Exam 8: Professional Competence and Training

Referring clients to other professionals is:

According to the American Counseling Association,counselors practice only within the boundaries of their competence,based on:

The skills and training required to effectively and appropriately treat clients in a specific area of practice,and is both an ethical and legal concept,is the definition for:

When therapists extend the boundaries of their practice,or when they branch out into an area requiring specialty competence,they should:

___________ is an organized system by which practitioners within a profession assess one another's services.

If each professional organization developed specific guidelines pertaining to students' successful completion of a program,faculty in training programs:

Registry is generally a voluntary listing of individuals who use a title or provide a service.________ represents the least degree of regulation of professional practice.

______________ is a voluntary attempt by a group to promote a professional identity.

From an ethical perspective,counselor educators and trainers are expected to present varied theoretical positions.Training programs would do well to offer students:

Students should be advised as early as possible if their behavior is problematic,and:

Even though mental health professionals may not intend to harm clients,_________ is often a major contributing factor in causing harm.

____________ is a basic component of practitioner competence.

When a practitioner has a license,he or she is:

___________ is a developmentally informed process that provides useful feedback during one's training and throughout one's professional career.

Continuing professional education is important because:

When a therapist believes referring a client to be the appropriate course of action due to a lack of competence in the client's issue:

As a part of the process of screening candidates for a therapist training program,counselor educators should complete all of the following EXCEPT:

_____________ is an end point evaluation typically completed at the end of a professional program or when applying for licensure status.

Training programs have a responsibility to complete all of the following EXCEPT:

According to the American School Counseling Association,in order to apply our knowledge and skills competently: