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Resources and Tools for School Social Workers
Resources
- Collaboratively Speaking:
A study on effective ways to teach children with learning differences in the
general education classroom. Schwab Learning
- No Child Left Behind:
A-Z
Index
The Elementary & Secondary Education Act of NCLB
- Educating Our Children Together:
A Sourcebook for
Effective Family-School-Community Partnerships - Susanne Carter,
Oct. 2003
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Set for Success:
Building a Strong Foundation for School Readiness Based on the Social-Emotional
Development of Young Children - The report indicates that before children
can learn to read, they must learn basic social and emotional skills such as the
ability to tolerate frustration and take direction. Set for Success recommends
viewing social-emotional development and academic achievement as a continuum and
not as separate entities; broadening this understanding to parents, teachers,
caregivers, and policy makers; and providing training in this concept.
- The Scientific Base Linking Social and Emotional Learning to School Success
(Joseph E. Zins, Michelle R. Bloodworth, Roger P. Weissberg, and Herbert J.
Walberg)
- Evidence-Based Practice in School Mental Health -
James C. Raines, Oxford University Press: Oxford Workshop
Series, School Social Work Association of America, 20006
- This book explains the nuts and bolts of infusing research
throughout school-based practices following the guidelines of
the U.S. Department of Education. In clear, step-by-step detail,
it provides the conceptual tools needed to locate, evaluate, and
apply evidence in order to demonstrate positive outcomes for
students.
Tools
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Pre-referral (CARE)
Team Intervention Forms: The care team is a team of trained professionals
who meet regularly to support their colleagues in educating children with
challenging academic, emotional, behavioral, or discipline issues.
Adapted, Nov. 2004
-
Student/Teacher Matching
Rubric: Tool for use with students that have difficulty taking
responsibility for their behavior. C. Thiede, Apr. 2004
- Structured Observation Record:
Observing students in various school settings provides useful information to the
assessment process. C. Thiede, Apr. 2004
- Fast Facts - Evidence Based Practice
Organizations
