CADC CCAPP Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers
Adlerian Therapy - Answer-He gave us the concept of the inferiority complex and
emphasized the importance of birth order on an individual's psychological functioning.
Encouragement is a major tool in this approach and it places a strong emphasis on
helping the client recognize their own strengths and believe in their own dignity and self
worth.
Applicable Regulations - Answer-Usually refers to state and federal program standards
and guidelines for providing treatment services,
Assessment - Answer-Those procedures by which a counselor/program identifies and
evaluates an individual's strength, weakness, problems and needs for developement of
tx plan.
Assessment Tools - Answer-Procedures or instruments such as inventories,
questionnaires, checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are the basis for developing
and forming judgement regarding the specific nature and extent of the clients problems.
Behavior Modification - Answer-Changing human behavior by the application of positive
and negative reinforcement of behavior or by other learning techniques.
Behavioral Approach - Answer-The systematic application of learning principles and
techniques to the tx of bx disorders. Behavorial therapists assume the disorders are
learned ways of behaving that are maladaptive and consequently can best be modified
in more adaptive directions through relearning bx's.
Bibliotherapy - Answer-The use of reading assignments in order to help clints increase
their knowledge on a topic or therapeutic interest or even help them to achieve greater
insight into their problems.
Brief Therapy - Answer-Any number of approaches to psychology that emphasize short
term, efficient Therapy. Including the brevity (temporary) and focus on the solutions to
problems, not an understanding of their cause.
Case Management - Answer-Activities which bring services, agencies, resources,or ppl
together within a planned framework of action toward the achievement of established
goals. It may involve liaison activities and collateral contacts.
Case Presentation Method (CPM) - Answer-A carefully standardized procedure which
allows a candidate to demonstrate a skill in each of the twelve core functions.
,Client-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy) - Answer-A system of Therapy based on
the assumption that the client is in the best position to resolve his/her own problems
provided that the therapist can establish a warm, permissive atmosphere in which the
the client feels free to discuss his/her problems and to obtain insight into them. The
therapist assumes a non-directive role, and does not advise, interpret, or intervenes
except to offer encouragement and occasional restatements of the clients remarks for
the purpose of emphasis and clarification.
Client-Identifiying Data - Answer-Information that would allow someone to identify a
specific client. When discussing clients with individual for whom the counselor does not
have a specific release of information, care must be taken not to say anything that
would identify the client. Simply using a false name or no name is not adequate. The
facts of the case must be disguised so that it would be impossible to determine the
clients identity.
Cognitive Approach - Answer-A counseling technique which focuses on developing
understanding of and effecting change in ones thoughts patterns and processes in order
to change feelings and behaviors.
Collateral Contacts - Answer-Individuals who have significant information pertaining to
the client that is beneficial to the therapeutic process. These individuals include, but are
not limited to, family, friends, employers, probation officers, and other significant people
in the clients life.
Continium of Care - Answer-Various modalities in providing tx for individuals, including,
but limited to, detox, inpatient, outpatient,halfway house, transitional housing, etc. these
are arranged from most to least restrictive in terms of their demands on clients
time,activity and freedom.
Core Function - Answer-Twelve Areas of service provided to clients by alcohol and
other drug abuse counselors including: Screening, Intake, Orientation, Assessment,
Treatment Planning, Counseling, Case Management, Crisis Intervention, Clint
Education, Referral, Reports and Record Keeping, and Consultation.
Corroborative Information - Answer-Information gathered from secondary sources which
verifies or provides a check on information gathered by primary source. For example,
famil memebers may be asked for "corroborative information" as clients are engaged in
treatment to provide a more correct or more complete picture of the clients problems
and behavior.
Counseling Theories - Answer-Philosophical and practical way of thinking that offers a
framework for understanding the clients world and guidelines for problem solving. Well-
developed theories cover, Metaphysics- how the world works, Ethics- how people
should act, Logic- cause and effect in relationships, Epistomology-how people changes,
and Ontology-the meaning of human exsistence.
, Decision Making - Answer-The process of arriving at a course of action in the context of
various possible choices to deal with a problem. The process has been described as
having five statues when used as an approach to working with clients. They are:
Developing Rapport/Structuring: Defining the problem and identifying the assets :
Determing possible outcomes : Generating alternative solutions : and a generalizing
organization transferring learning to the real world outside of the couns long setting.
Diagnostic Evaluation - Answer-A process usually implemented in the very early phases
of tx which employs the use of interviews and assessment tools for arriving ata
description and usually a summary statement, usually in a form of a single word or
statement, such as, "alcohol dependent" in coorelation with the DSM IV-TR or the ICD-
9-CM,the purpose is to establish the basis for assigning a diagnosis.
Didactic Format - Answer-A format designed or intended to provide instruction and
information to participants through lectures, films,groups, etc.
Evaluate - Answer-The process of collecting information regarding the clients problem,
history, and circumstances and subjecting that info to informed critical review to arrive at
decisions regarding tx planning. This process occurs in various stages from screening
the client,through assessment,tx, and discharge planning.
Global Critera - Answer-Specific skills that are required for each of the twelve core
functions, independently. Meaning they will not appear under another function.
Hypnotherapy - Answer-Involves the use of hypnosis, a state of temporary altered
attention. May be useful bringing forgotten experiences into a place where they are
accessible by the conscious mind.
Infractions - Answer-Behaviors which occurs in violation of agency regulations or the
professional code of ethics.
Intake - Answer-The administrative and initial assessment procedure for admission to a
program.
Integrate - Answer-A process establishing knowledge,communication,relationship and
harmony between parts of a whole which have been split apart or set in opposition to
one another through polarization. This is a goal of the maturation process
Intermediate Goals - Answer-Tx planning goals midpoint per clients goals.
Jungian Therapy - Answer-Analytic Psychology, the concepts of collective unconscious
and archetypes and defined introversion and extroversion as the two types of
personality organization. Primary goal is for client to become adequately adapted to
reality allowing them to fulfill their creative potential. Ultimate goal is: individuation.
Questions and Answers
Adlerian Therapy - Answer-He gave us the concept of the inferiority complex and
emphasized the importance of birth order on an individual's psychological functioning.
Encouragement is a major tool in this approach and it places a strong emphasis on
helping the client recognize their own strengths and believe in their own dignity and self
worth.
Applicable Regulations - Answer-Usually refers to state and federal program standards
and guidelines for providing treatment services,
Assessment - Answer-Those procedures by which a counselor/program identifies and
evaluates an individual's strength, weakness, problems and needs for developement of
tx plan.
Assessment Tools - Answer-Procedures or instruments such as inventories,
questionnaires, checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are the basis for developing
and forming judgement regarding the specific nature and extent of the clients problems.
Behavior Modification - Answer-Changing human behavior by the application of positive
and negative reinforcement of behavior or by other learning techniques.
Behavioral Approach - Answer-The systematic application of learning principles and
techniques to the tx of bx disorders. Behavorial therapists assume the disorders are
learned ways of behaving that are maladaptive and consequently can best be modified
in more adaptive directions through relearning bx's.
Bibliotherapy - Answer-The use of reading assignments in order to help clints increase
their knowledge on a topic or therapeutic interest or even help them to achieve greater
insight into their problems.
Brief Therapy - Answer-Any number of approaches to psychology that emphasize short
term, efficient Therapy. Including the brevity (temporary) and focus on the solutions to
problems, not an understanding of their cause.
Case Management - Answer-Activities which bring services, agencies, resources,or ppl
together within a planned framework of action toward the achievement of established
goals. It may involve liaison activities and collateral contacts.
Case Presentation Method (CPM) - Answer-A carefully standardized procedure which
allows a candidate to demonstrate a skill in each of the twelve core functions.
,Client-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy) - Answer-A system of Therapy based on
the assumption that the client is in the best position to resolve his/her own problems
provided that the therapist can establish a warm, permissive atmosphere in which the
the client feels free to discuss his/her problems and to obtain insight into them. The
therapist assumes a non-directive role, and does not advise, interpret, or intervenes
except to offer encouragement and occasional restatements of the clients remarks for
the purpose of emphasis and clarification.
Client-Identifiying Data - Answer-Information that would allow someone to identify a
specific client. When discussing clients with individual for whom the counselor does not
have a specific release of information, care must be taken not to say anything that
would identify the client. Simply using a false name or no name is not adequate. The
facts of the case must be disguised so that it would be impossible to determine the
clients identity.
Cognitive Approach - Answer-A counseling technique which focuses on developing
understanding of and effecting change in ones thoughts patterns and processes in order
to change feelings and behaviors.
Collateral Contacts - Answer-Individuals who have significant information pertaining to
the client that is beneficial to the therapeutic process. These individuals include, but are
not limited to, family, friends, employers, probation officers, and other significant people
in the clients life.
Continium of Care - Answer-Various modalities in providing tx for individuals, including,
but limited to, detox, inpatient, outpatient,halfway house, transitional housing, etc. these
are arranged from most to least restrictive in terms of their demands on clients
time,activity and freedom.
Core Function - Answer-Twelve Areas of service provided to clients by alcohol and
other drug abuse counselors including: Screening, Intake, Orientation, Assessment,
Treatment Planning, Counseling, Case Management, Crisis Intervention, Clint
Education, Referral, Reports and Record Keeping, and Consultation.
Corroborative Information - Answer-Information gathered from secondary sources which
verifies or provides a check on information gathered by primary source. For example,
famil memebers may be asked for "corroborative information" as clients are engaged in
treatment to provide a more correct or more complete picture of the clients problems
and behavior.
Counseling Theories - Answer-Philosophical and practical way of thinking that offers a
framework for understanding the clients world and guidelines for problem solving. Well-
developed theories cover, Metaphysics- how the world works, Ethics- how people
should act, Logic- cause and effect in relationships, Epistomology-how people changes,
and Ontology-the meaning of human exsistence.
, Decision Making - Answer-The process of arriving at a course of action in the context of
various possible choices to deal with a problem. The process has been described as
having five statues when used as an approach to working with clients. They are:
Developing Rapport/Structuring: Defining the problem and identifying the assets :
Determing possible outcomes : Generating alternative solutions : and a generalizing
organization transferring learning to the real world outside of the couns long setting.
Diagnostic Evaluation - Answer-A process usually implemented in the very early phases
of tx which employs the use of interviews and assessment tools for arriving ata
description and usually a summary statement, usually in a form of a single word or
statement, such as, "alcohol dependent" in coorelation with the DSM IV-TR or the ICD-
9-CM,the purpose is to establish the basis for assigning a diagnosis.
Didactic Format - Answer-A format designed or intended to provide instruction and
information to participants through lectures, films,groups, etc.
Evaluate - Answer-The process of collecting information regarding the clients problem,
history, and circumstances and subjecting that info to informed critical review to arrive at
decisions regarding tx planning. This process occurs in various stages from screening
the client,through assessment,tx, and discharge planning.
Global Critera - Answer-Specific skills that are required for each of the twelve core
functions, independently. Meaning they will not appear under another function.
Hypnotherapy - Answer-Involves the use of hypnosis, a state of temporary altered
attention. May be useful bringing forgotten experiences into a place where they are
accessible by the conscious mind.
Infractions - Answer-Behaviors which occurs in violation of agency regulations or the
professional code of ethics.
Intake - Answer-The administrative and initial assessment procedure for admission to a
program.
Integrate - Answer-A process establishing knowledge,communication,relationship and
harmony between parts of a whole which have been split apart or set in opposition to
one another through polarization. This is a goal of the maturation process
Intermediate Goals - Answer-Tx planning goals midpoint per clients goals.
Jungian Therapy - Answer-Analytic Psychology, the concepts of collective unconscious
and archetypes and defined introversion and extroversion as the two types of
personality organization. Primary goal is for client to become adequately adapted to
reality allowing them to fulfill their creative potential. Ultimate goal is: individuation.
