What is the name of the first national association for school social workers?

• A. National Association of School Social Workers
• B. School Social Work Association of America
• C. National Association of Social Workers
• D. American School Counselor Association

Answer: (B)

The main idea is identifying the organization that historically brought school social workers together at a national level. The first national association devoted to school social work was the School Social Work Association of America, created to support practitioners working in K–12 settings and to advocate for the profession within education. The other choices don’t fit because the National Association of School Social Workers is not the historic first national group for this specialty, the National Association of Social Workers serves all social workers (not limited to schools), and the American School Counselor Association focuses on school counselors, not school social workers.