Deck 13: Career Development Interventions in Community Settings

Question 1

How are community agencies - typical sites for a community counselor -- funded?

Answer 1

No answer

Question 2

In what ways does the work of a community counselor differ from that of a school counselor? College counselor?

Answer 2

No answer

Question 3

What are benefits and limitations of having a private practice in counseling?

Answer 3

No answer

Question 4

What are some of the agencies in our geographic area that are typical of those with which community counselors would collaborate? What types of services do they provide?

Question 5

What is a case management plan, and why is it important?

Question 6

Given this case study (include one), what would a community-based counselor do to meet this client's needs?

Question 7

Describe competencies that a community-based counselor needs in addition to those for other counseling specialties, and indicate why they are needed.

Question 8

In what ways is the work of a community-based counselor different from that of a counselor in schools or universities?

Question 9

Outline Schlossberg's four step model for controlling transition effectively.

Question 10

Why is advocacy an important competency for community counselors? Give an example of how advocacy might impact the life of a community counselor's client.

Question 11

The specialty of school counseling was the first to be recognized by legislation. It

A) is based on entirely different competencies than community counseling.
B) does not have its own division of the American Counseling Association.
C) was not represented as one of the original four divisions that formed the American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA).
D) is represented by the American School Counselors Association (ASCA).

Question 12

CACREP is a

A) division of the American Counseling Association.
B) body that certifies counselors.
C) body that approves counselor education programs of study.
D) new piece of legislation that protects the confidentiality of clients.

Question 13

As prerequisites to certification, the National Board for Certified Counselors requires

A) thirty-six (36) hours of graduate work and a semester of supervised internship,.
B) forty-eight (48) hours of graduate work, two semesters of supervised field experience, two years of post-master's counseling experience, and passing a national exam.
C) thirty-six (36) hours of graduate work and passing a national certification exam.
D) forty-eight (48) hours of course work and one year of supervised field experience.

Question 14

One of the unique features about the work of community-based counselors, compared to other counseling specialties, is that they

A) deal primarily with teenagers.
B) make a lot more money.
C) may spend as much time working with community resources as with clients.
D) base their work on different counseling theories.

Question 15

Schlossberg's theory is helpful to community counselors because it

A) provides a structure for interviewing and doing a case plan.
B) relates primarily to adults.
C) offers a cognitive approach to dealing with problems.
D) does all of the above.

Question 16

Good competency in coordination is required of community counselors because

A) there are more things to coordinate for a person who comes for services in the community.
B) the primary task of community counselors it to link clients to services that can meet their needs.
C) the clients they serve are not capable of doing this for themselves.
D) it is one of the 12 basic competencies required of all counselors.

Question 17

Consultation is the process of

A) hiring consultants to help with program development or delivery.
B) accepting supervision from a person with more training than you have.
C) working with another professional in order to address the needs of a client.
D) seeking the advice of others about how to deal with a client.

Question 18

Advocacy is an important competency for community-based counselors for all of the following reasons except

A) resources for clients are always limited.
B) many clients do not know how to advocate for themselves.
C) all referral agencies make decisions with the best interests of their clients in mind.
D) there are typically more clients than agencies can adequately serve.

Question 19

The primary vehicle for assuring that clients receive the services they need when they need them is

A) Schlossberg's 4-S approach.
B) an action plan.
C) a case management plan.
D) a sequence of consultation activities.

Question 20

A community-based setting that is associated with the U.S. Employment Service is

A) the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
B) a military post.
C) a community mental health center.
D) a one-stop center.

Question 21

Types of services in mental health centers are most similar to those in

A) private practice.
B) substance abuse centers.
C) rehabilitation settings.
D) military settings.

Question 22

Career development in prison settings focuses on

A) a wide range of services.
B) career planning and job placement.
C) assessment, advisement, and individual counseling.
D) on-the-job training.

Question 23

Counselors in mental health centers typically have

A) a smaller caseload than those in private practice.
B) more time to spend with clients.
C) reduced responsibility for promotion, marketing, and management.
D) a limited network for consultation and referral.

Question 24

Coordination is the process whereby

A) the counselor brings together the needs of a client and the resources of the community.
B) one professional works with another to find ways to reach compromise that will address a client's needs.
C) pressure is applied to some aspect of the community to improve resources available to the client.
D) clients are assured a sequence of services they need in a timely and integrated fashion.

Question 25

Career counselors in private practice require, to a greater extent than those in other settings, the ability to

A) aid in transition situations.
B) facilitate a promotion.
C) make varied resources available.
D) apply business skills.

Question 26

There is a special division of the American Counseling Association for counselors who work in community settings.

Question 27

There is an entirely different set of competencies in which a community-based counselor is trained compared to other specialties of counseling.

Question 28

A community-based counselor is likely to spend as much time identifying and working with referral agencies as with one-to-one counseling with the client.

Question 29

By the year 2010 it should be possible to provide counseling services to clients via the Internet.

Question 30

Many corporations employ career counselors to assist their employees with career management.