ILLINOIS PEL - SOCIAL WORK CONTENT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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.
Abuse and Neglected Child Reporting Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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.
ANSWERS
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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.
Abuse and Neglected Child Reporting Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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.
