Illinois PEL - Social Work Content
Questions And Answers 2025|2026
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why the problem behavior is occurring from information collected
through the record review, interviews, and observations; ICEL & RIOT
assessments before problem-solving team has the problem-solving
meeting
problem-solving team - CORRECT ANSWER-multidisciplinary team
members that use a systematic approach to solving problems with the
use of data-based decision making (administration, general education
teachers, school social workers, school psychologists, specialists, and
parents); goal = identify interventions, monitor them, and determine
the success of their supports
problem solving meeting - CORRECT ANSWER-multidisciplinary
meetings (including parents) where the team engages to determine
individualized supports for students within the general education
environment using general education resources; (1) is there a problem,
what is it? (2) why is it happening? (3) what can be done? (4) did the
intervention work?; *important to work with data when discussing and
advocating for students
,Tier I - CORRECT ANSWER-Schoolwide efforts to prevent learning
problems and quickly intervene. Early identification of high risk
students. Individualized instruction.
Defining common expectations of teaching, modeling, reinforcing, and
reteaching school expectations as needed; teach positive behavior, have
clear expectations, and employ a process of recognizing students for
engaging in positive behavior, to define what consequences are, and to
have a data system to inform future practice; universal screeners to
identify students in need of SEL support
ensure a school climate conducive to learning
Tier II - CORRECT ANSWER-interventions assign children to small pull-
out groups in which subject-area specialists help them catch up
should not be individuated but instead designed for groups of students
so that they can easily access them and teachers can implement them;
teachers should be involved in the process of designing them; examples
- check in check out, social/academic instructional groups, and group or
,individual mentoring; social work role = oversee curriculum selection,
grouping of students, data tracking, and training of the group facilitators
small group & short term
- target conflict resolution
-
Tier III - CORRECT ANSWER-for those who do not respond to Tier I and
Tier II, includes the traditional services of school psychologists and SpEd
teachers. "Learning Disability" label is not used until Tier III
person-centered or function-based comprehensive planning for
individual students
what parents expect of school SWers - CORRECT ANSWER-(1) positive,
understandable, and respectful communication (2) commitment to the
child and family (3) equality in decision making and service
implementation & equal power to influence outcomes (4)
demonstrated professional skills and competence (5) trust - confidence
in the dependability, ability, strength, and veracity (6) respect, mutual
regard, and esteem in actions and communications with the school
, Systems Theory with Families - CORRECT ANSWER--lends itself well to
complex, systemic problems, as route toward individual help goes
through the family, the student, and the living situation, surrounding
institutions - all can be used to help the student in life tasks
- Helps student cope with developmental needs of life circumstances
· Begin with a focus on environmental changes, as they may have the
most rapid results - Even small changes in the classroom environment
with the teacher or in the home environment with the parents may be
enough to give the child an opportunity to cope more effectively
(without children having to see themselves differently or recipients of a
direct intervention)
· Small changes in the worlds that children inhabit, and corresponding
changes in their relations to each other, create larger changes in the
total environment supporting the child's learning to cope differently
· Social workers do not need to take on the role of 1-1 work with the
child when a teacher or parent has already done so as part of the team
effort
Trauma-informed approach - CORRECT ANSWER-A person-centered and
strengths-based service delivery approach that recognizes the
prevalence of trauma among clients across settings and human services
systems
- Trauma is a public health issue
Questions And Answers 2025|2026
Verified Graded A+ Already Passed!
why the problem behavior is occurring from information collected
through the record review, interviews, and observations; ICEL & RIOT
assessments before problem-solving team has the problem-solving
meeting
problem-solving team - CORRECT ANSWER-multidisciplinary team
members that use a systematic approach to solving problems with the
use of data-based decision making (administration, general education
teachers, school social workers, school psychologists, specialists, and
parents); goal = identify interventions, monitor them, and determine
the success of their supports
problem solving meeting - CORRECT ANSWER-multidisciplinary
meetings (including parents) where the team engages to determine
individualized supports for students within the general education
environment using general education resources; (1) is there a problem,
what is it? (2) why is it happening? (3) what can be done? (4) did the
intervention work?; *important to work with data when discussing and
advocating for students
,Tier I - CORRECT ANSWER-Schoolwide efforts to prevent learning
problems and quickly intervene. Early identification of high risk
students. Individualized instruction.
Defining common expectations of teaching, modeling, reinforcing, and
reteaching school expectations as needed; teach positive behavior, have
clear expectations, and employ a process of recognizing students for
engaging in positive behavior, to define what consequences are, and to
have a data system to inform future practice; universal screeners to
identify students in need of SEL support
ensure a school climate conducive to learning
Tier II - CORRECT ANSWER-interventions assign children to small pull-
out groups in which subject-area specialists help them catch up
should not be individuated but instead designed for groups of students
so that they can easily access them and teachers can implement them;
teachers should be involved in the process of designing them; examples
- check in check out, social/academic instructional groups, and group or
,individual mentoring; social work role = oversee curriculum selection,
grouping of students, data tracking, and training of the group facilitators
small group & short term
- target conflict resolution
-
Tier III - CORRECT ANSWER-for those who do not respond to Tier I and
Tier II, includes the traditional services of school psychologists and SpEd
teachers. "Learning Disability" label is not used until Tier III
person-centered or function-based comprehensive planning for
individual students
what parents expect of school SWers - CORRECT ANSWER-(1) positive,
understandable, and respectful communication (2) commitment to the
child and family (3) equality in decision making and service
implementation & equal power to influence outcomes (4)
demonstrated professional skills and competence (5) trust - confidence
in the dependability, ability, strength, and veracity (6) respect, mutual
regard, and esteem in actions and communications with the school
, Systems Theory with Families - CORRECT ANSWER--lends itself well to
complex, systemic problems, as route toward individual help goes
through the family, the student, and the living situation, surrounding
institutions - all can be used to help the student in life tasks
- Helps student cope with developmental needs of life circumstances
· Begin with a focus on environmental changes, as they may have the
most rapid results - Even small changes in the classroom environment
with the teacher or in the home environment with the parents may be
enough to give the child an opportunity to cope more effectively
(without children having to see themselves differently or recipients of a
direct intervention)
· Small changes in the worlds that children inhabit, and corresponding
changes in their relations to each other, create larger changes in the
total environment supporting the child's learning to cope differently
· Social workers do not need to take on the role of 1-1 work with the
child when a teacher or parent has already done so as part of the team
effort
Trauma-informed approach - CORRECT ANSWER-A person-centered and
strengths-based service delivery approach that recognizes the
prevalence of trauma among clients across settings and human services
systems
- Trauma is a public health issue
