PCB CRS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ASNWERS GRADED
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6 Stages of Change - ANSWER -Stage 1: Pre-contemplation. Defining
Characteristic: No awareness of problem or intention to make a change.
Motivational Tasks: raise doubt and provide info to increase client's perception of
risks and problems with current behavior
Stage 2: Contemplation. Defining Characteristic: Ambivalence about change.
Motivational Tasks: Tip the balance. Evoke questions about making a change &
discuss risks of not changing, strengthen the client's self-efficacy to change current
behavior, but no action.
Stage 3: Preparation. Defining Characteristic: Window of opportunity when a
client considers change & develops a commitment to action. Motivational Tasks:
Help client determine the best course of action to take in seeking change. Focus on
small but meaningful steps.
Stage 4: Action. Defining Characteristic: Begins to implement the solution or plan.
Motivational Tasks: Help client take steps toward change. Support initial steps
towards change, provide corrective feedback.
Stage 5: Maintenance. Defining Characteristic: Develops new behaviors to
maintain changes and solution. Motivational Tasks: Help client identify & use
strategies to prevent relapse, support success, and reinforce motivation &
selfefficacy.
Stage 6: Relapse. Defining Characteristics: Resumption of problem: normal &
expected. Likely to abandon change if demoralized. Motivational Tasks: Help
client renew process of contemplation, determination, and action, without
becoming stuck or demoralized because of relapse.
Appeals Committee - ANSWER -Three PCB board members appointed to hear an
appeal.
Certified Professional - ANSWER -A person who holds or applies for a PCB
credential classification.
, Client - ANSWER -Any person(s) who, either currently or in the past, has
received or is receiving services
Complainant - ANSWER -A person(s) who files a complaint with the PCB
against a certified professional under PCB jurisdiction.
Ethics - ANSWER -A standard of behavior by which certified professionals must
abide.
Ethics Committee - ANSWER -A PCB standing committee charged with the
responsibility to review, investigate and sanction as determined appropriate to
those who breach the Code of Ethical Conduct. The committee is comprised of
PCB board members and/or its designees.
Hearing Panel - ANSWER -A panel comprised of PCB Ethics Committee
members with a responsibility to hear and make recommendations in accordance
with the Code of Ethical Conduct.
Hearing Officer - ANSWER -The PCB Ethics Committee Chairperson or
CoChairperson who presides over an ethics hearing.
Counselor Credentials - ANSWER -Associate Addiction Counselor Level I and
Level II, Certified Associate Addiction Counselor, Certified Alcohol and Drug
Counselor, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
Prevention Credentials - ANSWER -Associate Prevention Specialist Level I and
Level II, Certified Prevention Specialist.
Clinical Supervisor Credential - ANSWER -Certified Clinical Supervisor.
Allied Credential - ANSWER -Certified Allied Addiction Practitioner.
Case Manager Credentials - ANSWER -Certified Case Manager, Certified Case
Manager Supervisor.
, Legislation Enacted to Support Changes from the Recovery Process
Transformation: - ANSWER -1. Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990
2. Olmstead Decision, June 22, 1999
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: - ANSWER -•
Physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully
participate in all aspects of society
• Society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities
• Discrimination persists
• Often had no legal recourse
To be protected by the ADA... - ANSWER -One must have a disability or have a
relationship or association with an individual with a disability.
An individual with a disability is defined by the ADA as: - ANSWER -A person
who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more
major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or
a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment. The ADA does
not specifically name all of the impairments that are covered.
Are applicants or employees who are currently illegally using drugs covered by
the ADA? - ANSWER -No.
Is testing for the illegal use of drugs permissible under the ADA? - ANSWER
Yes.
Are alcoholics covered by the ADA? - ANSWER -Yes.
1999: Olmstead Decision: - ANSWER -Upheld the ADA of 1990, and requires
that people with mental disabilities be treated in the least restrictive, appropriate
setting.
History of Recovery Transformation
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6 Stages of Change - ANSWER -Stage 1: Pre-contemplation. Defining
Characteristic: No awareness of problem or intention to make a change.
Motivational Tasks: raise doubt and provide info to increase client's perception of
risks and problems with current behavior
Stage 2: Contemplation. Defining Characteristic: Ambivalence about change.
Motivational Tasks: Tip the balance. Evoke questions about making a change &
discuss risks of not changing, strengthen the client's self-efficacy to change current
behavior, but no action.
Stage 3: Preparation. Defining Characteristic: Window of opportunity when a
client considers change & develops a commitment to action. Motivational Tasks:
Help client determine the best course of action to take in seeking change. Focus on
small but meaningful steps.
Stage 4: Action. Defining Characteristic: Begins to implement the solution or plan.
Motivational Tasks: Help client take steps toward change. Support initial steps
towards change, provide corrective feedback.
Stage 5: Maintenance. Defining Characteristic: Develops new behaviors to
maintain changes and solution. Motivational Tasks: Help client identify & use
strategies to prevent relapse, support success, and reinforce motivation &
selfefficacy.
Stage 6: Relapse. Defining Characteristics: Resumption of problem: normal &
expected. Likely to abandon change if demoralized. Motivational Tasks: Help
client renew process of contemplation, determination, and action, without
becoming stuck or demoralized because of relapse.
Appeals Committee - ANSWER -Three PCB board members appointed to hear an
appeal.
Certified Professional - ANSWER -A person who holds or applies for a PCB
credential classification.
, Client - ANSWER -Any person(s) who, either currently or in the past, has
received or is receiving services
Complainant - ANSWER -A person(s) who files a complaint with the PCB
against a certified professional under PCB jurisdiction.
Ethics - ANSWER -A standard of behavior by which certified professionals must
abide.
Ethics Committee - ANSWER -A PCB standing committee charged with the
responsibility to review, investigate and sanction as determined appropriate to
those who breach the Code of Ethical Conduct. The committee is comprised of
PCB board members and/or its designees.
Hearing Panel - ANSWER -A panel comprised of PCB Ethics Committee
members with a responsibility to hear and make recommendations in accordance
with the Code of Ethical Conduct.
Hearing Officer - ANSWER -The PCB Ethics Committee Chairperson or
CoChairperson who presides over an ethics hearing.
Counselor Credentials - ANSWER -Associate Addiction Counselor Level I and
Level II, Certified Associate Addiction Counselor, Certified Alcohol and Drug
Counselor, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
Prevention Credentials - ANSWER -Associate Prevention Specialist Level I and
Level II, Certified Prevention Specialist.
Clinical Supervisor Credential - ANSWER -Certified Clinical Supervisor.
Allied Credential - ANSWER -Certified Allied Addiction Practitioner.
Case Manager Credentials - ANSWER -Certified Case Manager, Certified Case
Manager Supervisor.
, Legislation Enacted to Support Changes from the Recovery Process
Transformation: - ANSWER -1. Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990
2. Olmstead Decision, June 22, 1999
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: - ANSWER -•
Physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully
participate in all aspects of society
• Society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities
• Discrimination persists
• Often had no legal recourse
To be protected by the ADA... - ANSWER -One must have a disability or have a
relationship or association with an individual with a disability.
An individual with a disability is defined by the ADA as: - ANSWER -A person
who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more
major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or
a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment. The ADA does
not specifically name all of the impairments that are covered.
Are applicants or employees who are currently illegally using drugs covered by
the ADA? - ANSWER -No.
Is testing for the illegal use of drugs permissible under the ADA? - ANSWER
Yes.
Are alcoholics covered by the ADA? - ANSWER -Yes.
1999: Olmstead Decision: - ANSWER -Upheld the ADA of 1990, and requires
that people with mental disabilities be treated in the least restrictive, appropriate
setting.
History of Recovery Transformation
