Deck 12: Group Counseling of Children

Question 1

Children primarily communicate via

A) verbal communication
B) play
C) pictures
D) metaphors

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In Child Parent Relational Therapy, parents are taught

A) child-centered play therapy skills
B) basic parenting strategies based on the work of Jones
C) effective ways of promoting academix success
D) effective ways of enhancing the marriage bond

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Psychoeducational groups for children seek to

A) provide support for emotional issues
B) remediate an identified skills deficit
C) remediate a parenting wound
D) provide the child with a surrogate parenting figure

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Child Parent Relational Therapy was pioneered by

A) Rogers
B) Melvin
C) Landreth
D) Boutross

Question 5

In Child-Centered Group Play Therapy, the leadership style is

A) nondirective
B) directive
C) Adlerian
D) authoritarian

Question 6

In group work with children, ages and developmental levels of members should be

A) heterogeneous
B) within 5 years of each others
C) homogeneous
D) none of the above

Question 7

Play symbolizes

A) what the child has experienced
B) the child's feelings about what they have experienced
C) the child's perception of self
D) all of the above

Question 8

A basic rule of thumb for group work with children is, the younger the child, the

A) shorter the session
B) longer the session
C) older the leader
D) increased need for co-leaders

Question 9

A primary function of group for children is the feeling of

A) empathy
B) frustration
C) belonging
D) parentification

Question 10

In Child Parent Relational Therapy, the children are

A) not seen as necessary, but can be used if available
B) actively involved
C) not involved
D) the focus of the treatment sessions