NR606 MIDTERM TEST BANK COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED
TO PASS PRACTICE SOLUTION
●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy
Answer: Developmental considerations
Family involvement
Systems involvement
Resiliency
●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy:
Developmental considerations
Answer: -developmental level will impact how they:
• reason
• approach relationships
• regulate emotion and behavior
• communicate
-Developmental considerations
• inform the diagnostic process
• guide tx planning
,●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy:
Family involvement
Answer: -Family involvement in tx & decision-making
• a norm in child and adolescent psychotherapy
-invite parents to share the hx of the child or adolescent's chief
complaint & prior tx, medical & developmental hx, & behavioral info
privately with the therapist ahead of the session
• avoid feelings of criticism or discouragement
-collaborate with parent or caregiver as a tx partner
●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy:
Systems involvement
Answer: -Therapists must consider the systems that surround children &
adolescents & promote their development
• family
• school
• peers
• the community
-Therapy can help promote the child/adolescent's socioemotional
competence
-help develop a community support system
●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy:
Resiliency
,Answer: -therapist work to promote resiliency in children & adolescents
• using strength-based orientation
-supports:
• functioning
• self-regulation
• deal with challenges they faces
●● Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
Answer: -Sensorimotor stage: Birth-2 yrs
• cognitive abilities based on reflexes
• object permanence & causality
-Preoperational stage: 2-7yrs
• can use mental representations, symbolic thought, & language
• thinking is egocentric
-Concrete operational stage: 7-11yrs
• logical operations when thinking/solving problems
• thinking is concrete
-Formal operational stage: 12yrs+
• Adolescent can use abstract reasoning in addition to logical operations
, • Child can understand theories, hypothesize, comprehend abstract ideas
(love & justice)
●● Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Answer: -Screening
• Quickly assesses severity of substance use & ID the appropriate level
of tx
-Brief intervention
• Focuses on increasing insight & awareness regarding substance use &
motivation toward behavioral change
-Referral
• Guidance to tx provides those identified as needing more extensive tx
with access to specialty care
●● Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Answer: Treatment for opioid use disorder combining the use of
medications (methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone) with counseling
and behavioral therapies.
●● Mental health and youth
Answer: -13% of children ages 8-15 experience a mental health
condition
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED
TO PASS PRACTICE SOLUTION
●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy
Answer: Developmental considerations
Family involvement
Systems involvement
Resiliency
●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy:
Developmental considerations
Answer: -developmental level will impact how they:
• reason
• approach relationships
• regulate emotion and behavior
• communicate
-Developmental considerations
• inform the diagnostic process
• guide tx planning
,●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy:
Family involvement
Answer: -Family involvement in tx & decision-making
• a norm in child and adolescent psychotherapy
-invite parents to share the hx of the child or adolescent's chief
complaint & prior tx, medical & developmental hx, & behavioral info
privately with the therapist ahead of the session
• avoid feelings of criticism or discouragement
-collaborate with parent or caregiver as a tx partner
●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy:
Systems involvement
Answer: -Therapists must consider the systems that surround children &
adolescents & promote their development
• family
• school
• peers
• the community
-Therapy can help promote the child/adolescent's socioemotional
competence
-help develop a community support system
●● Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy:
Resiliency
,Answer: -therapist work to promote resiliency in children & adolescents
• using strength-based orientation
-supports:
• functioning
• self-regulation
• deal with challenges they faces
●● Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
Answer: -Sensorimotor stage: Birth-2 yrs
• cognitive abilities based on reflexes
• object permanence & causality
-Preoperational stage: 2-7yrs
• can use mental representations, symbolic thought, & language
• thinking is egocentric
-Concrete operational stage: 7-11yrs
• logical operations when thinking/solving problems
• thinking is concrete
-Formal operational stage: 12yrs+
• Adolescent can use abstract reasoning in addition to logical operations
, • Child can understand theories, hypothesize, comprehend abstract ideas
(love & justice)
●● Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Answer: -Screening
• Quickly assesses severity of substance use & ID the appropriate level
of tx
-Brief intervention
• Focuses on increasing insight & awareness regarding substance use &
motivation toward behavioral change
-Referral
• Guidance to tx provides those identified as needing more extensive tx
with access to specialty care
●● Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Answer: Treatment for opioid use disorder combining the use of
medications (methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone) with counseling
and behavioral therapies.
●● Mental health and youth
Answer: -13% of children ages 8-15 experience a mental health
condition
