Multicultural
Which of the following racial/ethnic groups is most likely to express mental health symptoms as somatic complaints?
Asian Americans
This is a 9 question assessment to measure for depression
PHQ9
When a client is able to acknowledge that there is a problem but not yet ready, sure of wanting, or lacks confidence to make a change aligns best which what stage of change?
contemplation
During an intake, a counselor determines that a client's substance use is just related to the "type" of person they are, and does not consider current environmental stressors. This common error of judgment is known as
attribution
Name two multicultural/cross cultural assessments
The Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA)
Everyday Discrimination Scale
Asian Values Scale
Racial Trauma Scale
This assessment is designed to measure daily living skills, communication, socialization, and motor skills, with an expanded form that includes a maladaptive behavior index.
Vineland II
Formal assessments aside, this technique can be very helpful when working with individuals experiencing substance use issues (according to your textbook)
Motivational interviewing
Self-injury tends to be related to suicidality
True or False
False
Which of the following represents components of the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies?
Client worldview, Counseling relationship, Counseling self-awareness, All of the above
All of the above
SAD PERSONS
SAFE-T
Decision-tree assessment strategy
C-SSRS
The notion that what is included in an assessment—in particular, an ability test— is that to which a group of diverse test takers would have been equally exposed is an example of what form of test fairness?
Equal opportunity to learn
This is the most commonly used standard score is the
T score
Someone identifying predominantly with which acculturation model is likely least affected by assessment bias from traditional assessments?
Assimilation
The four domains included in the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales include Communication, Daily Living Skills, Motor Skills, and
Socialization
The intake interview process allows the counselor to do what? (name three things)
Assess the nature and severity of a client’s presenting concerns.
Include a mental status examination in the session
Establish expectations for counseling
How might client satisfaction forms be useful in clinical practice?
They provide valuable feedback for administrators and professionals
Gives information on client progress
Creates opportunity to engage clients in open-ended questions that indicate information from clients regarding what was the most helpful, what was least helpful, and what recommendations they would make for future counseling.
Give two multicultural/diversity issues a counselor should be aware of when working with eating disorders
-Relationship with food
-Eating disorder signs can go unnoticed
-Social expectations
-Environmental factors (accessibility, types of exercise)
This assessment's items refer to recent alcohol use, alcohol dependence symptoms, and alcohol-related problems and distinguishes between low-risk and high-risk drinkers.
AUDIT
ADHD symptoms must be associated with another mental disorder
True or False
False
Give two instances when assessments in counseling can be harmful
-doing wrong assessments can lead to misdiagnoses
-multicultural issues
-literacy issues (assuming someone can read and giving them a self report measure)
-During an intake when client is vulnerable and you give them an assessment to complete
-Client is too tired or unwell to complete an assessment