Laws and Policies
This 1954 Supreme Court decision declared that “separate but equal” public schools are unconstitutional because segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This term describes how punitive school discipline pushes primarily students of color into the criminal justice system.
What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline?
This is the acronym that represents the 4 core communications skills used in Motivational Interviewing to foster collaborative, client-centered conversations.
What is OARS?
According to the NASW Code of Ethics, confidentiality may be broken only under this condition.
What is to prevent serious, foreseeable, and imminent harm?
Some variation of this is acceptable...
This tier represents services and curriculum that is provided to all students.
What is Tier 1?
Passed in 1975, this landmark federal law guarantees that students with disabilities are entitled to a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE).
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
This policy approach, widely implemented in the 1990s, claimed to deter misbehavior through automatic, harsh punishments, but research shows it disproportionately targets students of color and increases their risk of school dropout and justice involvement.
What are zero-tolerance policies?
This paradigm shift asks, "What happened to this student? instead of "What's wrong with this student?
What is trauma informed practice?
This principle of critical race theory asserts that racism is not an occasional event but a permanent feature of systems and institutions.
What is the Permanence of Racism?
This is what the acronym Social Emotional Learning stands for
What is Social Emotional Learning?
This 1982 Supreme Court case ruled that states cannot deny public education to undocumented children.
What is Plyer vs Doe?
Among Americans ages 1-24, this is the second leading cause of death.
What is suicide?
This is what the OARS acronym, used in MI, stands for.
What is Open-ended Questions, Affirmations, Reflective Listening, Summarizing?
This school-based approach focuses on repairing harm, rebuilding relationships, and strengthening community rather than relying on punishment or exclusion
What is Restorative Justice?
At this level of MTSS, s student would be receiving intensive services, likely including things like specialized classroom settings, individual counseling services, or a one-one aide.
What is Tier 3?
This federal act guarantees educational rights for students experiencing homelessness.
What is the McKinney-Vento Act?
These experiences such, as abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction, are linked to long-term impacts on health, behavior, and learning, shaping how school social workers understand trauma’s effects on development.
What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)?
This approach integrates best research evidence, client values and culture, and practitioner expertise to guide decision-making.
What is evidence based practice?
Paulo Freire warned that "washing one's hands of conflict between the powerful and the powerless" means siding with this group.
Who are the powerful?
Within MTSS, this behavior-focused framework aims to create positive and predictable school environments.
What is PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)?
Replacing No Child Left Behind in 2015, this federal law emphasizes state flexibility, accountability, and supports for the “whole child,” including provisions for social-emotional learning and school climate.
What is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)?
A single out of school suspension in ninth grade doubles this educational risk.
What is the risk of dropping out before graduation?
AR/AO evidence-informed practice asks this key question about research and power.
How can research be used to disrupt, not maintain, oppression?
SAMHSA identifies six trauma-informed principles; name two.
What are safety, trustworthiness, empowerment, collaboration, peer support, or cultural/historical/gender awareness?
A school implements clear behavior expectations, teaches them to all students, and celebrates positive choices rather than focusing on punishment.
What is an example of a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) approach?