Illinois PEL - Social Work Content Exam
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Abuse and Neglected Child Reporting Act - ✔️✔️A state law intended to protect the
health, safety, and best interests of the child in all situations where the child is
vulnerable to child abuse or neglect. It provides for reporting and investigation.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - ✔️✔️A federal law passed in 1990, and
amended in 2008, that prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with
disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in mainstream
American life - to enjoy employment opportunities, to purchase goods and services, and
to participate in state and local gov't programs and services.
The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 - ✔️✔️a state law with short and long term
recommendations for providing comprehensive, coordinated mental health prevention,
early intervention, and treatment services for children from birth to age 18. Law realizes
that emotional and social development significantly impact school readiness and
academic success.
Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records - ✔️✔️A federal regulation
that governs confidentiality for individuals (including minors) seeking treatment for
substance use disorders from federally assisted programs. It requires consent of the
minor prior to the disclosure of information from patient records if the minor obtained
treatment without parental consent. If parental consent is needed to obtain treatment,
consent from both the parent and minor is needed before disclosing information from
client records.
Erin's Law - ✔️✔️A state law requiring school districts to adopt and implement policy
addressing sexual abuse in children, including:
- age appropriate curriculum
- training for school personnel on child sexual abuse
- educational info to parents on the warning signs of abuse
- counseling and resources for students experiencing sexual abuse
- emotional and educational support for a child of abuse
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) - ✔️✔️An assessment procedure to examine
specific behaviors that may be impeding a student's academic and/or behavioral
success in the school environment. The goal is to gather information about the cause
and reasons behind specific behaviors that a student may exhibit.
,Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) - ✔️✔️A working document outlining a student's
problem behavior, antecedents, consequences, and the function of the behavior. Its
goal is to shape behavior towards ones that are pro-academic or pro-social & meet
student needs.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - ✔️✔️Replaced the No Child Left Behind Act
(NCLB) with the following purposes
- advance equity for disadvantaged/high needs students
- teaching all students to high academic standards
- annual statewide assessments
- evidence-based interventions
- increase access to preschool
- positive change in lowest performing schools
- preparing migrant children for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive
employment
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - ✔️✔️A federal law that governs
student confidentiality in schools. It requires that schools not divulge, reveal or share
any personally identifiable information about a student or his/her family, unless it is with
another school employee who needs the information to work with the student. An
exception is the publishing of student directory information.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student's education
records maintained by the school and have the right to request that a school correct
records that they believe to be inaccurate or misleading.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - ✔️✔️A federal law with
goals to improve continuity of group and individual health insurance coverage, combat
waste and fraud in health insurance and health care delivery, improve access to long-
term care services, and simplify the administration of health insurance.
Illinois Administrative Code (IAC) - Title 23 - ✔️✔️Contains the state's administrative
rules on education and cultural resources. Rules pertaining to education are proposed
by ISBE and approved by a subgroup of the Illinois General Assembly called the Joint
Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR)
Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code - ✔️✔️The law states that
any person may request information from a developmental disability or mental health
facility relating to whether a minor has been admitted to the facility. The law describes
the rights of minors receiving inpatient and outpatient treatment in a mental health
facility, including their right to consent to counseling services. Overseen by IL DHS
Illinois School Code - ✔️✔️This compilation of statues describes Illinois' policies and
directives regarding powers and duties of school boards and districts with respect to
, finances, health, and safety programs, school records and reports, strategic planning,
and administration of programs. Contains information on school funding, roles of school
personnel, and information about general education and special education programming
authorized through ISBE.
Illinois School Student Records Act - ✔️✔️Describes the requirements for the
maintenance and destruction of student records. addresses the disclosure of records,
the rights of parent and students to access records, procedures for challenging the
content of records, and penalties for noncompliance with the law. Protects the
disclosure of privileged or confidential communications, including information
communicated in confidence to a school social worker/intern.
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001 - ✔️✔️A federal law requiring that
all children and youth experiencing homelessness have access to a FAPE. Schools
must provide children and youth experiencing homelessness with access to the
education and services they need to ensure them an opportunity to meet the same
challenging standards as other students. Each region in IL has a homeless liaison -
each district must have one, too.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔️✔️Is a section of the a federal civil
rights law which reads in part, that no "otherwise qualified handicapped individual" shall
be excluded from participation in program or activity receiving federal financial
assistance ("college, university or other post-secondary institution, or a public system of
higher education") It is much broader in its definition of "handicap" than is the IDEA and
it is a much more general law in that it doesn't not provide specific direction on how to
address the needs of individuals with disabilities, referring only to the fact that schools
must make "reasonable accommodations." Because of its broader definition students
who do not qualify for special education services under the IDEA may be considered
"handicap" under Section 504.
DREAMers/Undocumented Students - ✔️✔️State and federal laws guarantee the right
of all students to a free public education through grade 12 or until the age 21 -
regardless of status.
- The immigration status of the parent or child has no bearing on the rights of the
student to enroll and receive equitable education
- Caregivers cannot be required to produce any single document for their child's
enrollment
LGBTQIA+ - ✔️✔️These youth can be victims of physical violence, homelessness,
and/or be at an increased risk for suicide. These students face discrimination,
harassment, and marginalization both within school settings and throughout
communities across the country.
Social work efforts
- developing anti-bullying interventions
- advising gay-straight alliances
Questions And Answers Latest |Update|
Verified Answers
Abuse and Neglected Child Reporting Act - ✔️✔️A state law intended to protect the
health, safety, and best interests of the child in all situations where the child is
vulnerable to child abuse or neglect. It provides for reporting and investigation.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - ✔️✔️A federal law passed in 1990, and
amended in 2008, that prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with
disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in mainstream
American life - to enjoy employment opportunities, to purchase goods and services, and
to participate in state and local gov't programs and services.
The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 - ✔️✔️a state law with short and long term
recommendations for providing comprehensive, coordinated mental health prevention,
early intervention, and treatment services for children from birth to age 18. Law realizes
that emotional and social development significantly impact school readiness and
academic success.
Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records - ✔️✔️A federal regulation
that governs confidentiality for individuals (including minors) seeking treatment for
substance use disorders from federally assisted programs. It requires consent of the
minor prior to the disclosure of information from patient records if the minor obtained
treatment without parental consent. If parental consent is needed to obtain treatment,
consent from both the parent and minor is needed before disclosing information from
client records.
Erin's Law - ✔️✔️A state law requiring school districts to adopt and implement policy
addressing sexual abuse in children, including:
- age appropriate curriculum
- training for school personnel on child sexual abuse
- educational info to parents on the warning signs of abuse
- counseling and resources for students experiencing sexual abuse
- emotional and educational support for a child of abuse
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) - ✔️✔️An assessment procedure to examine
specific behaviors that may be impeding a student's academic and/or behavioral
success in the school environment. The goal is to gather information about the cause
and reasons behind specific behaviors that a student may exhibit.
,Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) - ✔️✔️A working document outlining a student's
problem behavior, antecedents, consequences, and the function of the behavior. Its
goal is to shape behavior towards ones that are pro-academic or pro-social & meet
student needs.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - ✔️✔️Replaced the No Child Left Behind Act
(NCLB) with the following purposes
- advance equity for disadvantaged/high needs students
- teaching all students to high academic standards
- annual statewide assessments
- evidence-based interventions
- increase access to preschool
- positive change in lowest performing schools
- preparing migrant children for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive
employment
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - ✔️✔️A federal law that governs
student confidentiality in schools. It requires that schools not divulge, reveal or share
any personally identifiable information about a student or his/her family, unless it is with
another school employee who needs the information to work with the student. An
exception is the publishing of student directory information.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student's education
records maintained by the school and have the right to request that a school correct
records that they believe to be inaccurate or misleading.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - ✔️✔️A federal law with
goals to improve continuity of group and individual health insurance coverage, combat
waste and fraud in health insurance and health care delivery, improve access to long-
term care services, and simplify the administration of health insurance.
Illinois Administrative Code (IAC) - Title 23 - ✔️✔️Contains the state's administrative
rules on education and cultural resources. Rules pertaining to education are proposed
by ISBE and approved by a subgroup of the Illinois General Assembly called the Joint
Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR)
Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code - ✔️✔️The law states that
any person may request information from a developmental disability or mental health
facility relating to whether a minor has been admitted to the facility. The law describes
the rights of minors receiving inpatient and outpatient treatment in a mental health
facility, including their right to consent to counseling services. Overseen by IL DHS
Illinois School Code - ✔️✔️This compilation of statues describes Illinois' policies and
directives regarding powers and duties of school boards and districts with respect to
, finances, health, and safety programs, school records and reports, strategic planning,
and administration of programs. Contains information on school funding, roles of school
personnel, and information about general education and special education programming
authorized through ISBE.
Illinois School Student Records Act - ✔️✔️Describes the requirements for the
maintenance and destruction of student records. addresses the disclosure of records,
the rights of parent and students to access records, procedures for challenging the
content of records, and penalties for noncompliance with the law. Protects the
disclosure of privileged or confidential communications, including information
communicated in confidence to a school social worker/intern.
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001 - ✔️✔️A federal law requiring that
all children and youth experiencing homelessness have access to a FAPE. Schools
must provide children and youth experiencing homelessness with access to the
education and services they need to ensure them an opportunity to meet the same
challenging standards as other students. Each region in IL has a homeless liaison -
each district must have one, too.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔️✔️Is a section of the a federal civil
rights law which reads in part, that no "otherwise qualified handicapped individual" shall
be excluded from participation in program or activity receiving federal financial
assistance ("college, university or other post-secondary institution, or a public system of
higher education") It is much broader in its definition of "handicap" than is the IDEA and
it is a much more general law in that it doesn't not provide specific direction on how to
address the needs of individuals with disabilities, referring only to the fact that schools
must make "reasonable accommodations." Because of its broader definition students
who do not qualify for special education services under the IDEA may be considered
"handicap" under Section 504.
DREAMers/Undocumented Students - ✔️✔️State and federal laws guarantee the right
of all students to a free public education through grade 12 or until the age 21 -
regardless of status.
- The immigration status of the parent or child has no bearing on the rights of the
student to enroll and receive equitable education
- Caregivers cannot be required to produce any single document for their child's
enrollment
LGBTQIA+ - ✔️✔️These youth can be victims of physical violence, homelessness,
and/or be at an increased risk for suicide. These students face discrimination,
harassment, and marginalization both within school settings and throughout
communities across the country.
Social work efforts
- developing anti-bullying interventions
- advising gay-straight alliances
