Deck 20: Counseling Immigrants and Refugees

Question 1

Many immigrants are from collectivistic orientation.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The approximate number of the foreign-born population including undocumented immigrants living in the United States is

A) approximately 1 million
B) 10 to 12 million
C) over 35 million
D) over 41 million
E) no one really knows

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Of the approximately 41. 3 million of the foreign-born population currently living in the United States, how many are considered unauthorized immigrants?

A) approximately 5 million
B) approximately 11 million
C) approximately 15 million
D) approximately 22 million
E) Census efforts have failed due to fears of deportation therefore no one can agree on the population estimates

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT true of immigrants to the United States?

A) About one-third of all immigrants have a college degree.
B) Asians in general are the least educated of all the immigrants.
C) Immigrants, particularly those from Latin America, tend to earn lower wages and have higher incidents of poverty.
D) About 39 percent of the current immigrants have arrived since 2000.

Question 5

Name some of the main reasons refugees flee their countries.

Question 6

Since September 11, 2001, the admission of refugees to the United States has:

A) dramatically increased
B) slightly increased
C) stayed about the same
D) declined

Question 7

________________ _______________ may lead counselors to misdiagnose refugee children's ________________ behavior.

Question 8

Describe some of the concerns refugee children may experience related to pre-migration events.

Question 9

Any alien present in the United States or arriving at a port of entry may seek asylum.

Question 10

Some of the traumas that refugees may have been exposed to include

A) witnessing war-related beatings and killings
B) being personally injured
C) being a victim of sexual assault
D) living in fear for their lives or those of their family
E) All of the choices are correct.
F) None of the choices is correct.

Question 11

Are immigrants more or less likely to be dangerous or a drain on society?

Question 12

Which of the following may be a concern for refugees adapting to a new culture and country?

A) losing cultural identity
B) academic and social adjustment of their children
C) inflexible, low-wage jobs that prevent them from monitoring their children
D) negotiating new social, economic, and political systems

Question 13

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A) The vast majority of refugees are able to make a healthy transition to life in the United States.
B) Refugees and their family members often have low rates of PTSD and depression.
C) It is good practice to urge clients to disclose their traumatic experiences as early as possible in therapy.
D) As of 1990, it was publicly denounced in all countries that when a sexually assaulted women is considered unfit to marry, her family should go to jail.

Question 14

The somatic view of psychological disorders is that

A) mental disorders are the result of physical problems.
B) mental disorders are the result of spiritual problems.
C) mental disorders are the result of emotional problems.
D) All of the choices are correct.
E) None of the choices is correct.

Question 15

Which are the barriers to accessing health care services for immigrants?

A) communication difficulties due to language differences
B) lack of knowledge of mainstream delivery services
C) cultural factors
D) lack of resources

Question 16

Discuss the four best practices for utilizing interpreters with immigrants and refugees.

Question 17

Due to the importance of extended families, immigrant children and adolescents who attend school take longer to acculturate due to the absence of significant family members they left in their countries of origin.

Question 18

___________________ is the emotion associated with surviving atrocities in their country of origin and the necessity of leaving other family members behind.

Question 19

Describe what may occur when utilizing interpreters who have had similar experiences as the clients they are interpreting for.

Question 20

Polls in 2018 show that percent of Americans believe DACA, or dreamers, should be able to stay in the United States legally.