FACS 361- Exam 3 Complete Questions And Verified Correct Guaranteed Success.

What is the definition Kottman (2011) gives for returning responsibility to the child (p. 163) - correct answers Letting children know that they have the capacity for successfully executing the behavior or making the decision in question What are the four goals outlined for returning responsibility to the child? - correct answers -to empower the children -to convey that the therapist believes that they can be successful -to promote problem-solving skills -to give them an experience of trying something that they might not usually attempt. When has responsibility successfully been returned to the child? What three things should it lead to? What is not considered 'success' in this regard? - correct answers -Success is allowing child to handle consequences of their own choices- leading to increased independence, self-responsibility, creativity What are the two categories of returning resposibility? - correct answers -behavior -decisions what are the three situations within play therapy in which returning responsibility could be appropriate? - correct answers 1. explicitly asking for help 2. implies a need for help 3. when the therapist feels a need to help the child Be able to identify examples of questions/statements of these three situations and two categories - correct answers what are the three main styles of returning responsibility? - correct answers 1. direct 2. indirect 3. a combination what is the direct approach? How might it be applied? - correct answers -the therapist expressly tells children that it is up to them to execute the behavior or make the choice without assistance -simply tell the child -make a guess about the child's implicit ask for help and then make a direct claim -make an encouraging remark -reflect feelings what are the four versions of the indirect approach? - correct answers -using the child's metaphor -using minimal encouragers -restating content, reflecting feelings, or tracking -applying the whisper technique What are four situations when it may not be appropriate to return responsibility to the child? - correct answers -the therapist believes that the child is not capable of taking responsibility for the behavior -the child is engaging in regressive behavior -the child's history indicates that the child may need someone to take care of him or her in certain situations -the child's life is not going particularly well, and the child needs special nurturing for a limited period of time What is the general consensus as to the use of returning responsibility to the child? - correct answers -return resposibility when a child asks the therapist to do something the child CAN do without help -child asks the therapist to make a decision that the child has not attempted to make alone What are the four categories of questions children might ask? with examples - correct answers 1. practical questions ex: what time is it? 2. Personal questions? ex: Are you married? 3. Relationship questions ex: do you play with other kids in this room? 4. Ongoing-process questions ex: can you guess what I am drawing? When the question seems to be a straightforward request for information, what is usually the most sensible strategy for dealing with these questions? - correct answers -just answer the question directly what are some practical suggestions for answering the child's straightforward requests for information? - correct answers -brief -straightforward -convey simple information -or a truthful 'i dont know' what would be reason a therapist might ignore the child's question? - correct answers -to encourage the child to discover or determine an answer on their own Should a therapist ignore a child while ignoring a child's question? - correct answers no! -it is important for the therapist not to ignore the child while ignoring the question -make eye contact, smile, and convey confidence that the child can answer the question for themselves What is a minimal encourager? Examples - correct answers -counseling responses designed to convey interest and understanding to the client in as few words as possible -umm, hmm, well -smiling and nodding -repeating one or two words fo the clients sentence like "what color?" Why would a therapist use a minimal encourager? What is stalling for? - correct answers -avoid answering questions that the child can answer without assistance -stalling is for the child to answer the question in the interval provided by the minimal encourager What would be the purpose of restating the question? - correct answers -to be a verbal mirror for the child's question -return the initiative to the client so that he or she must then consider whether to ask the question again, or decide that the answer is not worth pursuing -clarifies the purpose or intent of the question for the child when would it be appropriate for the therapist to decline to answer a child's question? - correct answers -personal questions that violate socially appropriate boundaries or are inappropriate in some other way, the therapist should decline to answer What phrase does the author use to describe integration of the basic skills used in play therapy? - correct answers -the art of play therapy? what three parts are necessary in this process of integration of basic skills? - correct answers -the process of deciding when to use a skill -the integration of several different skills together to create a melange that works more smoothly and more efficaciously than an isolated skill would -the melding of the therapist's personality and interactional style with the play therapy skills what is the key to the selection of the 'correct' skill for a particular situation in the play room? - correct answers There is no correct skill