School Social Work General Resources
School Social Workers Best Practice
Graduate Student Resources
IASSW Internship Manual – A resource for School Social Work Internship Supervisors to help you in preparing your intern to improve the well-being of your school community.
School Social Work Association of America
Social & Emotional Learning
- Explore SEL Search Engine
- How to Talk to Parents About SEL
- Just Breathe (3:41) Activity
- Role-playing as an SEL Teaching Tool
- School-wide Implementation of SEL (Collaborative for Social & Academic Learning)
- SEL Activities
- SEL Activities & Lessons
- SEL Evidence-Based Intervention Search
- SEL Research
- SEL & Restorative Practices
- Therapeutic Tools
- ISBE SEL Learning Standards
Identifying Evidence-Informed Assessments and Interventions
- Campbell Collaboration
- Child Trends
- Cochrane Library
- California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse
- Mental Health Social Emotional & Behavioral Health Screening & Evaluation Compendium (see pdf I sent you)
- SAMSHA Evidence-Based Practice Resource Center
- Social Work Today
- What Works Clearinghouse
Resources by Topic
- How Kids Learn to Read
- 7 Strategies to Use With Struggling Readers
- National Public Library
- Knowledge Quest
- Second Step Book List
- Center for Children’s Books at the University of Illinois
- Picture books for teaching social emotional skills
- Books for Tough Topics, Social Justice, Gender Identity and much more
- Child Trauma Resources (US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Classroom Management (American Psychological Association)
- Coalition to Support Grieving Students
- Crisis Intervention Resources (UCLA Quick Find Clearinghouse)
- Diaster Distress Helpline Call 1-800-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746
- Ending the Silence (Evidence-Based Presentation for Middle and High School
- Helping Children Cope After a Disaster (US Department of Homeland Security)
- Helping Children Cope After a Traumatic Event (Child Mind Institute)
- Helping Children Cope After A Traumatic Event Resources by Age
- How to Talk To Kids About Tough Subjects
- National Association of School Psychologists Resource Page
- National School Mental Health Center Resources
- Postvention Resources: Bereavement, Memorials, and Anniversaries Recovery
- SAMSHA Mental Health Resources
- School Mental Health Resources (Maryland)
- Social and Emotional and Mental Health Tiered Supports Inventory (Education Development Center)
- Students on Mental Health Awareness from the National Alliance on Mental Illness)
- Talking to Children About Terrorist Attacks and School and Community Shootings in the News
- Technical Assistance Center)
- Technical Assistance (Readiness & Emergency Management for Schools
- Trauma Assessments for Youth (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
- Utah’s School Behavioral Health Toolkit
- Yale Child Study Center Community and School-Based Evidence-Based Programs
- Due Process (9:53)
- Everything You Need to Know About Special Education (11:52)
- FERPA
- Find Your School Report Card
- 4 IEP Secrets Withheld From Parents: Special Education Decoded (5:52)
- How IEPs are Different Than 504s (5:01)
- IDEA Statute
- iepQ - Resources for Writing IEP Goals
- Illinois Center for Transition & Work
- Illinois State Board of Education IEP Forms
- ISBE Educational Rights & Responsibilities: Understanding Special Education in Illinois - The Key Terms & Definitions
- Parent Guide
- ISBE Guidance on Behavioral Interventions (Restrictive, Non-restrictive
- McKenny-Vento
- Physical Restraint & Time Out
- OSEP Positive Proactive Approaches to Supporting Students with Disabilities: A Guide For Resilience, Empowerment, and Natural supports for Education and Work (RENEW) at the University of New Hampshire
- School to Work Transition Guide
- Stakeholders
- Section 504
- The Autism Project
- Transportation Solutions: Strategies for Getting to Work-based Learning Sites
- Wrightslaw Special Education Library
- Center for Mental Health in Schools & Student Learning at UCLA
- Dougy Center
- Grief - David Kessler website
- National Alliance for Chidren’s Grief
- National Center for School Safety
- Ted Talk - Nicole Reidy. Ambigious Loss: Understanding Uncertainity
- Ted Talk - David Kessler. How to find meaning after loss
- The grief of non-death losses
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- What’s Your Grief
- Coalition to Support Grieving Students
- Military One Source
- Child Care Aware
- National Military Family Association
- Illinois Army National Guard
- Tutor.com
- Army National Guard Child and Youth Services
- Invisible String
- Sesame Street for Military Families
- Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
- Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)
Disaster Distress Helpline
Call 1-800-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746.
“The Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990, can provide immediate counseling to anyone who needs help in dealing with the many issues and problems that might arise from tragedy and traumatic events. Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Helpline immediately connects callers to trained and caring professionals from the closest crisis counseling center in the nationwide network of centers. Helpline staff will provide confidential counseling, referrals, and other needed support services. The Disaster Distress Helpline is a 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week national hotline dedicated to providing disaster crisis counseling. The toll-free Helpline is confidential and multilingual, and available for those who are experiencing psychological distress as a result of natural or man-made disasters, incidents of mass violence, or any other tragedy affecting America’s communities.
Our texting service also is available to Spanish speakers. Text “Hablanos” to 66746 for 24/7 emotional support. TTY for Deaf/Hearing Impaired: 1-800-846-8517”