Part A-

1. The federal law relative to child abuse is:
a. CAPTA
b. FERPA
c. NCLB
d. FABTA

2. A condition that would lead to the charge of child abandonment is:
a. The parent's identity is unknown
b. The child has failed to provide reasonable support over time
c. The child is left in dangerous circumstances
d. All of the above

3. Research on maltreating parents indicates they are:
a. Unrepentant
b. Likely to use harsh punishment
c. Older mothers
d. Stepparents

4. Counselors need to help children of alcoholic parents understand:
a. They cannot love their parent until the substance abuse stops
b. They can love their parent and accept their behavior
c. They can love their parent and not like their behavior
d. They will probably become alcoholics

5. One of the treatment goals for children of alcoholic families is:
a. Reduce children's isolation
b. Provide accurate information about chemical dependency
c. Provide support
d. All of the above

6. A compentency for health care providers who work with children from alcoholic families is:
a. A knowledge of symptoms
b. Routine screening
c. Ability to offer support
d. All of the above

7. Irreversibility refers to the understanding that:
a. Death is a permanent condition
b. Death cannot be undone
c. Death is unavoidable
d. Understanding some things happen over which you have no control

8. Finality refers to the understanding that:
a. Death is a permanent condition
b. Death cannot be undone
c. Death is unavoidable
d. Understanding some things happen over which you have no control

9. Inevitability refers to the understanding that:
a. Death is a permanent condition
b. Death cannot be undone
c. Death is unavoidable
d. Understanding some things happen over which you have no control

10. Crisis depression is:
a. A reaction to a specific external event
b. A persistent feeling of sadness
c. Extreme psychological impairment
d. Response to setbacks

11. Clinical depression is:
a. A reaction to a specific external event
b. A persistent feeling of sadness
c. Extreme psychological impairment
d. Response to setbacks

12. One component of the ACTION program is:
a. Always call your parent
b. Catch the positive
c. Identify the person involved
d. Negative thoughts need to be reframed.

13. An important guidelines in working with children who are suicidal is:
a. Do not debate whether suicide is right or wrong
b. Do not call parents until absolutely necessary
c. Do not ask others for help
d. Do not take every threat seriously.

14. Child maltreatment refers to:
a. physical abuse.
b. sexual abuse.
c. psychological abuse.
d. all of the above and more.

15. Which of the following are not included in the alcoholic family's "unspoken rules" that were listed in the text?
a. Do have fun.
b. Don't feel.
c. Don't blame chemical dependency.
d. Do be better and more responsible.

16. The CAST and the CASTD are:
a. measurement instruments for use in counseling with children of substance abuse.
b. screening instruments for identifying children who are substance abusers.
c. classroom guidance lessons designed to help abused children cope.
d. group counseling materials for use with alcoholic families.

17. Among the common factors of adolescents who display antisocial behavior are
a. surprisingly, members of intact families.
b. notably below average in intelligence.
c. from upper class families
d. weak social connections

18. Later research by Wallerstein suggests that it is possible that a multitude of factors will influence the effect of divorce on children but did not include:
a. the amount of tension and conflict in the home.
b. which parent is awarded custody.
c. the parents' reaction to the divorce.
d. the parents' personal adjustment to the divorce.

19. The most critical factor in helping children through divorce is:
a. parental support.
b. keeping them in familiar surroundings.
c. providing structure and consistent discipline.
d. supportive counseling with someone to whom they can release their feelings.

20. Which of the following is not a "psychological task" children of divorce must resolve?
a. acknowledging the reality of the marital rupture.
b. resolution of loss.
c. resolving anger and self blame.
d. making a decision about the custodial parent.

21. Children of divorce do which of the following?
a. blame their parents for being selfish
b. blame themselves for the breakup
c. feel intense anger at one or both parents
d. all of the above

22. Adolescents who have been through a parental divorce:
a. must learn to take a chance on love.
b. can resolve the issues associated with the crisis more rapidly than very young children.
c. do not experience the feelings of being unlovable and unworthy as intensely as young children.
d. do not blame themselves for the divorce as young children do.

23. Which is not true of blended families?
a. Expectations and relationships are more ambiguous.
b. Social guidelines are not clear.
c. Home schedules and guidelines may change.
d. Modes of interaction remain the same as pre-divorce.

24. Adults can help children with grieving over the death of a loved one by:
a. gently diverting the child's questions to more pleasant topics.
b. protecting the children from seeing their own adult grief.
c. telling children that death is God's will.
d. encouraging children to talk about their feelings.

25. Children have trouble understanding death because:
a. of their cognitive level.
b. it occurs so seldom in their lives.
c. adults protect them from facing death.
d. of the portrayal of death on television.

26. Kubler-Ross has defined the stages most families go through in facing death as:
a. denial, resistance, bargaining, and acceptance.
b. denial, anger, bargaining, reality, and acceptance.
c. denial, bargaining, reality, resistance, and acceptance.
d. denial, bargaining, acceptance, reality, and anger.

27. Whether or not a child should attend the funeral of a loved one is dependent on the child's:
a. wish to attend or not to attend.
b. age and cognitive development.
c. acceptance of the death.
d. age, kinship to deceased, and reactions to death.

28. If you suspect a child has suicidal tendencies, you should:
a. ignore your suspicions until you have additional indicators - a cluster of symptoms.
b. find ways to confirm your suspicions without mentioning suicide in order to avoid suggesting the idea to the child.
c. confront the child with your thoughts and feelings immediately.
d. ask the parents if they have noticed indications of depression.

29. Reviews of conflict resolution programs have found which of the following results?
a. higher incidents of referrals to principals
b. fewer classroom meetings.
c. disruptions in the daily schedule.
d. high student academic performance.

Part B-

1. Students are eligible under 504 when they:
a. Have impairments that substantially limit them
b. Met the criteria of what is a spectrum of exceptionalities
c. Are between birth and 3 years old
d. Are educationally able

2. IEP stands for:
a. Initial educational plan
b. Individual evaluation plan
c. Individual education plan
d. Individual education progress

3. Some concerns that may come up in counseling children with disabilities are:
a. Self-other conflict
b. Career counseleing
c. Maladaptive behavior
d. All of the above

4. Which group of children with disabilities has the least favorable outcome?
a. Those with learning disabilities
b. Those with emotional disturbances
c. Those with physical disabilities
d. Those with ADHD

5. Dyscalculia refers to:
a. problems with arithmetic and math concepts
b. problems with reading
c. problems with illegibility
d. problem with motor coordination

6. One component of effective training programs for parents is:
a. Unstructured sessions
b. Small group presentations
c. Requiring parents to practice
d. No more than six meetings

7. The Education for All Handicapped Children Act is:
a. a rehabilitation act.
b. a result of Franklin Roosevelt's disability
c. Section 504
d. PL 94-142

8. A person with handicaps is not limited as much by the disability as by:
a. his or her attitude toward the condition.
b. society's attitude toward the condition.
c. how the parents handle their reactions.
d. the degree of severity of the conditions.

9. Criticisms of categorical special education include all except:
a. the children may be stigmatized.
b. the processes required to categorize make it more difficult to obtain services.
c. the child may be encouraged to exhibit the behaviors characteristic of the label
d. the categories may prevent a child from developing in a healthy manner

10. In IDEA, children with disabilities refers to young people who have:
a. Parents who will lobby for services
b. Permanent or temporary disabilities that interfere with their education
c. Communicable diseases.
d. Enhanced sensory perceptions

11. The definition of "mental disability" includes sub average general intellectual functioning and which of the following?
a. reduced rate of learning
b. deficits in adaptive behavior
c. adverse effects on educational performance
d. all of the above

12. A counselor's interventions for children who have special needs:
a. do not involve the family or teacher in any interventions.
b. ignore the disability
c. refer them to a specially trained counselor if at all possible
d. are knowledgeable of the needs and characteristics of these children

13. Which of the following are not symptoms of emotional disturbances according to the Office of Special Education Programs?
a. inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors.
b. disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes of language.
c. difficulty developing and maintaining relationships.
d. demonstrating inappropriate responses to normal circumstances.

14. Which of the following is not a symptom of mild-moderate emotional disturbance problems?
a. hyperactivity
b. withdrawal
c. fighting
d. autism

15. Among the conditions excluded from definitions of learning disabilities is:
a. environmental disadvantage.
b. brain injury.
c. imperfect ability to do math.
d. developmental aphasia.

16. Most definitions of learning disabilities contain references to all of the following except:
a. neurological functioning.
b. uneven growth patterns.
c. below average intelligence.
d. academic and learning difficulties.

17. Criteria for learning disabilities include all of the following except:
a. neurological causes.
b. psychological processes.
c. difficulty in using spoken or written language
d. societal conditions.

18. Overarousal, impulsivity, blurting out, interrupting, losing things, and engaging in dangerous activities may be symptoms of:
a. learning disabilities.
b. attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
c. emotional disorder/behavior disorder.
d. educable mental retardation.

19. A child with a physical disability has feelings about self that stem from:
a. how he or she is treated by others
b. the child's age at the time of occurrence
c. the severity of the condition
d. all of the above

20. Three types of ADHD are which of the following:
a. predominately active type, predominately inactive type, combined type
b. predominately inattentive type, predominately hyperactive/impulsive type, combined type
c. predominately impulsive type, predominately attentive type, combined type.
d. unclassified attentive type, classified impulsive type, combinations.