Social Work
NIA Social Workers provide school based social work services for general education and special education students. Duties include planning and delivery of therapy, evaluations, documentation, IEP compliance, MTSS support, case management, and team consultation.
Services
Referral and Evaluation
Students are assessed to determine their social emotional needs. Referrals are initiated by members of the educational team and evaluations are completed upon consent from the student’s parent(s) or guardian. Social workers follow district guidelines for social emotional and behavioral screening and MTSS intervention.
Intervention and Collaboration
The Social Worker supports students by working with teams to:
- Create social emotional and behavior goals to support educational access and success.
- Designs activities and supports social emotional learning to enhance student engagement and improvement within the school setting.
- Utilize direct and consultative intervention that will improve academics and social emotional learning across the educational environment.
- Deliver high quality assessment and interventions including:
- Assist with conflict resolution and anger management.
- Develop appropriate social interaction skills.
- Assist the child in understanding and accepting self and others.
- Assist in Crisis intervention services per the district policy
- Provide Social Emotional screenings per district policy
- Social Emotional intervention (RTI or MTSS) services per district policy
- Comprehensive social emotional evaluations
All Social Work Services include performance evaluation, staff development, and staff supervision/support.
Who We Are
NIA Social Workers hold a Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) or Doctor of Social Work (DSW) and a ISBE Professional Educator License (PEL) with a support personnel endorsement. All Illinois school social workers must obtain the PEL endorsed in School Support Personnel in order to work as a school social worker in Illinois. School Workers also hold their IDFPR license as a social worker.
For more information contact:
Tisha Seward, M.A., M.S. CCC-SLP/L
Northwestern Illinois Association
Sycamore, IL 60178
Email Tisha