Deck 1: What Is so Different About Counseling in the Schools

Question 1

Weisz et al.(1995) found that these techniques tended to produce the greatest positive effects in children regardless of age, gender, therapist training, or type of problem:

A)Rogerian
B)psychodynamic
C)behavioral
D)developmental

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Services that are individual and intensive are considered to be:

A)Tier 2 strategies
B)Tier 1 strategies.
C)Tier 4 strategies
D)Tier 3 strategies

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Resiliency is an individual's

A)capacity to overcome identifiable risk factors
B)capacity to overcome identifiable risk factors and avoid the negative outcomes often associated with these risks
C)ability to avoid the negative outcomes often associated with risks
D)capacity to overcome identifiable protective factors

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Counseling is delivered to individuals or groups to increase their adaptive functioning on a:

A)long-term basis
B)short-term basis
C)daily basis
D)yearly basis

Question 5

Therapy refers to:

A)Counseling
B)Psychotherapy
C)Any sort of treatment
D)Counseling and Psychotherapy

Question 6

What is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and careers?

A)Psychopathology
B)Counseling
C)Analysis
D)Psychotherapy

Question 7

School settings are:

A)not open to all children
B)open to all children, regardless of their ability, history, or diagnosis
C)open to all children unless they are limited in their ability
D)open to all children unless they have a clinical diagnosis

Question 8

Which professional might focus on delivering specific guidance lessons as part of broader efforts to improve student behavior and reduce bullying?

A)School Psychiatrist
B)School Counselor
C)School Psychologist
D)School Social Worker

Question 9

Counseling is also considered to be a helping process that is delivered to individuals who are:

A)very sick
B)basically healthy
C)moderately sick
D)near death

Question 10

Which professionals have about one-third of their students on individualized education plans (IEP)s and the rest identified as "at-risk?

A)School Psychiatrist
B)School Counselor
C)School Psychologist
D)School Social Worker

Question 11

Guidance lessons and school-wide programming are considered to be:

A)Tier 2 strategies
B)Tier 1 strategies.
C)Tier 4 strategies
D)Tier 3 strategies

Question 12

Within a tiered model, it is expected that the percentage of students who require services at Tier 3 will approximate:

A)13-27%
B)17-20%
C)10-15%
D)2-5%

Question 13

Some of the most significant stressors for children and adolescents reflect "typical" experiences such as all but what:

A)gaining acceptance from peers
B)experiencing puberty
C)advancing to middle school
D)being physically abused

Question 14

Which professoral might assist in running targeted intervention groups to address students who are at-risk or demonstrating bullying behaviors?

A)School Psychiatrist
B)School Counselor
C)School Psychologist
D)Teachers

Question 15

Which approach(es) clearly involve a personal relationship with an individual or group with the goal of positive change?

A)Psychotherapy
B)Counseling
C)Psychotherapy and Counseling
D)Neither Psychotherapy or Counseling

Question 16

School-based professionals most often focus on:

A)helping teachers deal with students
B)only helping student clients function more effectively in the classroom
C)only helping student clients function more effectively with their peers.
D)helping student clients function more effectively in the classroom and with their peers.

Question 17

According to the Model for Comprehensive and Integrated School Psychological Services school psychology is

A)shifting toward more narrow interventions
B)not shifting at all
C)shifting toward more broad, systems level interventions that promote the well-being and academic achievement of students.
D)not effective

Question 18

What is an intentional effort of therapists to communicate their understanding of a patient's difficulties and help him or her share in this understanding?

A)Psychopathology
B)Counseling
C)Analysis
D)Psychotherapy

Question 19

School-based protective buffers include all but which:

A)success at school
B)participation in art and music classes
C)a supportive school environment
D)positive relationships with one's teachers and peers

Question 20

Programming delivered to a particular grade level (e.g., transition curriculum for 5^th grade students moving to 6^th grade) are considered to be:

A)Tier 2 strategies
B)Tier 1 strategies.
C)Tier 4 strategies
D)Tier 3 strategies

Question 21

Some school-based professionals object to the use of terms such as client, mental health, or therapeutic interventions because they suggest a clinical approach rather than one from the field of counseling.

Question 22

Of the students who have emotional, mental and behavioral issues, only about two in five will receive services

Question 23

In school counseling, the student to school counselor ratios are often very low.

Question 24

Protective factors in the neighborhood, school, family, and peer network can act as buffers against risk factors.

Question 25

Compare and contrast the roles of school psychologists, social workers, and counselors.

Question 26

How many states have a certification process for social workers providing services in the schools?

A)16
B)31
C)10
D)49

Question 27

List and describe the school based protective buffers.

Question 28

A resiliency framework provides an alternative, more positive way to think about serving youth in the schools.

Question 29

Psychotherapy tends to be:

A)a longer-term service when compared to counseling
B)a shorter-term service when compared to counseling
C)the same length as typical counseling services
D)a one-time meeting

Question 30

At any given point in time, how many children and adolescents will experience a mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder?

A)between 5 and 10% of children
B)between 29 and 46% of children
C)between 34 and 56% of children
D)between 14 and 20% of children

Question 31

A small psychoeducational or counseling group (e.g., divorce group, study skills group) is considered to be a Tier 3 strategy.

Question 32

Reese et al.(2010) found that skills training had a smaller effect size than cognitive behavioral approaches.

Question 33

School-based professionals typically provide counseling rather than psychotherapy.

Question 34

A recent survey indicated that respondents spent only 28% of their time in Tier 1 activities, while 59% of their time was spent at Tiers 2 and 3.

Question 35

Discuss the three tiers of the tiered model of services.

Question 36

School-based professional helpers face many unique challenges to delivering and evaluating the effectiveness of their services.

Question 37

Baskin et al.(2010) concluded that psychotherapy with children and adolescents in the schools yielded

A)limited effects
B)no effects
C)negative effects
D)positive effects

Question 38

School-based professional helpers face many unique challenges to delivering and evaluating the effectiveness of their services.Discuss these challenges.

Question 39

The Positive Behavioral Supports model is an example of a:

A)holistic service model
B)tiered service model
C)therapeutic service model
D)layered service model