw the school and communities of new immigrants, promoting understanding
and communication Visiting teachers
1916 - role was to interpret to the school the child's out of school life; school-family-community liaison
1929 - Milford Conference - casework
1959 - Focus shifted from problem pupil alone, to focus on pupils and schools adapting to each other in the
context of every child's right to an education
Late 1960s, 1979 - Specialization
1974 - Alderson & four models of practice: clinical theory, social change model, school community model,
social interaction model
Question:
6. Models of SSW practice
Answer:
(Alderson, 1974)
Clinical model: changing pupils identified as having social or emotional difficulties
School change model: changing the environment and conditions of the school
School community model: relation of school to its community, particularly to deprived and disadvantaged
communities
Social interaction model: focus of practice on persons and environments, pupils (in families), and schools
in reciprocal interaction; draws on systems theory
Question:
7. 7 functions of SSW role (Costin)
Answer:
1. Direct counseling with individuals, groups, and families
2. Advocacy
3. Consultation
4. Community linkage
5. Interdisciplinary team coordination
6. Needs assessment
7. Program and policy development
Question:
8. Code of ethics
Answer:
Sets forth specific ethical standards with which the public can expect social workers to comply
These standards also set forth the expectation to which the public can hold the social worker accountable
The code is viewed as one of the highest authorities and reference points to which the courts and state
boards can use when investigating an inquiry regarding ethical issues
Question:
9. Organization that created/developed position statement with regard to confidentiality
