Describe the professional roles a school social worker

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Case: SERVING CHILDREN AT SCHOOL

A case of bullying, a shooting, chronic truancy, an exacerbated mental health issue, a pregnancy, a disability impacting academic performance: A school social worker may find themselves responding to any one of these situations within the educational setting. School social workers are adept at seeing a child's academic performance within the larger context of their home life, and accounting for what may be going on within the larger environment.

In this Discussion, you imagine a scenario that could occur related to students in the school setting. Your peers then analyze social worker roles in addressing the scenario.

To prepare:

Review the Learning Resources on school social work.

For this Discussion, you must write an original scenario involving the school environment. Review the following example scenarios. Use them as models for the types of information, format, and level of detail to include when you present your own school-based scenario. Some possible topics are school violence, homelessness, students with disabilities, truancy, and public health.

Main Assignment:

Create and describe a specific and detailed scenario involving students at school. Some general topics include school violence, homelessness, students with disabilities, truancy, and public health.

Reflection: Reflect on a different scenario than you did:

Describe the professional roles a school social worker might assume to address a scenario.

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