(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.2)
    Sec. 14-1.09.2. School Social Work Services. In the public schools, social work services may be provided by qualified specialists who hold a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of school social worker under Section 21B-25 of this Code.
    School social work services may include, but are not limited to:
        (1) Identifying students in need of special education
    
services by conducting a social-developmental study in a case study evaluation;
        (2) Developing and implementing comprehensive
    
interventions with students, parents, and teachers that will enhance student adjustment to, and performance in, the school setting;
        (3) Consulting and collaborating with teachers and
    
other school personnel regarding behavior management and intervention plans and inclusion in support of special education students in regular classroom settings;
        (4) Counseling with students, parents, and teachers
    
in accordance with the rules and regulations governing provision of related services, provided that parent permission must be obtained in writing before a student participates in a group counseling session;
        (5) Acting as a liaison between the public schools
    
and community resources;
        (6) Developing and implementing school-based
    
prevention programs, including mediation and violence prevention, implementing social and emotional education programs and services, and establishing and implementing bullying prevention and intervention programs;
        (7) Providing crisis intervention within the school
    
setting;
        (8) Supervising school social work interns enrolled
    
in school social work programs that meet the standards established by the State Board of Education;
        (9) Providing parent education and counseling as
    
appropriate in relation to the child's educational assessment;
        (10) Assisting in completing a functional behavioral
    
assessment, as well as assisting in the development of nonaversive behavioral intervention strategies; and
        (11) Evaluating program effectiveness.
    Nothing in this Section prohibits other licensed professionals from providing any of the services listed in this Section for which they are appropriately trained.
(Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)