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The most common reasons students drop out of school are Correct answer-Bordem and
Disaffection
Service Learning Correct answer-active learning strategy that connects students to the school and
the real world
Which students benefit the most from Service Learning? Correct answer-Middle School Students
Personal and social development are obtained with a learned sense of responsibility.
Incorporating which of the following elements into the middle school curriculum is most likely to
reduce the number of students who drop out of school? Correct answer-community-based service-
learning activities
How can students develop the self-confidence to overcome obstacles to success? Correct answer-
By thinking about and challenging the messages that they are giving themselves and substituting
positive messages for those that are negative
Engaging in positive self talk can Correct answer-help reduce stress, improve self-esteem, increase
motivation, inspire productivity, and improve overall mental and physical health.
An elementary school counselor wants to help students develop effective coping strategies for
responding to situations that they find challenging or frustrating. Which approach would best help
achieve this goal? Correct answer-teaching students how to reframe negative thoughts using
positive self-talk.
School counselors who emphasize the use of restorative practices to address conflict should initially
focus on Correct answer-Repairing relationships
Restorative Practices Correct answer-Process that proactively build healthy relationships and a
sense of community to prevent and address conflict and wrongdoing.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which of the following elements is most
essential to an effective violence prevention program at the secondary level? Correct answer-
Helping students develop and apply coping and stress management strategies
Primary Prevention Correct answer-takes place before violence initially occurs. Among these
factors are healthy coping skills and the ability to manage various types of stressful situations.
A middle school counselor will be engaging students in a variety of career exploration activities
throughout the year. Which of the following approaches would best prepare students for these
activities? Correct answer-Helping students gain an awareness of their individual skills, interests,
and values
What is the first step in the career development process? Correct answer-An understanding of self
, A middle school science teacher wants to incorporate career development activities into the
curriculum and consults with the school counselor. Which of the following approaches by the school
counselor would best address the teacher's goal? Correct answer-Helping the teacher identify and
vet guest speakers in the sciences who can engage students in discussions about their careers
What is so great about using guest speakers? Correct answer-effective method for connecting
academic learning to the real world and exposing students to the various science disciplines.
Serve as great role models.
Which of the following assessment methods would provide a school counselor with the most useful
information about a student's functioning across school environments? Correct answer-Naturalistic
Observations
Naturalistic Observations Definition Correct answer-studying the spontaneous behavior of a
student in natural surroundings.
Statement describes a feature of a normal distribution of assessment date Correct answer-The
mean, median, and mode of the scores are all equal
Normal Distribution (Bell Curve) Definition Correct answer-occurs when test scores plotted on a
graph fall into a regular distribution around a single mean.
Which of the following assessment strategies would most effectively assess a student's progress in
the area of career development? Correct answer-student-created portfolios
Student Portfolio Definition Correct answer-purposeful collection of student work that tells the
story of the student's efforts, progress, and achievement in a given area.
Which of the following steps should an elementary school counselor take first when developing a
counseling curriculum in the personal/social domain? Correct answer-Analyzing the relevant
student competencies and social-emotional learning standards
What does the American School Counselor Association student competencies identify? Correct
answer-identify and prioritize specific attitudes, knowledge, and skills that students should be able to
demonstrate as a result of participating in a school counseling program.
When planning classroom guidance lessons, an elementary school counselor makes sure to
incorporate movement, creative expression, and peer interactions into the lessons whenever
possible. This approach is likely to be most effective in achieving which of the following? Correct
answer-Providing instruction that is responsive to students' varied intelligences
A school counselor wants to implement strategies to promote students' mental health. Which of the
following approaches would best support this goal? Correct answer-providing explicit instruction
to students on coping skills for addressing stressors in their lives
Coping Skills Definition Correct answer-methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations and
restore normal chemical processes in the brain.