PRAXIS 5422 PT 2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. The core conditions of effective counseling: empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive
regard
2. The major components of an effective crisis management program: -The plan
must address three general areas: safety and security; dissemination of accurate information to school crisis response
team members, school statt, students, parents, and, when appropriate, the general public; and the emotional and
psychological needs of all parties.
*or*
-A basic school-based crisis response plan has seven key elements: organizing structure, communications system, ac-
countability system, parent/student reunification, alternative location, equipment and supplies, and aftermath/recovery plan.
3. what are some considerations school counselors should be aware of when
counseling students with diverse ethnicities?: -Counselors should attempt to be knowledgeable
about their client's attitudes and beliefs about the counseling process in order to select appropriate interventions.
- A multicultural counselor should also be mindful of cultural stigma regarding mental illness when describing
conditions and recommending therapies.
-language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social
groups" as relevant influences that counselors should be aware of when assisting students
4. What are the rights of parents information about their children's counseling?-
: -Parents legally hold the privacy rights of their children and have a large say in what services their child receives. In a
related issue, children's right to access support from school counselors unless a parent requests otherwise is a generally
accepted practice
-Sharing information with parents/guardians is important when a student's safety is in question but other than that the
counselor does not have to share everything with the parent
5. What school staff is required to report abuse and neglect?: all school employees
6. what is the effect of FERPA on the work of the professionals school counselor?-
: -FERPA requires parental consent to release information to certain other parties;, however, "the law empowers school oflcials
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,to act decisively and quickly when issues arise."
-In an emergency, FERPA permits school oflcials to disclose without consent education records, including personally
identifiable information from those records, to protect the health or safety of students or other individuals. At such times,
records and information may be released to appropriate parties such as law enforcement oflcials, public health oflcials and
trained medical personnel. This exception is limited to the period of the emergency and generally does not allow for a
blanket release of personally identifiable information from a student's education records
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, 7. How do school counselors analyze student outcomes?: An example of a measure of
outcome data would be the number of students who receive more than one failing grade, then again measuring that
number after those students attend a semester-long study skills group. Outcome data is used to assess changes to
the data upon finishing the intervention to provide an understanding of the intervention's impact. This data serves
as quantitative support to show student improvement during the course of the intervention, allowing more ettective advocacy
for the school counseling program.
8. What is the purpose of theories in individual school counseling?: -Theory gives a
framework for integrity between understanding, interpretation and, ultimately, action.
-a counseling theory is a model of understanding and intervention; it provides the clinician with ways to view and to change a
client's behaviors, feelings, thoughts, or interactions.
9. person-centered therapy: -belief in the inner resources of the client that create the therapeutic climate
for growth
-creates safe space to talk and self-actualize
10. Gestalt therapy: -experience the present moment more fully and gain awareness of what we are doing
Example: empty chair technique. This technique involves a client imagining and participating in a conversation with
another person or a ditterent part of themselves.
11. Bheavior Therapy: -most behavior is learned and therefore can be unlearned
12. cognitive behavioral therapy: -changing thoughts is the path to changing behaviors and feelings
example: journaling, ERP, etc.
13. Reality Therapy: -we always have a choice
-helps assuming personal responsibility and dealing with the present
14. Solution Focused Therapy: -Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a short-term goal-focused
evi- dence-based therapeutic approach to help clients construct solutions.
-constructing solutions, not focusing on problems
examples: scaling, miracle question
15. what is the school counselors role in educational planning? techniques?: -
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1. The core conditions of effective counseling: empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive
regard
2. The major components of an effective crisis management program: -The plan
must address three general areas: safety and security; dissemination of accurate information to school crisis response
team members, school statt, students, parents, and, when appropriate, the general public; and the emotional and
psychological needs of all parties.
*or*
-A basic school-based crisis response plan has seven key elements: organizing structure, communications system, ac-
countability system, parent/student reunification, alternative location, equipment and supplies, and aftermath/recovery plan.
3. what are some considerations school counselors should be aware of when
counseling students with diverse ethnicities?: -Counselors should attempt to be knowledgeable
about their client's attitudes and beliefs about the counseling process in order to select appropriate interventions.
- A multicultural counselor should also be mindful of cultural stigma regarding mental illness when describing
conditions and recommending therapies.
-language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social
groups" as relevant influences that counselors should be aware of when assisting students
4. What are the rights of parents information about their children's counseling?-
: -Parents legally hold the privacy rights of their children and have a large say in what services their child receives. In a
related issue, children's right to access support from school counselors unless a parent requests otherwise is a generally
accepted practice
-Sharing information with parents/guardians is important when a student's safety is in question but other than that the
counselor does not have to share everything with the parent
5. What school staff is required to report abuse and neglect?: all school employees
6. what is the effect of FERPA on the work of the professionals school counselor?-
: -FERPA requires parental consent to release information to certain other parties;, however, "the law empowers school oflcials
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,to act decisively and quickly when issues arise."
-In an emergency, FERPA permits school oflcials to disclose without consent education records, including personally
identifiable information from those records, to protect the health or safety of students or other individuals. At such times,
records and information may be released to appropriate parties such as law enforcement oflcials, public health oflcials and
trained medical personnel. This exception is limited to the period of the emergency and generally does not allow for a
blanket release of personally identifiable information from a student's education records
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, 7. How do school counselors analyze student outcomes?: An example of a measure of
outcome data would be the number of students who receive more than one failing grade, then again measuring that
number after those students attend a semester-long study skills group. Outcome data is used to assess changes to
the data upon finishing the intervention to provide an understanding of the intervention's impact. This data serves
as quantitative support to show student improvement during the course of the intervention, allowing more ettective advocacy
for the school counseling program.
8. What is the purpose of theories in individual school counseling?: -Theory gives a
framework for integrity between understanding, interpretation and, ultimately, action.
-a counseling theory is a model of understanding and intervention; it provides the clinician with ways to view and to change a
client's behaviors, feelings, thoughts, or interactions.
9. person-centered therapy: -belief in the inner resources of the client that create the therapeutic climate
for growth
-creates safe space to talk and self-actualize
10. Gestalt therapy: -experience the present moment more fully and gain awareness of what we are doing
Example: empty chair technique. This technique involves a client imagining and participating in a conversation with
another person or a ditterent part of themselves.
11. Bheavior Therapy: -most behavior is learned and therefore can be unlearned
12. cognitive behavioral therapy: -changing thoughts is the path to changing behaviors and feelings
example: journaling, ERP, etc.
13. Reality Therapy: -we always have a choice
-helps assuming personal responsibility and dealing with the present
14. Solution Focused Therapy: -Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a short-term goal-focused
evi- dence-based therapeutic approach to help clients construct solutions.
-constructing solutions, not focusing on problems
examples: scaling, miracle question
15. what is the school counselors role in educational planning? techniques?: -
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