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Chapter 13: Social Work Practice in School Settings (Laura Hopson, Cynthia Franklin, and Mary Beth Harris)

Multiple Choice

1. What is the perspective used most often in school social work practice?

a. Systems perspective

b. Strengths perspective

c. Critical theory perspective

*d. Ecological perspective

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: MC

2. What are two system levels within which school social workers often interact?

a. Peer group and classroom

b. Classroom and community

*c. Individual and family

d. Family and school

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: MC

3. What entity is the primary provider of social services for families?

a. Community groups

*b. Schools

c. Social workers

d. Community mental health

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: MC

4. Who are the constituents who need support during their school career?

*a. Children under 18 years of age

b. Homeless children

c. Children with disabilities

d. At-risk and disadvantaged children

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: MC

5. What are two reasons why mental health needs for students may grow?

a. Untrained social workers who are unable to work with presenting problems and peer bullying

b. Poor money management and time restrictions

*c. Insufficient funding and competing priorities in schools

d. Disciplinary policies and insufficient funding

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: MC

6. What are the three system levels for social worker practice?

a. Open, rapport, and close

*b. Micro, mezzo, and macro

c. Beginning, middle, and end

d. Exo, ecto, and endo

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Ecological frame for school social work practice

Question Type: MC

7. What theory can be attributed to the belief that students and families are embedded in multiple systems influenced by social processes?

*a. Ecological theory

b. Hope theory

c. Attachment theory

d. Strain theory

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Ecological frame for social work practice

Question Type: MC

8. Who are the trained mental health professionals working on student service teams?

a. School attendance officers

b. School counselors

c. School liaison officers

*d. School social workers

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Ecological frame for school social work practice

Question Type: MC

9. What is the process in which social workers engage in the transition of a child’s environment over time as reform takes place?

a. Macro system

*b. Chronosystem

c. Exosystem

d. Micro system

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Ecological frame for school social work practice

Question Type: MC

10. What type of instruments do school social workers use to assess children’s behaviors?

*a. Self-reporting scales

b. Problem behavior scales

c. Teacher rating scales

d. Success profile scales

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Micro-level assessment

Question Type: MC

True/False

1. Current school assessment standards are largely based on grades, test scores, attendance, graduation rates, and suspensions.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge or Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: TF

2. Many students will need support not only with academics but also with mental, emotional, and behavioral problems.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge or Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: TF

3. School social workers can perform case management, agency referrals, home visits, and therapy.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Ecological frame for social work practice

Question Type: TF

4. School social workers are dependent on how their positions are funded.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Ecological frame for school social work practice

Question Type: TF

5. Direct behavioral classroom observations provide the only rich information on students’ behavior.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Micro-level Assessment

Question Type: TF

6. An Individual Educational Plan team is responsible for conducting functional behavioral assessments.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Micro-level assessment

Question Type: TF

7. The three common types of groups used as micro-level interventions include social skills groups, problem-solving groups, and social support groups.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Micro-level Assessment

Question Type: TF

8. When working within schools, family interventions often consist solely of family therapy approaches without case management.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Micro-level assessment

Question Type: TF

9. Technology is being used both professionally and socially in social work but plays a minimal role in social work practice.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Conclusion

Question Type: TF

10. According to Kumpfer, the two steps for implementing culturally relevant interventions include challenging and choosing.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Culturally Responsive Assessment and Intervention

Question Type: TF

Short Answer

Type: S

1. What is a microsystem?

*a. A microsystem is one that is influenced by others with whom an individual has regular face-to-face contact, such as family and friends.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Microsystem social work practice

Question Type: SA

Type: S

2. What is the No Child Left Behind Act?

*a. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is aimed at changing school policies and practices to improve student outcomes. It emphasizes consistent standards for curriculum and instruction across schools.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Macro level practice

Question Type: SA

Type: S

3. What is the Individual with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)?

*a. IDEA, passed in 1994 and reauthorized in 2004, allocates funding for school-based programs and requires schools to provide supports to allow a child with special needs to receive the same educational opportunities as any other child.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Macro level practice

Question Type: SA

Essay

Type: E

1. Define school climate and explain why the concept is gaining popularity.

*a. School climate is defined as the psychological impact of the school’s norms, values, and practice on the adults and children within the school. It is gaining popularity because research has consistently found evidence to link positive school climate with academic success. Research has found that relationships, safety, methods of teaching and learning, connectedness to school, and physical structure are all components related to school climate.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: School Climate

Question Type: ESS

Type: E

2. Describe the tasks social workers must perform in order to maintain standards and accountability.

*a. Tasks social workers must perform to maintain standards and accountability include demonstrating students’ academic success with clear data, demonstrating how services provided clearly lead to improved educational achievement, and connecting social work services to educational outcomes such as grades, attendance, behavior, etc.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Standards and Accountability

Question Type: ESS

Type: E

3. Explain four strategies Bowen suggests implementing to present evidence for the need for school social work services?

*a. Four strategies Bowen suggests for presenting evidence about the need for school social work services are 1) to explain outcomes of social work service provisions and their importance to academic success, 2) to identify the sources of data, 3) to use simple statistics, and 4) to explain how results may improve important problems in the school.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: ESS