Week 9

Question 1

Reasons for referrals

Answer 1

Lack of competence, limited resources, boundary issues, managed care issues EAP

Question 2

When you may not make referrals

Answer 2

Value conflicts, client’s sexual orientation

Question 3

What are CEUs?

Answer 3

Continuing Education Units- (PACCP- requires 40 CEU/s every two years) eg, Workshops, training seminars, counselling courses, in-agency training…

Question 4

What is EBP?

Answer 4

Evidence Based Practice- Insurance companies love these treatment plans- technique based and mold.
best available research with clinical expertise

Question 5

Therapist Competence

Answer 5

the skills and training required to effectively and appropriately treat clients in a specific area of practice.

Question 6

competence

Answer 6

Is both an ethical and legal issue- based. on beneficence and non-maleficence

Question 7

Incompetent practitioners are vulnerable to…

Answer 7

Malpractice suits

Question 8

What methods are used to assess competency?

Answer 8

Formative assessment and Summative assessment

Question 9

Formative assessment

Answer 9

is a developmentally informed process that provides useful feedback during one’s training and throughout one’s professional career.

Question 10

Summative assessment

Answer 10

Is an end point evaluation typically completed at the end of a professional program or when applying for licensure status

Question 11

Registry

Answer 11

is generally a voluntary listing of individuals who use a title or provide a service

Question 12

Certification

Answer 12

is a voluntary attempt by a group to promote a professional identity. Certification confirms that the practitioner has met a set of minimum standards established by the certification agency.

Question 13

Licensure statutes

Answer 13

determine and govern professional practice. “Licensure is a governmentally sanctioned credential that regulates which professionals can be reimbursed legally. by third-party and private payers for general counselling services.

Question 14

Gatekeeper’s role

Answer 14

protecting consumers by identifying and intervening with graduate students who exhibit problematic behaviors or who give evidence of performance problems

Question 15

peer review

Answer 15

is an organized system by which practitioners within a profession assess on another’s services

Question 16

supervision

Answer 16

is an integral part of your professional training and is one of the ways in which you acquire the competence needed to fulfill your professional responsibilities

Question 17

Four A’a of an effective supervisor

Answer 17

available, accessible, affable, able

Question 18

Assessment

Answer 18

consists of evaluating the relevant factors in a client’s life to identify themes for further explorations

Question 19

diagnosis

Answer 19

which is sometimes part of the assessment process, consists of possibly identifying a specific diagnosis. described in the DSM-5

Question 20

DSM-5

Answer 20

Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders

the official guide to a system of classifying psychological disorders

Question 21

psychodiagnosis or psychological diagnosis

Answer 21

is a general term covering the process of identifying an emotional or behavioral problem and making a statement about the current status of a client.

Question 22

differential diagnosis

Answer 22

id. the process of distinguishing on form of mental disorder from another by determining which of two(or more) disorders with similar symptoms the person is suffering from.

Question 23

EST

Answer 23

each form of therapy should be tested and carefully controlled by experimental research
(some argue too mechanical)