6 Written Questions

1. Formerly known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, it was passed in 2004 and requires that public schools create an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for each student who is found to be eligible for special education services; the cornerstone of a student's educational program
2. Formerly the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, this law mandated that all school districts identify students with these problems and then develop specialized programs to meet their needs
3. A school social worker might be involved in this type of group working on initial assessment of the child and the family, with the parents clinically, and in teacher observation, training, and support
4. Clients have the right to hold and express their own opinions and to act on them, as long as doing so does not infringe on the rights of others
5. legal discrimination
6. Social work model in the 1960s that wanted to change systems to benefit clients

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. George W. Bush's education plan that was signed into law in 2002; has received mixed reviews
   1. No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
   2. Charter schools
   3. Self-determination
   4. De facto discrimination
2. A social worker who often functions as an advocate for the child; there are times when acting as an agent of social control (the law, the system) need not be looked at negatively
   1. Charter schools
   2. PL 94-142
   3. truant officers
   4. Advocate
3. In the school setting, a person who understands and is not intimated by large complicated systems and can help a family or child face the educational bureaucracy or deal with other social systems
   1. truant officers
   2. PL 94-142
   3. Charter schools
   4. Advocate
4. A social work process that emphasizes looking beyond the client's presenting problems to assess the complexities and interrelationships of the client's life situation
   1. Charter schools
   2. Reform approach
   3. Systems approach
   4. Systems change specialist
5. A social work role in which an important focus is on evidence-based practice; needs to look at the research and identify what programs actually produce what results
   1. Brown v. Board of Education
   2. Program research specialist
   3. Charter schools
   4. Systems change specialist

5 True/False Questions

1. De facto discrimination → legal discrimination

   True        False

2. Education for All Handicapped Children Act → Enacted in 1975, this mandates that all local school districts provide full and appropriate educational opportunities to all children, including those with a disability

   True        False

3. Systems change specialist → A social work role in which an important focus is on evidence-based practice; needs to look at the research and identify what programs actually produce what results

   True        False

4. Charter schools → A social work process that emphasizes looking beyond the client's presenting problems to assess the complexities and interrelationships of the client's life situation

   True        False

5. Brown v. Board of Education → In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in this case that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

   True        False