COUN 5279 LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following factors predict stress reactions in children following traumatic
events? - ✔✔BOTH
a. Level of exposure to the event.
b. Level of distress at the time of the event.
✔✔Which of the following are examples of systemic consequences of trauma at the
societal level? - ✔✔BOTH
b. Low socioeconomic status.
c. Racism.
✔✔Which of the following could be protective factors? - ✔✔a. A sense of control.
✔✔The school to prison pipeline refers to: - ✔✔b. Kids that are systematically targeted
due to their often misunderstood behavior.
✔✔What are the steps listed in the framework for working with at-risk children and
adolescents? - ✔✔b. Assessment, prevention, intervention, social advocacy.
✔✔The following is an assessment that can be used to effectively assess for trauma
symptoms: - ✔✔c. Impact of Events Scale (IES).
✔✔What three core tenets guide the Essentials of Childhood model to prevent
childhood maltreatment? - ✔✔c. Safety, stability, and nurturing.
✔✔How can social advocacy support post traumatic growth? - ✔✔a. Standing alongside
clients in their healing journey far beyond the counseling session.
✔✔The authors suggest that the greatest benefit for leading small groups with children
and adolescents is that: - ✔✔b. Participants get to interact with peers who are struggling
with similar issues.
✔✔When leading children's groups, the authors advocate a: - ✔✔b. Leader oriented
leadership model.
✔✔The authors suggest that the following stages occur in groups with children and
adolescents: - ✔✔c. Beginning, middle/working, closing.
✔✔An effective group plan: - ✔✔b. Should have a back-up plan in case something
doesn't work.
, ✔✔One of the best ways to draw out young group members is to: - ✔✔d. Use a round.
✔✔Movement activities are good for drawing young members out because: - ✔✔b.
Members "talk with their feet" according to where they position themselves and the
leader can ask them about why they chose to move to that particular spot.
✔✔Where parental permission for group participation in a school setting is concerned,
the following statement is true: - ✔✔b. Parental notification of participation in small
groups is desired.
✔✔Logical consequences for children... - ✔✔a. Are usually arranged by parents.
✔✔According to Sax, parenting is collapsing because: - ✔✔BOTH
a. Parents defer to their children.
b. Parents suffer from role confusion.
✔✔The main difference between parent support groups and parent education groups is
that... - ✔✔a. Parent support groups are less structured than parent education groups.
✔✔Short-term parenting styles are... - ✔✔BOTH
b. Controlling, punitive, and rewarding.
c. Permissive, overprotective, and rescuing.
✔✔Effective parent education programs... - ✔✔BOTH
a. Utilize a strengths-based approach.
b. Build on family's protective factors.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true regarding logical consequences? - ✔✔c. They do
not need to be explained in advance.
✔✔Which of the following, according to Levine, is true? - ✔✔BOTH
a. There is a mental health epidemic among privileged youth.
b. Affluent teens experience the highest rates of depression, substance abuse, and
anxiety disorders than any other group of children in this country.
✔✔ In terms of their cognitive development, most early adolescents begin to shift from...
- ✔✔concrete to formal operational thinking
✔✔Which of the following characterizes preschooler's social development? - ✔✔Their
play is associative
✔✔Which of the following best describes middle childhood? - ✔✔Children experience a
high degree of self-control over their bodies AND children have a multidimensional view
of themselves.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following factors predict stress reactions in children following traumatic
events? - ✔✔BOTH
a. Level of exposure to the event.
b. Level of distress at the time of the event.
✔✔Which of the following are examples of systemic consequences of trauma at the
societal level? - ✔✔BOTH
b. Low socioeconomic status.
c. Racism.
✔✔Which of the following could be protective factors? - ✔✔a. A sense of control.
✔✔The school to prison pipeline refers to: - ✔✔b. Kids that are systematically targeted
due to their often misunderstood behavior.
✔✔What are the steps listed in the framework for working with at-risk children and
adolescents? - ✔✔b. Assessment, prevention, intervention, social advocacy.
✔✔The following is an assessment that can be used to effectively assess for trauma
symptoms: - ✔✔c. Impact of Events Scale (IES).
✔✔What three core tenets guide the Essentials of Childhood model to prevent
childhood maltreatment? - ✔✔c. Safety, stability, and nurturing.
✔✔How can social advocacy support post traumatic growth? - ✔✔a. Standing alongside
clients in their healing journey far beyond the counseling session.
✔✔The authors suggest that the greatest benefit for leading small groups with children
and adolescents is that: - ✔✔b. Participants get to interact with peers who are struggling
with similar issues.
✔✔When leading children's groups, the authors advocate a: - ✔✔b. Leader oriented
leadership model.
✔✔The authors suggest that the following stages occur in groups with children and
adolescents: - ✔✔c. Beginning, middle/working, closing.
✔✔An effective group plan: - ✔✔b. Should have a back-up plan in case something
doesn't work.
, ✔✔One of the best ways to draw out young group members is to: - ✔✔d. Use a round.
✔✔Movement activities are good for drawing young members out because: - ✔✔b.
Members "talk with their feet" according to where they position themselves and the
leader can ask them about why they chose to move to that particular spot.
✔✔Where parental permission for group participation in a school setting is concerned,
the following statement is true: - ✔✔b. Parental notification of participation in small
groups is desired.
✔✔Logical consequences for children... - ✔✔a. Are usually arranged by parents.
✔✔According to Sax, parenting is collapsing because: - ✔✔BOTH
a. Parents defer to their children.
b. Parents suffer from role confusion.
✔✔The main difference between parent support groups and parent education groups is
that... - ✔✔a. Parent support groups are less structured than parent education groups.
✔✔Short-term parenting styles are... - ✔✔BOTH
b. Controlling, punitive, and rewarding.
c. Permissive, overprotective, and rescuing.
✔✔Effective parent education programs... - ✔✔BOTH
a. Utilize a strengths-based approach.
b. Build on family's protective factors.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true regarding logical consequences? - ✔✔c. They do
not need to be explained in advance.
✔✔Which of the following, according to Levine, is true? - ✔✔BOTH
a. There is a mental health epidemic among privileged youth.
b. Affluent teens experience the highest rates of depression, substance abuse, and
anxiety disorders than any other group of children in this country.
✔✔ In terms of their cognitive development, most early adolescents begin to shift from...
- ✔✔concrete to formal operational thinking
✔✔Which of the following characterizes preschooler's social development? - ✔✔Their
play is associative
✔✔Which of the following best describes middle childhood? - ✔✔Children experience a
high degree of self-control over their bodies AND children have a multidimensional view
of themselves.
