Deck 10: Dealing With Crises and Critical Issues

Question 1

For youths between the ages of 10 and 24 years, suicide is the _______ cause of death.

A) number one
B) third leading
C) fifth leading

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following groups has the highest suicide rate?

A) Asian Americans
B) Native Americans
C) African Americans

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following are warning signs for suicide?

A) Truancy or running away from home
B) Saying, "Nobody needs me"
C) Both A and B

Answer 3

C

Question 4

If you suspect a student is contemplating suicide, you should:

A) ask, "Are you thinking about suicide?"
B) help the student open up to you by telling him or her that you will keep anything they share with you confidential.
C) Both A and B

Question 5

Which of the following is a suicide prevention resource?

A) National Suicide Hotlines USA
B) YSPP (Youth Suicide Prevention Program)
C) Both A and B

Question 6

Young people engage in self-injury:

A) to relieve intense feelings, such as anger.
B) because they feel that dealing with physical pain is easier than dealing with emotional pain.
C) Both A and B

Question 7

Death practices among African Americans:

A) vary widely.
B) involve open grieving among women but not among men.
C) include the belief that talking about bad things will make them happen.

Question 8

Most children are able to conceptualize that death is final and not reversible at age:

A) 6 or 7.
B) 9 or 10.
C) 11.

Question 9

What needs did Butler find that children have with regards to death?

A) The need to understand the finality of death
B) The need to be protected from adult mourning
C) Both A and C

Question 10

Students dealing with the terminal illness of a family member go through a long, protracted series of stages. What is the second stage?

A) Crisis
B) Fight the illness
C) Upheaval

Question 11

Which of the following is true of adolescents' views toward death?

A) They deny the possibility of their own death except abstractly.
B) They formulate their own theories about life after death.
C) Both A and B

Question 12

Which of the following are typical behavioral responses to a parent's death?

A) Withdrawal and regressive behaviors
B) Aggression, hostility, and noncooperation
C) Both A and B

Question 13

It is common for surviving siblings to:

A) have thoughts about suicide.
B) report hallucinations of the deceased speaking or appearing to them.
C) Both A and B

Question 14

Terminally ill children:

A) should be encouraged to drop out of school and enjoy what time they have left.
B) often demonstrate remarkable knowledge about the seriousness of their condition.
C) Both A and B

Question 15

Which of the following is true of preparatory grief?

A) It typically progresses through eight distinct stages.
B) It includes depression.
C) Both A and B

Question 16

When a fellow student dies, it is important:

A) for teachers to not show emotion and to help students stay in control of theirs.
B) to inform schoolmates and their families of the death.
C) Both A and B

Question 17

The best environment for children to deal with the trauma of a fellow student's death is:

A) within the classroom.
B) at home.
C) at church.

Question 18

When tragedy comes to school:

A) many students experience fear of being alone or of the dark.
B) students must be given as much information as possible from credible sources.
C) Both A and B

Question 19

When tragedy comes to school:

A) it is important to safeguard students' privacy with regard to the media.
B) it is important to attend to the emotional needs of staff members.
C) Both A and B

Question 20

The point of death education is to:

A) scare students into making wise life choices.
B) confront one's own mortality, which helps develop mature perspectives.
C) help promote organ donation.

Question 21

Schools should be slow to reopen after a crisis to provide the community and families needed time to mourn and cope.

Question 22

The most frequently used method in suicides of young people is poisoning.

Question 23

Boys are more likely to die from suicide than are girls. In the 10- to 24-year-old group, 81% of suicide deaths are male.

Question 24

People who talk about killing themselves rarely do it.

Question 25

A sudden, unexplained recovery from a severe depressive episode is a behavioral predictive sign of suicide.

Question 26

It is best to ask a student calmly, "Are you thinking about suicide?" if you think a student might be considering it.

Question 27

A grieving individual who laughs one minute and then feels depressed the next is displaying an unhealthy coping pattern and should be aided in getting professional help.

Question 28

Most children survive the death of a parent without long-lasting effects upon their mental health.

Question 29

Terminally ill children experience lower stress and anxiety levels when family and medical personnel are open with them about their illness.

Question 30

When possible, classmates of a terminally ill child should not be informed about the illness so they can interact normally with the child and not ostracize him when he or she is able to attend school.

Question 31

Students should be encouraged to ask questions when they are informed of a classmate's death.

Question 32

Identify at least four elements that should be included in a school crisis plan.

Question 33

Describe the contents of a "go box."

Question 34

When might it not be appropriate for students and staff members to gather and give tributes after a death?

Question 35

Identify five or more risk factors for suicide.

Question 36

Explain what a teacher should do if he or she suspects a student is contemplating suicide.

Question 37

What should a teacher do if a student says, "I have something important to tell you, but first you must promise not to tell anyone else"?

Question 38

Identify four or more suicide prevention strategies that schools and communities can implement to counter suicide among students.

Question 39

Identify three reasons why youth intentionally injure themselves.

Question 40

Identify normal emotional reactions to death.

Question 41

Identify at least seven needs children have concerning death.

Question 42

Describe how preschool-age children typically see death.

Question 43

Describe how children in grades 1-3 typically see death.

Question 44

How can losing a parent as a teenager be particularly problematic?

Question 45

After a family member is diagnosed with a terminal illness, family members go through a long protracted series of stages. Identify these stages.

Question 46

Describe why the death of a sibling can be harder than the death of a parent.

Question 47

Identify the five preparatory grief stages a terminally ill individual can pass through.

Question 48

What special role does a teacher play in the life of a terminally ill child?

Question 49

Identify three or more comments often said to grieving individuals that should be avoided.

Question 50

Identify some purposes of death education.