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Counseling Flashcards

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What are some techniques leaders may use during the directive approach to counseling?

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  1. Corrective Training

2. Commanding

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What field manual covers counseling?

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FM 6-22 appendix B

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What are the characteristics of effective counseling?

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Purpose; Flexibility; Respect; Communication; and Support

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What are three approaches to counseling?

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  1. direct
  2. non-direct
  3. combined
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Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Directive counseling.

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Advantages:
Quickest method
Good for people who need clear, concise direction.
Allows counselors to actively use their experience.
Disadvantages:
Doesn’t encourage subordinates to be part of the solution Tends to treat symptoms, not problems
Tends to discourage subordinates from talking freely.
Solution is the counselor’s not the subordinate’s

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explain the advantages and disadvantages of Non-directive counseling.

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Advantages:
  Encourages maturity.
  Encourages open communication.
  Develops personal responsibility.
Disadvantages:
  More time-consuming
  Requires greatest counselor skill.
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Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Combined counseling.

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Advantages:
Moderately quick
Encourages maturity.
Encourages open communication.
Allows counselors to actively use their experience.
Disadvantages:
May take too much time for some situations.

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What are the three major categories of developmental counseling?

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  1. Event counseling
  2. Performance counseling
  3. Professional growth counseling.
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What are some examples of Event counseling?

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  1. Instances of superior or substandard performance.
  2. Reception and Integration Counseling.
  3. Crisis counseling
  4. Referral Counseling
  5. Promotion Counseling
  6. Separation Counseling.
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What areas would you cover in a reception and integration counseling?

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  1. Chain of command familiarization
  2. Organizational standards.
  3. Security and safety issues.
  4. NCO support channel
  5. On and off-duty conduct
  6. Personnel affairs and special clothing issue.
  7. Organizational history, structure and mission.
  8. Soldier programs within the organization, such as soldier of the month/Quarter/Year, and educational and training opportunities.
  9. Off limits and danger areas.
  10. Functions and locations of support activities.
  11. On and off post recreational, educational, cultural, and historical opportunities.
  12. Foreign nation or host nation orientation.
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What are the 4 stages of Counseling Process?

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  1. Identify the need for counseling
  2. Prepare for counseling
  3. Conduct counseling.
  4. Follow up.
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What are the steps required to prepare for counseling?

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  1. Select a suitable place.
  2. Schedule the time.
  3. Notify the subordinate well in advance.
  4. Organize information.
  5. Outline the counseling session components.
  6. Plan your counseling strategy.
  7. Establish the right atmosphere.
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A counseling session consists of what 4 basic components?

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  1. Opening the session
  2. Discussing the issues
  3. Developing a plan of action
  4. Recording and closing the session.
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What is counseling?

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Counseling is the process used by leaders to review with a subordinate the subordinate’s demonstrated performance and potential.

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What are some counseling techniques leaders may explore during the nondirective or combined counseling approaches.

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  1. Suggesting Alternatives
  2. Recommending
  3. Persuading
  4. Advising
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16
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How many human needs are there?

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4 (Physical, Social, Security and Higher(Religious))

17
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What is tact?

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A keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others and avoid offense

18
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What is the objective of counseling?

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For one person to help another.

19
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What are the 7 steps to problem solving?

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  1. Identify the problem
  2. Gather Information
  3. Develop criteria
  4. Generate possible solutions
  5. Analyze possible solutions
  6. Compare possible solutions
  7. Make and implement the decision
20
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What is communications?

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Communications is the flow or exchange of information and ideas from one person to another.

21
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Faulty communications causes most problems. True or false?

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True

22
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Leaders should seek to develop and improve what three leader counseling skills?

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  1. Active Listening
  2. Responding
  3. Questioning
23
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To insure that they understand the message sent to them, the receiver should send what back to the transmitter?

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Feedback

24
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What are the qualities of an effective counselor?

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  1. Respect for subordinates
  2. Self-awareness
  3. Cultural awareness
  4. Empathy
  5. Credibility
25
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In communication, your exchange of information has three important parts. What are they?

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  1. Message
  2. Content
  3. Context
26
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Name some good conditions that make for good discipline.

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  1. High performance standards
  2. Loyalty to superiors and subordinates
  3. Competitive activities
  4. Tough training
  5. Open channel of communication
27
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What course of action should a supervisor take when a subordinate has been performing below his/her usual standards?

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  1. Counsel about substandard performance.
  2. Attempt to define the problem with the soldier.
  3. Afford opportunity and time to solve the problem.
  4. Make a written statement of counseling
28
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What are the stresses that influence behavior?

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  1. Fear
  2. Hunger
  3. Illness
  4. Anxiety
  5. Fatigue
29
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By neglecting the welfare of your Soldiers, you will probably do what?

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Lose there respect and loyal cooperation

30
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What form is used for counseling?

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DA Form 4856 E

31
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When is the directive approach in counseling most likely to be used?

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When time is short, when the LEADER knows what to do, when the counseled soldier has limited problem-solving abilities.

32
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Is it a requirement that a leader counsel his/her subordinates?

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Yes

33
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Is performance counseling limited to bad performance?

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No

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