ILTS School Counselor (235) case studies
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School Counselor (235) is an Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS) content-area test used in the state's educator licensure process for the school counselor role. It is intended for candidates who are preparing to serve as school counselors in Illinois schools and who must demonstrate the professional knowledge the state expects of a beginning school counselor. The ILTS School Counselor (235) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,489 words.
1The Disclosed Plan: Suicide Risk in the Middle of a Testing Window
on a Tuesday during PSAT week, Marisol, a 15-year-old sophomore, asks to see you instead of going to fourth period. You are one of five counselors at a 1,900-student high school; Marisol has a 504 plan for anxiety, and her chemistry grade has dropped from a B to a D this quarter.
908 words, about 5 min2The Loop-Marked Arm: Reporting When a Colleague Says Wait
You are the counselor in a PK-8 building of 620 students. On a warm Wednesday morning, Dante, a 12-year-old seventh grader, reaches across your desk for a pencil and his sleeve rides up, revealing a raised, looped mark on his forearm and yellow-green bruising above his waistband.
864 words, about 4 min3The Subpoena and the Divorced Parents: Counseling Notes in a Custody Fight
You are the counselor for a 16-year-old junior, Priya, and you keep brief private process notes from six sessions about her parents' divorce and her anxiety. On a Wednesday, her father emails asking for "complete copies of all counseling records," stating that he shares joint legal custody.
889 words, about 4 min4The Friday Threat: Joke Claim, IEP, and a Principal Who Wants Him Gone
Thursday at 3:15 p.m., two students show an assistant principal a screenshot of a Snapchat story: "I'm bringing something to school Friday and you'll see who's serious." The post is traced to Cole, a 14-year-old eighth grader with an IEP for an emotional disability who has already served two suspensions this semester, most recently two weeks ago for a hallway fight. Interviewed briefly, Cole rolls his eyes and says it was "a joke, everyone's on me," and mentions that a group of boys has been calling him names since September.
919 words, about 5 min5Enrollment Without Papers: An Unaccompanied Senior With 14.5 Credits
In mid-October, Andre, 17, comes to your office with his cousin's roommate, an adult who is not his guardian. Andre says his mother moved out of state in August and he has been staying with a cousin.
909 words, about 5 min