Children and Adolescent Final

REBT stipulates that

thoughts govern feelings and behaviors

Principles of REBT have been incorporated into...

ALL Small group counseling Rational-emotive education Parent consultation

Special skills required for leading adolescent groups include:

ALL The ability to take charge. The ability to use structure. The ability make sessions interesting.

Which of the following describes reasons to use creative arts techniques with children?

ALL They address different learning styles They facilitate communication They are concrete

Which of the following characterizes mid-adolescence?

ALL They are preoccupied with achieving independence. They are less dependent on their peers They have increased emotional complexity.

Which of the following is true with regards to individuals with specific learning disabilities?

ALL They experience persistent difficulties in learning keystone academic skills. The learning difficulties can affect the child's ability to succeed in academic areas outside of the disability. They may struggle to listen well, stay on task and succeed in social situations

Which best describes an advantage of using play and games in counseling?

ALL They teach mastery. They help children assume responsibility for their behavior. They provide an alternative way of connecting with others.

Solution-focused brief counseling is

ALL Time limited Relationship based Developmentally appropriate

The view of human nature underlying reality therapy is that..

ALL We have a need for survival We have the need for love and belonging We have a need for freedom and fun

Which is not one of the domains of the Multicultural counseling competencies?

Ability to perform social advocacy

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1997) requires that...

Access to a free appropriate public education AND a screening process to identify children with disabilities is available.

Consultation with parents is

An indirect service to the child

Bibliotherapy is...

An interactive process AND a method of problem solving

What 2 factors have fueled the current reality for at-risk children and adolescents?

Deinstitutionalization and growing rated of childhood and adolescent trauma

Theraplay is a _____ model of play therapy.

Directive

Which of the following is NOT an example of a normative stressor that may impact a family?

Exposure to crime

Child-centered play therapists work primarily through...

empathy

SFBT focuses on...

exceptions to problems

The core of reality therapy consists of...

teaching clients to take effective control of their own lives.

Which of the following family characteristics is associated with child maltreatment?

ALL Substance abuse and stress Family Structure Parents who were themselves victims of childhood maltreatment

Adlerian Play Therapy progresses through how many phases?

4

Counselors need knowledge about child and adolescent development because...

ALL It helps them understand how clients respond to problems. It facilitates accurate assessment. It can be used in consultation with parents and teachers.

Limiting is done to...

ALL Protect the child from harm Protect the counselor from harm Increase child's sense of self-control

Rounds can be used as:

ALL A quick way to check in with each member at the start of the session. A way to hear reactions from each person in response to a short reading. A way to hear from each member at the end of the session.

Which of the following is a possible outcome of parent education and consultation?

ALL Acquisition of parenting skills. Acquisition of helpful behaviors. Improvement in children's behavior.

Which of the following is an example of a visual arts technique?

ALL Active photography Drawing Painting

Which of the following are some of the most common emotional problems children and adolescents, including those exceptionalities, experience?

ALL Anxiety Clinical Depression Low self-esteem

Children and adolescents that are considered at-risk if they are experiencing

ALL Both cultural and economic vulnerabilities. A reduction in their capacity to live independent, productive lives as adults. A need for additional resources through social service prevention and intervention.

Family counseling is appropriate in schools because

ALL Bothe hold common goals. Family problems can impact learning. Parental involvement is essential.

Incidents of mass violence can result in trauma for...

ALL Individuals and families Communities Countries

Silence can be useful because...

ALL It allows children to consider their responses. It helps the counselor process what has been said. It curbs the tendency to be overly helpful

Which of the following characterize termination?

ALL It can be associated with loss and abandonment. It can result in unsettling feelings for the counselor. It can be a gradual process.

Logical consequences for children

Are usually arranged by parents

When young clients are resistant, which of the following is NOT helpful?

Assuming that the young client is unmotivated

Of the following, which would most likely be an effective way to build a trusting relationship with a young child at the outset of counseling?

Be thoughtful, considerate, and consistent

The authors suggest that the following stages occur in groups with children and adolescents

Beginning, middle/working, closing

Which of the following characterize emotional development during mid-adolescence?

Being better able to deal with emotionally charged issues

Which of the following is an example of internalizing behavior?

Being withdrawn and quiet

Which of the following is an example of a normative stressor that may impact a family?

Birth of a child

When working with young clients, the first step should be...

Build rapport

An example of externalizing behaviors at school is

Bullying other children

Which of the following best describes middle childhood?

Children experience a high degree of self-control over their bodies AND children have a multidimensional view of themselves

In terms of their cognitive development, most early adolescents begin to shift from...

Concrete to formal operational thinking

According to REBT theory, self-acceptance implies...

Conditional self-acceptance

Which one of the following skills is NOT a basic play therapy skill?

Confronting

Short-term parenting styles are

Controlling, punitive, and rewarding AND permissive, overprotective and rescuing

All of the following are procedures that are commonly used by reality therapy, EXCEPT for

Deconstructing saturated narrative before attempting to co-create new stories.

Which of the following would NOT be appropriate guidelines during intake with a young child?

During phone or face-to-face interviews with family members, all questions should be focused on the child

Which of the following is NOT a best-practice recommendation for working wit children and adolescents?

Early in counseling relationship, focus on getting as much personal information as possible

Typically, a father's role in an Arab American family includes all of the following except

Educating the children

A child exhibiting _____ is characterized by the recognition that many of their behaviors are important components of their ethnic heritages and practices.

Ethnic Knowledge

According to this chapter, which of the following is NOT a relevant consideration when working with young clients?

Expert questioning is an essential skill to use with this age group

Solution-Focused brief counseling is

Future-oriented

Students who are twice exceptional are identified as....

Gifted AND having a learning disability

Which of the following is not a category of disability defined by the IDEA but is still an important exceptionality for counselors to understand?

Giftedness

The belief that intelligence can change, grow, and develop is frequently referred to as:

Growth Mindset

LGBTQA+ youth have _______ risk for suicide as compared to heterosexual youth.

High

Which of the following does NOT characterize self-development during early adolescence?

Increased self-esteem

Which is not one of the traditional African values centered around the principles of Nguzo Saba?

Independence

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using bibliotherapy?

It is more useful in individual counseling than in small group counseling

Which of the following students might LEAST benefit from group counseling?

Jamie, a well-adjusted 6th grade girl

Which of the following is NOT a family subsystem?

Judicial

When leading children's groups, the authors advocate a:

Leader-oriented leadership model

Which of the following factors predict stress reactions in children following traumatic events?

Level of exposure to the event AND level of distress at the time of the event.

Irrational beliefs can be detected by which of the following?

Listening for over-generalizations and demandingness AND through emotional and behavioral reactions

The main difference between parent support groups and parent education groups is that

Parent support groups are less structured than parent education groups

According to Sex, parenting is collapsing because...

Parents defer to their children AND parents suffer from role confusion

Which of the following is NOT a common group expectation?

Only the leader speaks.

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of irrational beliefs?

Overstating

The authors suggest that the greatest benefit for leading small groups with children and adolescents is that:

Participants get to interact with peers who are struggling with similar issues.

Which of the following is not a characteristics of reality therapy?

Paying attention to "sparkling events" that contradict problem-saturated stories

Which of the following is not an example of a cognitive distortion?

Personification

Examples of protective factors include:

Proactive parenting AND Grit

Which of the following is true of resilient children?

Resilient children can bounce back after adversity

Regarding advice giving, counselors should..

Resist the temptation to give advice

A child's ability to demonstrate self-control and modulate both positive and negative emotions is commonly referred to as the protective factor of

Self-Regulation

Rejecting the dominant culture and retaining the culture-of-origin exclusively describes...

Seperation

Which approach emphasizes patterns of family interaction, hierarchy, boundaries and subsystems?

Structural

Which of the following is an example of a miracle question?

Suppose that while you are sleeping tonight and the entire house is quiet, a miracle happens. So, when you wake up tomorrow morning, what will be different that will tell you that a miracle has happened? AND if i had magic wand and could make a miracle happen, what would be different about your life?

Which of the following characterizes preschooler's social development?

Their play is associative.

Which of the following is NOT a consideration in designing interventions?

Use an intervention that the counselor is more comfortable using

Which of the following best describes cognitive development during early adolescence?

They are unable to link feelings, events and situations

Which of the following best characterizes preschooler's emotional development?

They express feelings behaviorally

Which of the following statements is true as it applies to choice theory?

We are motivated primarily by internal forces and our behavior is our best attempt to get what we want

A counselor working from SFBT counseling model would most likely ask...

When is this not a problem for you? AND How did you progress?

Choice theory tends to focus on...

doing and thinking

SFBT is useful with children because...

it focuses on child's strengths

The personal Fable is...

none of these

How many sessions typically constitute SFBT?

up to 10 sessions

Reality therapy rests on the central idea that...

we choose our behavior and are responsible for what we do, think, and feel.