Chapter 16 - Children, Teens and Young Adults

Question 1

efficacy

Answer 1

treatment has been shown in experimental studies to reduce symptoms and impairment when the study has used random assignments, control groups and manualized procedures

Question 2

effectiveness

Answer 2

treatment has been shown in real life to reduce symptoms and impairment

Question 3

prevention

Answer 3

Four C’s - counselling services, coordination of activities, consultation with others, curriculum development …
Also peer mediation

Question 4

at risk children

Answer 4

those most likely to develop problems because of their backgrounds or present behaviours

Question 5

bullying

Answer 5

behaviours of one person threatening or physically assaulting another person for no apparent reason, includes name-calling, teasing, writing hurtful statements, intentional exclusion, stealing, defacing personal property.

Question 6

Remediation

Answer 6

trying to make a situation right.

Question 7

self-concept

Answer 7

how children perceive themselves in a variety of areas

Question 8

self-esteem

Answer 8

results from the comparison of oneself to the peer group.

Question 9

Five C’s of Competency

Answer 9

academic competency
self-concept
communication skills
coping ability
control

Question 10

needs assessment

Answer 10

structured surveys that focus on types, depths and scope of problems

Question 12

play therapy

Answer 12

specialized way of working with children that requires skill and training.

Question 13

bibliotherapy

Answer 13

the use of books or media as aids to help children gain insight into their problems and find appropriate solutions

Question 14

Roles of middle school counsellors

Answer 14

• working with students individually and in groups
• working with teachers and administrators
• working in the community with agencies and business
• partnering with parents

Question 15

Prevention in Middle school

Answer 15

Using anti-bullying programs, programs against violence in dating and sexual harassment, substance use prevention, gang prevention programs

Use the succeeding in school approach. Help students focus on behaviours, attitudes, and relationship skills that lead to improved academic success.

peer mentoring. older student paired with a younger student

Question 16

communication service cluster

Answer 16

concerned with public relations. Counsellors outreach arm and is critical for informing the public what the counselling program is doing.curri

Question 17

curriculum service

Answer 17

concentrates on facilitating academic adjustment

Question 18

assessment service cluster

Answer 18

provides testing and evaluation

Question 19

counselling service cluster

Answer 19

provide counselling to individuals, peers and group level off and in school

Question 20

self-counselling

Answer 20

when people think the ideas that they believe, react to those ideas with logical emotional reactions and logical physical behaviours.

Question 21

crisis person

Answer 21

deals with emergencies, such as acting out, withdrawing, trauma that affects large numbers (like suicide, homicide, accidental death)

Question 22

community contact cluster

Answer 22

works with parents and other interested people to keep communication open between school and agencies

Question 23

professional growth cluster

Answer 23

programs for staff and paraprofessionals

Question 24

prevention at secondary level

Answer 24

• classroom educative experiences that affect students intellectual and personal development

students become more self reliant, less dominated by peer group.
Less egocentric

• run groups (thematic groups)

Question 25

Four examples of problem areas where prevention makes a major difference

Answer 25

substance abuse adolescent homicide/suicide prevention of AIDS abusive relationships

Question 26

wraparound programs

Answer 26

multiple services who work together to provide direct assistance to the youth at risk of violence, their family and school

Question 27

resilience

Answer 27

adaptive process whereby individuals willingly make use of internal and external resources to overcome adversity or threats to development

Question 28

coping skills

Answer 28

ability to adapt to stress and adversity

Question 29

information retriever

Answer 29

counsellor collects information or works with other professionals to collect information about particularly complex situations such as abused and drug dependent teenager

Question 30

service coordinator

Answer 30

appropriate referrals made

Question 31

information administrator

Answer 31

counsellor coordinates a plan in which individuals or agencies deliver student services

Question 32

individualized education plan

Answer 32

educational programs tailored to specialized needs of certain children

Question 33

in loco parentis

Answer 33

gives faculty and staff the parental role of teaching morals and values

Question 34

student services model

Answer 34

emphasizes students as consumers

Question 35

student development model

Answer 35

research based environments that help college students learn and develop