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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 14-1.09.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 14-1.09.2. School Social Work Services. In the
public |
| 8 | | schools, social work services may be provided by qualified |
| 9 | | specialists
who hold Type 73 School Service Personnel |
| 10 | | Certificates endorsed for school
social work issued by the |
| 11 | | State Teacher Certification Board.
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| 12 | | School social work services may include, but are not |
| 13 | | limited to:
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| 14 | | (1) Identifying students in need of special education |
| 15 | | services by
conducting a social-developmental study in a |
| 16 | | case study evaluation;
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| 17 | | (2) Developing and implementing comprehensive |
| 18 | | interventions with students,
parents, and teachers that |
| 19 | | will enhance student adjustment to, and performance
in, the |
| 20 | | school setting;
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| 21 | | (3) Consulting and collaborating with teachers and |
| 22 | | other school personnel
regarding behavior management and |
| 23 | | intervention plans and inclusion in support
of special |
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| 1 | | education students in regular classroom settings;
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| 2 | | (4) Counseling with students, parents, and teachers in |
| 3 | | accordance with
the rules and regulations governing |
| 4 | | provision of related services, provided
that parent |
| 5 | | permission must be obtained in writing before a student
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| 6 | | participates in a group counseling session;
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| 7 | | (5) Acting as a liaison between the public schools and |
| 8 | | community
resources;
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| 9 | | (6) Developing and implementing school-based |
| 10 | | prevention programs,
including mediation and violence |
| 11 | | prevention, and establishing and delivering anti-bullying |
| 12 | | programs;
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| 13 | | (7) Providing crisis intervention within the school |
| 14 | | setting;
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| 15 | | (8) Supervising school social work interns enrolled in |
| 16 | | school social work
programs that meet the standards |
| 17 | | established by the State Board of Education;
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| 18 | | (9) Providing parent education and counseling as |
| 19 | | appropriate in relation
to the child's educational |
| 20 | | assessment; and
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| 21 | | (10) Assisting in completing a functional behavioral |
| 22 | | assessment, as
well as assisting in the development of |
| 23 | | nonaversive behavioral intervention
strategies.
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| 24 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits other certified |
| 25 | | professionals from
providing any of the services listed in this |
| 26 | | Section for which
they are appropriately trained.
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