Deck 11: Efficacy of Treatment

Question 1

Ways to maintain being an ethical practitioner include

A) Ongoing professional development
B) Consultation
C) Supervision
D) All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Counselors practice only within the boundaries of their competence based on many factors including

A) Where they went to school
B) Supervised experience
C) What part of the country they work in
D) Their age

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Social workers can practice

A) New skills, only after engaging in appropriate training and supervision on those skills
B) Marriage and family counseling if they have been married
C) Skills only involved in social situations
D) Skills taught in their graduate program, with no need to participate in continuing education

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Formal training

A) Has to include input from professional organizations and professional accrediting bodies
B) Does not vary from program to program
C) May include guided practice
D) Has to include mandates that go beyond the university criteria

Question 5

Continuing education

A) Is up to the practitioner because it does not affect the practitioner's competency
B) May include professional conferences
C) Does not include additional coursework
D) Is the same across states

Question 6

Peer consultation

A) Should only occur during formal training
B) Is a break of confidentiality
C) May enhance the clinical care of the client
D) Should only be used as a last resort

Question 7

The standard of care for appropriate treatment

A) Is definitive for each profession
B) Does not use a comparison of similar practitioners
C) Follows preordained directives for every condition of helping
D) Is a standard of what a reasonable practitioner may do in certain situations

Question 8

Effective treatments for standard of care

A) Should be grounded in theory
B) Should be the practitioner's favorite strategies
C) May require many sessions
D) Are rarely the concern of professional organizations

Question 9

Managed care

A) Allows the practitioner to have an unlimited amount of counseling sessions
B) Typically follows long-term therapy models
C) Requires the practitioner to be well-versed in short-term therapy models
D) Allows the practitioner to decide which form of service is best for the client

Question 10

Action research helps the practitioner

A) Develop hypotheses
B) Blend theory and practice
C) View decisions systematically
D) All of the above

Question 11

Practitioners should do the following when referring a client to another helper

A) Apologize to the client for not being able to continue the helping relationship
B) Help the client make contact with the new helper
C) Reimburse the money for past sessions
D) Encourage independence by allowing the client to find another helper without the help of the practitioner

Question 12

Clients can expect the following from practitioners who refer them to another helper

A) An immediate cut-off of services
B) Not to hear from the practitioner again
C) Assistance in understanding the reason for referral
D) Consultation between the two practitioners without client consent