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PEL 238 (School SW) Content Area Exam

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SOLVED (Newest 2025) The school IEP team is having difficult time with parents who disagree with the decisions being made. The SSW is asked to talk to the parents about their disagreement. What strategy should the school social worker use with the parents?

• Mediate/act as an advocate and suggest filing a due

process hearing and supporting them during/after.

• Arrange to meet with the parents in private and listen to

them with intention/care.

• Offer to ask for another re-evaluation from another

agency.... - Correct Answers ✅b. Arrange to meet with the parents in private and listen to them with intention/care.A rural school has invited an Alateen to come and share information. How does this best help the school?

• Understand how alcoholism impacts students.
• Students learn about substance abuse.
• Have a community referral for students.
• Students will learn how to confront their parent's drinking.
• Correct Answers ✅C) Have a community referral for

students.According to the IDEA, what is the role of the school social worker? 1 / 4

PEL 238 (School SW) Content Area Exam

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SOLVED (Newest 2025)

• Write SDS and complete behavioral assessments.
• Advocate for families/students
• Read and explain the parents' rights for students w/

disabilities

• Be a liaison between school and family - Correct

Answers ✅A) Write SDS and complete behavioral assessments.

A turbulent student:

• Care intensely about what others think
• Changes hair color often
• Joined a different religious group.
• Does not have appetite and lack of sleep. - Correct

Answers ✅D) Does not have appetite and lack of sleep.Two teachers of a refugee student go to the school social worker to help the student. What could the SSW recommend?

• Practice English by using flashcards
• Change the curriculum as a whole context
• More opportunities for cooperative learning 2 / 4

PEL 238 (School SW) Content Area Exam

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• Get students with similar backgrounds together in a class -

Correct Answers ✅C) More opportunities for cooperative learning A student with SLD has been fighting during recess and in another classroom. What should the IEP team consider doing?

• Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
• Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP)
• Adaptive Behavior Assessment
• Behavior Rating Scale - Correct Answers ✅A) Functional

Behavior Assessment (FBA) A foster parent came up to the school sw and shared that the biological mother has had unscheduled visits, and the student is not completing homework because of this situation. What can the sw assist with?

• Tell foster parents to help the student with -homework

assignments.

• Talk with the biological mother about unexpected

scheduled visits

• Praise the student when he does complete homework. 3 / 4

PEL 238 (School SW) Content Area Exam

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• Tell teachers about what is going on when grading. -

Correct Answers ✅C) Praise the student when he does complete homework.What is a challenge for a student who best learns and processes information through auditory learning?

• Transitioning by hearing a bell or other stimuli
• Presenting or reading out loud
• Reading on their own
• Verbal cues with no visuals - Correct Answers ✅C)

Reading on their own If a student transfers from a homogenous culture to a diverse school, what will be best for the school social worker to work on with the student?

• Recognizing differences among cultures
• Navigating interactions with a staff of diverse backgrounds
• Coping with language barriers in a diverse school setting.
• Accepting cultural diversity - Correct Answers ✅A)

Recognizing differences among cultures

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