Deck 8: Delivery System: Counseling Activities in the DAP Model

Question 1

Our partnership with students begins with the foundation of our profession, which is:

A) assessment
B) counseling
C) consultation
D) collaboration

Answer 1

counseling

Question 2

One of the most important ways to help alleviate misunderstandings and misconceptions about school counseling is through effective and ongoing:

A) communication
B) collaboration
C) consultation
D) caring

Answer 2

communication

Question 3

Engaging in developmentally appropriate counseling with young people provides important implications for both the __________ and the _________ of our counseling with students.

A) purpose, ethics
B) interventions, strategies
C) manner, content
D) intent, effectiveness

Answer 3

manner, content

Question 4

School counselors need to be able to assess:

A) students' attention span
B) students' level of insight
C) students' level of emotional intelligence
D) students' clarity of values
E) students' level of decision-making
F) students ability to understand cause and effect
G) all of the above.

Question 5

Prevention efforts are often associated with:

A) classroom developmental curriculum
B) school wide efforts to improve the school environment
C) a. and b.
D) none of the above

Question 6

Intervention efforts are often associated with:

A) individual counseling
B) group counseling
C) parent-student-teacher-administration consultation and mediation
D) none of the above
E) all of the above

Question 7

Treatment consisting of in-depth, intensive, or medication-assisted therapy is most often:

A) conducted in the schools
B) not conducted in the schools
C) conducted in the schools through consultation
D) conducted collaboratively

Question 8

Issues that could require a counselor's involvement over a semester and often resolve themselves as the student matures and as time passes are considered:

A) short-term issues
B) high-level issues
C) long-term issues
D) surface-level issues

Question 9

Which of the following describes a multiculturally sensitive counselor?

A) Is aware of her/his own biases
B) Values diversity
C) Advocates for diverse students
D) Is an agent of social justice
E) All of the above

Question 10

To be an effective and ethical school counselor, you need to:

A) understand both the process of helping and the product of healing.
B) be sensitive the multicultural issues.
C) be aware that minor issues often mask students real concerns.
D) be knowledge about most issues and be able to put students at ease.
E) all of the above.

Question 11

The Self Directed Search, the Strong Interest Inventory, and the Kuder General Interest Survey are instruments generally used by school counselors to assess a student's development under which of the following domains?

A) Personal/Social
B) Academic
C) Career
D) Behavioral

Question 12

Three counseling approaches that are often practiced by school counselors are:

A) Adlerian therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and reality therapy
B) Adlerian therapy, solution-focused or brief therapy, and reality therapy
C) Client-centered therapy, REBT, and CBT
D) Adlerian therapy, solution-focused, and REBT

Question 13

Journaling, making up jokes, poetry, and storytelling are counseling strategies used for which of the following multiple intelligences?

A) Verbal/linguistic intelligence
B) Bodily/kinesthetic intelligence
C) Visual/spatial intelligence
D) Naturalist intelligence

Question 14

Which of the following describes group counseling?

A) involves primary prevention
B) has a therapeutic and intervention focus
C) is suggested to be effective, most especially with at-risk students
D) all of the above

Question 15

A school counselor proposes a small group experience involving role-playing, behavior rehearsal, and curriculum materials used to move the group toward a psychoeducational goal. The counselor is most likely proposing a:

A) process group
B) structured group
C) task group
D) support group

Question 16

A school counselor proposes a small group experience involving group interaction and spontaneous experiences that occur as members learn to negotiate the natural progression of relationship development. The counselor is most likely proposing a:

A) process group
B) structured group
C) support group
D) task group

Question 17

Which of the following is not an advantage of group counseling?

A) developmental appropriateness
B) efficacy
C) confidentiality
D) systems awareness

Question 18

Implementing peer facilitation programs and allowing students to work with a peer helper could result in:

A) decreased discipline referrals
B) improved attitudes toward school
C) improved attendance
D) improved grades
E) all of the above

Question 19

Assessment and appraisal are important school counselor functions. It is essential that school counselors:

A) have an in-depth understanding of assessment instruments and concepts
B) are aware of the criticisms of certain instruments that are often used in the schools
C) use assessment in the counseling function within the three domains
D) all of the above

Question 20

Systemic issues can affect students' efforts to learn, grow, and prosper. When intervening with adult partners, the most common scenario school counselors use involves:

A) assessment, treatment planning, and in-depth therapy
B) informing administration, contacting a local mental health agency, and transporting the adult partner to the facility
C) stabilizing the situation, brief counseling toward solutions, and an appropriate referral
D) none of the above

Question 21

Explain how Counseling Activities fit in the Delivery System of a CSCP based on the ASCA National Model.

Question 22

Explain individual student planning (Appraisal and Advisement) and responsive services (Counseling and Crisis Response) as Direct Services in the ASCA National Model.

Question 23

Explain how colleagues in the school setting may perceive counseling, and describe ways to communicate with colleagues about the nature of counseling and how important it is for students.

Question 24

Explain when individual and group counseling may be appropriate as prevention and intervention, and when to refer to community counselors for treatment.

Question 25

Explain how school counselors function in crisis response for the building and individual students re: suicide and crisis prevention.

Question 26

Explain how to provide multiculturally and developmentally appropriate individual and group counseling.

Question 27

Explain the process of conducting needs assessments and outcomes assessments for individual and group counseling.

Question 28

Explain the role of individual student planning to include assessment and appraisal.

Question 29

Explain the ethical issues of using assessment instruments in counseling and identify various assessment instruments for counseling in each domain.

Question 30

Explain school-appropriate theoretical options for counseling and how to use multiple intelligences when developing theoretically congruent counseling interventions.

Question 31

Explain the difference between structured/psychoeducational and process groups in the schools.

Question 32

Identify and explain the issues involved with peer facilitators.

Question 33

Explain a systems perspectives and why school counselors need to work with adult partners.

Question 34

Using systems thinking, write a rationale for counseling as an appropriate school counseling intervention to share with an adult partner.