Deck 1: The Profession of School Counseling 12

Question 1

According to the 2009 Stands of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), school counselors must be able to:

A) become nationally certified.
B) demonstrate professional school counselor competencies.
C) encourage students to remain in school.
D) accurately diagnose students' mental health issues and disorders.

Answer 1

demonstrate professional school counselor competencies.

Question 2

External tests of professional competencies may be used to document the professional attainment in school counseling as:

A) a prerequisite for state licensure/certification.
B) an evaluation to document the development of advanced for refined skills.
C) a nationally certified school counselor.
D) all of the above.

Answer 2

all of the above.

Question 3

The desire of the profession to recognize and document professional competence is to:

A) make sure that school counselors who have not been teachers are competent to serve as professional school counselors.
B) increase the number of nationally certified school counselors.
C) ensure that only the best professionals work in our schools.
D) none of the above.

Answer 3

ensure that only the best professionals work in our schools.

Question 4

Past and present perceptions are that former teachers make the best school counselors, however, recent research suggests:

A) teaching experience is not a predictor of a counselor's success.
B) teachers and non-teachers both face challenges in their professional development.
C) non-teachers make the best school counselors.
D) a and b.

Question 5

Aspiring school counselors who do not have prior teaching experience could gain such experience through:

A) substitute teaching or working as a teacher's aide in the classroom.
B) coaching.
C) parenting.
D) all of the above.

Question 6

The most notable personal qualities of a professional school counselor are:

A) passion, intelligence, creativity, imagination, and adaptability.
B) flexibility, creativity, imagination, passion, courage, and commitment to social justice.
C) creativity, imagination, flexibility, courage, belief, and passion.
D) none of the above.

Question 7

Why is a commitment to diversity and social justice important in school counseling?

A) Because it is the law.
B) Because everyone deserves the change to learn.
C) Because counselors in general are charged with the responsibility to advocate for our clients.
D) All of the above.

Question 8

Which of the following is not descriptive of what counseling is?

A) Counseling is both an art and a science, requiring intellect and intuition.
B) Counseling is an unintentional, unambiguous relational process.
C) Counseling is unique in its focus.
D) Counseling is a helping relationship with certain specific qualities.

Question 9

One useful way to conceptualize how to facilitate change with the client is to use the principles of learning described by:

A) Social Learning Theory.
B) Epistemological development.
C) Systems theory.
D) a and b.
E) b and c.

Question 10

The philosophy of education that hold the primacy of subject matter, mastery of content, and preservation of the existing national cultural heritage is referred to as:

A) Progressive Education.
B) Administrative Education.
C) Traditional Education.
D) Social Learning Education.

Question 11

The philosophy of education that hold the primacy of the child, active learning, recognition of students' individual differences, the drive to relate school to real life, and an agenda that includes transforming the national cultural heritage is referred to as:

A) Social Learning Education.
B) Progressive Education.
C) Administrative Education.
D) Traditional Education.

Question 12

The manifestation of professional who brought health and other social services into the schools and the move to involve schools in community issues best describes the:

A) Traditional Administrative Movement
B) Traditional Progressive Movement.
C) Social Progressive, or Social Reconstructionist Movement.
D) Administrative Progressive Movement.

Question 13

The philosophy of education that arose from the need to organize education to be more cost-effective in times of rapid growth in enrollment is referred to as the:

A) Administrative Progressive Movement.
B) Social Progressive, or Social Reconstructionist Movement.
C) Traditional Administrative Movement.
D) Traditional Progressive Movement.

Question 14

Education today is more likely to be described by:

A) teaching methods that energize both teaching and learning.
B) constructivist educational strategies.
C) Adlerian and Reality Therapy education.
D) all of the above.

Question 15

Career as the outcome of schooling and directive guidance and advisement best describe school counseling known as:

A) Developmental Guidance.
B) Vocational Guidance.
C) Comprehensive School Counseling.
D) None of the above.

Question 16

A focus on growth-oriented counseling over problem-solving best describes:

A) Mental Health Emphasis.
B) Comprehensive School Counseling.
C) Developmental Guidance.
D) All of the above.

Question 17

The type of school counseling that focused on developmental rather than remedial goals and brought school counseling to the elementary and middle school levels is known as:

A) Vocational Guidance.
B) Developmental Guidance.
C) Comprehensive School Counseling.
D) Mental Health Emphasis.

Question 18

ASCA defines a professional school counselor as an individual who:

A) is a certified/licensed educator with a minimum of a master's degree.
B) addresses all students' academic, personal/social and career development needs.
C) promotes and enhances student success and supports a safe learning environment.
D) all of the above.

Question 19

The National Standards highlight three content areas that summarize the development themes of schools. The order of these themes is:

A) academic, personal and social, career.
B) academic, career, personal and social.
C) personal and social, academic, career.
D) career, academic, personal and social.

Question 20

Which is not a competency that school counselors are expected to demonstrate?

A) Establish the foundations of a school counseling program aligning with the ASCA National Model.
B) Acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills demonstrated in the ASCA National Model.
C) Plan, organize, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive, developmental, result-based school counseling program that aligns with the ASCA National Model.
D) Deliver and manage a school counseling program aligning with the ASCA National Model.

Question 21

Identify and explain the professional and personal competencies and qualities that are needed by school counselors, including the qualities required for school counselors to be advocates for social justice and appreciation of diversity.

Question 22

Identify and explain the philosophies of counseling presented in Chapter 1. In what ways do the various philosophies influence your developing philosophy of counseling?

Question 23

Identify and explain the philosophies of education presented in Chapter 1. In what ways do the various philosophies influence your developing philosophy of education?

Question 24

Identity and explain the philosophies of school counseling presented in Chapter 1. In what ways do the various philosophies influence your developing philosophy of school counseling?

Question 25

Explain how the national association defines comprehensive school counseling programs.

Question 26

Explain the importance of the expectations and standards as defined by the national association for professional school counselors, including the professional organizations and credentials that are relevant to school counseling

Question 27

Identify and explain the various models of school counseling that have been proposed for comprehensive school counseling programs and reflect on the efficacy of each relative to the ASCA National Model.