Solution-Focused Brief Counseling consists of what six steps?
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Define problem, determine goals, develop intervention,
assign strategic tasks, emphasize positive behavior,
terminate counseling.
Beginning a Solution-Focused Brief Counseling session
involves having the student define the problem and
determine his desired goals for counseling. With the
assistance of the counselor, the intervention or behavior
change is both determined and initiated by the student.
Strategic tasks are assigned by the counselor and involve a
direct behavior change. For example, if a student is having
difficulty with academics and has a goal to raise his grades,
then a strategic task would be for him to study for one hour
every night. In subsequent counseling sessions, the
counselor would offer support and positive feedback in
order to encourage the student to reach his academic
goals. Once the goals for that particular problem have
, been reached, the sessions are no longer required and
counseling is terminated.
A student's standardized score report for academic assessment indicates that their
stanine score is 8. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this
information?
A) The student's score is far below average.
B) The student's score is below average.
C) The student's score is average.
D) The student's score is above average.
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D) The student's score is above average
Stanine measurements divide a standard bell curve into
nine equal groups, and a stanine score places and
individual score within one of those nine groups. A stanine
score of 5 is the mean, or average, with stanine 1 being far
below average and stanine 9 being far above average.
Stanine scores allow an individual to interpret their score in
relation to the rest of the group.
Which of the following is true about brief solution-focused therapy?
A) In brief solution-focused therapy, the counselor must understand the client's
problem before beginning to work on solving it.
B) Brief solution-focused therapy is appropriate when the client is unable to articulate
their desired goal.
C) Brief solution-focused therapy requires the client to make major changes in their
daily lives.
D) Brief solution-focused therapy does not require the client to have a mental health
diagnosis to begin counseling.
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D) Brief solution-focused therapy does not require the client to have a
mental health diagnosis to begin counseling.
Which of the following topics or tasks would not be addressed in the group selection
process for school-age children?
A) Informed consent
B) Voluntary participation
C) Parent permission
D) Allaying anxiety
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D) Allaying anxiety
Each of the first three answer choices describes a topic or task that would
be addresse din the group selection process. Informed consent, parent
permission, and voluntary participation would all be established in the
individual interview and invitation to the group. Allaying anxiety is typically
addressed in the initial group meeting or "forming" stage of the group.
A school counselor is part of a school team tasked with developing an intervention
plan for a 7th-grade student with severe social/emotional deficits and behavioral
concerns. The team decides that, in order to understand the student's behavior, they
must conduct an evaluation of the student's functioning in a variety of settings,
including at school, at home with immediate family, and in the community. The team's
approach to evaluation best represents which of the following theories?
A) Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory
B) Bowen's family systems theory
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Define problem, determine goals, develop intervention,
assign strategic tasks, emphasize positive behavior,
terminate counseling.
Beginning a Solution-Focused Brief Counseling session
involves having the student define the problem and
determine his desired goals for counseling. With the
assistance of the counselor, the intervention or behavior
change is both determined and initiated by the student.
Strategic tasks are assigned by the counselor and involve a
direct behavior change. For example, if a student is having
difficulty with academics and has a goal to raise his grades,
then a strategic task would be for him to study for one hour
every night. In subsequent counseling sessions, the
counselor would offer support and positive feedback in
order to encourage the student to reach his academic
goals. Once the goals for that particular problem have
, been reached, the sessions are no longer required and
counseling is terminated.
A student's standardized score report for academic assessment indicates that their
stanine score is 8. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this
information?
A) The student's score is far below average.
B) The student's score is below average.
C) The student's score is average.
D) The student's score is above average.
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D) The student's score is above average
Stanine measurements divide a standard bell curve into
nine equal groups, and a stanine score places and
individual score within one of those nine groups. A stanine
score of 5 is the mean, or average, with stanine 1 being far
below average and stanine 9 being far above average.
Stanine scores allow an individual to interpret their score in
relation to the rest of the group.
Which of the following is true about brief solution-focused therapy?
A) In brief solution-focused therapy, the counselor must understand the client's
problem before beginning to work on solving it.
B) Brief solution-focused therapy is appropriate when the client is unable to articulate
their desired goal.
C) Brief solution-focused therapy requires the client to make major changes in their
daily lives.
D) Brief solution-focused therapy does not require the client to have a mental health
diagnosis to begin counseling.
, Give this one a try later!
D) Brief solution-focused therapy does not require the client to have a
mental health diagnosis to begin counseling.
Which of the following topics or tasks would not be addressed in the group selection
process for school-age children?
A) Informed consent
B) Voluntary participation
C) Parent permission
D) Allaying anxiety
Give this one a try later!
D) Allaying anxiety
Each of the first three answer choices describes a topic or task that would
be addresse din the group selection process. Informed consent, parent
permission, and voluntary participation would all be established in the
individual interview and invitation to the group. Allaying anxiety is typically
addressed in the initial group meeting or "forming" stage of the group.
A school counselor is part of a school team tasked with developing an intervention
plan for a 7th-grade student with severe social/emotional deficits and behavioral
concerns. The team decides that, in order to understand the student's behavior, they
must conduct an evaluation of the student's functioning in a variety of settings,
including at school, at home with immediate family, and in the community. The team's
approach to evaluation best represents which of the following theories?
A) Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory
B) Bowen's family systems theory
