Deck 7: Prevention Programming in School Counseling: Serving All Students Proactively

Question 1

School counseling programs need to be balanced between intervention responses and reactive prevention programming.

Answer 1

False
Explanation: School counseling programs need to be balanced between intervention responses and proactive prevention programming.

Question 2

The school counselor leads groups designed to help students become better problem solvers. What type of service is this?

A) consultative
B) indirect
C) coordination
D) direct

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the four primary school counselor interventions?

A) collaboration
B) consultation
C) coordination
D) individual counseling

Answer 3

A

Question 4

_____________________is the primary delivery system for prevention programming and developmental curricula.

A) Individual counseling
B) Small group guidance
C) Tertiary programming
D) Large group guidance

Question 5

Offering assertiveness training to preteens and young teenagers who are likely to have difficulty resisting peer pressure to participate in substance-abusing behaviors is an example of:

A) distributive prevention
B) tertiary prevention
C) secondary prevention
D) primary prevention

Question 6

In _______________ prevention, one-to-one and group counseling are used to serve individuals already experiencing problems, to prevent those problems from getting worse, to prevent relapses, and to help resolve the problems.

A) tertiary
B) primary
C) secondary
D) participatory

Question 7

_______________ programs are designed to help all children and adolescents cope better with the developmental tasks they must face.

A) Secondary prevention
B) Primary prevention
C) Participatory prevention
D) Tertiary prevention

Question 8

Prevention programming must have several important initial conditions, one of which is ________________.

A) a school environment in which administrators view teachers the same as counselors
B) participants should understand at the outset that a balanced program in not necessary
C) all individuals who influence the counselors' role should understand what prevention means
D) teachers provide the interventions in their classrooms

Question 9

Proactive prevention programming usually has all but which of the following common features.

A) It does not require a predetermined plan.
B) It is presented in a group format.
C) It is planned in advance.
D) It is structured.

Question 10

The American School Counselor Association has long used the term ______________ when referring to strategies that promote the academic career and personal/social development of children and adolescents.

A) classroom guidance
B) developmental guidance
C) prevention programming
D) student intervention

Question 11

A balanced approach combining careful counseling intervention responses and prevention programming has promise for more success than either approach alone.

Question 12

School counselors should be involved in staff development for school personnel that focuses on learning how to promote high expectations and standards.

Question 13

Prevention programming does not need to include a guidance curriculum.

Question 14

Evaluation of student results, school counselor performance, and program completeness is essential to ensuring the effectiveness and relevance of school counseling programs, and it requires _____________________________.

A) a statistical software package
B) the collection and use of data
C) consultation
D) leadership from an administrator