Praxis 5422 (School Counselor Exam)
1. annual administrative conference: yearly meeting between the school counselor and administrator in charge of the
school counseling program designed to discuss and reach agreement upon the school counseling program's organization and
focus, *must be signed and dated by all parties*
2. preparing a statement regarding a student's death: should take into account families wishes and help them
understand the importance of sharing information
3. Miracle Question: A solution-focused technique that asks clients to imagine how their life would be different if they woke up
tomorrow and they no longer had their problem
4. "Closing the Gap" Strategies: small group counseling, classroom presentations and appraisals
5. Erikson stages of psychosocial development: trust vs mistrust (infant-18mo) autonomy vs shame and doubt (18
mo-3)
initiative vs guilt (3-5) industry vs inferiority (5-13)
identity vs role confusion (13-21) intimacy vs
isolation (21-39) generativity vs stagnation (40-65)
integrity vs despair (65+)
6. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: A law that requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable
accommodations" for people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these individuals in employment
*School counselor role to support the provision of appropriate accommodations and accessibility
7. confidentiality: the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals
8. motivational interviewing: a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring
and resolving ambivalence (or mixed feelings about counseling)
*acts as building block for building a relationship, establishing common therapeutic language and working towards goal
consensus*
9. Career info (middle school): Values card sorts (personal values), career genograms and Holland Code inventories
(RIASEC- realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional)
10. How many ASCA mindset and behavior standards should be used when designing goals, interventions or
activities?: One or two
11. How to aid students who are currently under evaluation for a 504 plan?: provide student with short term, goal
oriented counseling focused on coping strategies
12. Which determines student progress as a result of a comprehensive school counseling program?: Program
evaluation
13. Student outcome goal: Measure the impact a school counseling program will have on the student (attendance,
achievement, discipline)
14. Counselor as Consultant: working with other mental health or educational professionals on specific clients, cases, or
groups along with parents
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15. School Counselor Perfomance Appraisal: occurs annually to evaluate counselor by a qualified administrator
16. vision statements vs mission statements: vision statements are guided by school's mission statement
17. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): governs how states and public agencies provide early
intervention, special education, and related services to students with disabilities.
18. Participating in professional development: Demonstrates responsibilities to self
19. Analyzing school counselor program: Guides future action towards producing better results, show how students
improve due to program
20. Gestalt: focuses on the here and now
21. Making referrals for outside counseling: include identification of early warning signs of student distress, provide
multiple options or vetted list, avoiding conflicts of interests like dual relationships
22. Which best assists admin to conduct meaningful school counseling performance appraisals?: ASCA school
counselor professional standards and competencies
23. needs assessment: give school counselor information about specific areas that stakeholders identify as needing
improvement, helps influence academic support programs
24. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization
25. Indirect services: Being an active voice during the IEP meeting to advocate on behalf of the student
26. outcome data: information gathered after a change has occurred to examine the impact or results
27. school leadership team: school counselor can be apart of this team in order to incorporate the school counseling
program into the total educational process
28. Cooperative Learning Groups: Help students improve interdependent relationships with classmates along with own
social skills
29. Reliability (psychometrics): degree to which a test is free from errors of measurement
internal consistency: measures items that propose to measure the same general construct
30. validity (psychometrics): does it measure what it says it measures? both sensitivity & specificity
31. Erikson's Psychosocial Theory: stage theory of psychosocial development, lifespan consists of eight dilemmas that
must be solved correctly in order to solve the next dilemma
32. Piaget's stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
33. Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory: Holds that behavior, environment, and person/cognitive factors are the key
factors in development
34. Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: preconventional, conventional, postconventional
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1. annual administrative conference: yearly meeting between the school counselor and administrator in charge of the
school counseling program designed to discuss and reach agreement upon the school counseling program's organization and
focus, *must be signed and dated by all parties*
2. preparing a statement regarding a student's death: should take into account families wishes and help them
understand the importance of sharing information
3. Miracle Question: A solution-focused technique that asks clients to imagine how their life would be different if they woke up
tomorrow and they no longer had their problem
4. "Closing the Gap" Strategies: small group counseling, classroom presentations and appraisals
5. Erikson stages of psychosocial development: trust vs mistrust (infant-18mo) autonomy vs shame and doubt (18
mo-3)
initiative vs guilt (3-5) industry vs inferiority (5-13)
identity vs role confusion (13-21) intimacy vs
isolation (21-39) generativity vs stagnation (40-65)
integrity vs despair (65+)
6. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: A law that requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable
accommodations" for people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these individuals in employment
*School counselor role to support the provision of appropriate accommodations and accessibility
7. confidentiality: the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals
8. motivational interviewing: a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring
and resolving ambivalence (or mixed feelings about counseling)
*acts as building block for building a relationship, establishing common therapeutic language and working towards goal
consensus*
9. Career info (middle school): Values card sorts (personal values), career genograms and Holland Code inventories
(RIASEC- realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional)
10. How many ASCA mindset and behavior standards should be used when designing goals, interventions or
activities?: One or two
11. How to aid students who are currently under evaluation for a 504 plan?: provide student with short term, goal
oriented counseling focused on coping strategies
12. Which determines student progress as a result of a comprehensive school counseling program?: Program
evaluation
13. Student outcome goal: Measure the impact a school counseling program will have on the student (attendance,
achievement, discipline)
14. Counselor as Consultant: working with other mental health or educational professionals on specific clients, cases, or
groups along with parents
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, Praxis 5422 (School Counselor Exam)
15. School Counselor Perfomance Appraisal: occurs annually to evaluate counselor by a qualified administrator
16. vision statements vs mission statements: vision statements are guided by school's mission statement
17. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): governs how states and public agencies provide early
intervention, special education, and related services to students with disabilities.
18. Participating in professional development: Demonstrates responsibilities to self
19. Analyzing school counselor program: Guides future action towards producing better results, show how students
improve due to program
20. Gestalt: focuses on the here and now
21. Making referrals for outside counseling: include identification of early warning signs of student distress, provide
multiple options or vetted list, avoiding conflicts of interests like dual relationships
22. Which best assists admin to conduct meaningful school counseling performance appraisals?: ASCA school
counselor professional standards and competencies
23. needs assessment: give school counselor information about specific areas that stakeholders identify as needing
improvement, helps influence academic support programs
24. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization
25. Indirect services: Being an active voice during the IEP meeting to advocate on behalf of the student
26. outcome data: information gathered after a change has occurred to examine the impact or results
27. school leadership team: school counselor can be apart of this team in order to incorporate the school counseling
program into the total educational process
28. Cooperative Learning Groups: Help students improve interdependent relationships with classmates along with own
social skills
29. Reliability (psychometrics): degree to which a test is free from errors of measurement
internal consistency: measures items that propose to measure the same general construct
30. validity (psychometrics): does it measure what it says it measures? both sensitivity & specificity
31. Erikson's Psychosocial Theory: stage theory of psychosocial development, lifespan consists of eight dilemmas that
must be solved correctly in order to solve the next dilemma
32. Piaget's stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
33. Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory: Holds that behavior, environment, and person/cognitive factors are the key
factors in development
34. Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: preconventional, conventional, postconventional
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