School Counseling Origins
CACREP and Accreditation
Roles of a School Counselor
Developmental
Theories
Systems Theory
100

To become a school counselor, you usually need this type of degree:

  • A) High School Diploma
  • B) Master's Degree
  • C) Driver's License
  • D) Baking Certificate

What is a Master's Degree?

100

CACREP is a group that:

  • A) Makes sure schools are doing a good job
  • B) Organizes school dances
  • C) Delivers school lunches
  • D) Writes report cards

What is makes sure schools are doing a good job?

100

This group gives advice about what school counselors should do:

  • A) The School Lunch Association
  • B) The American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
  • C) The Parent-Teacher Organization
  • D) The School Bus Drivers Club

What is the American School Counselor Association (ASCA)?

100

Understanding normal development helps counselors:

  • A) Predict the weather
  • B) Anticipate student issues
  • C) Build houses
  • D) Fix cars

What is B) Anticipate student issues?

100

Systems theory includes understanding:

  • A) Only math problems
  • B) Family, group, and consultation
  • C) Only history lessons
  • D) Only science experiments

What is B) Family, group, and consultation?

200

Before becoming a school counselor, David Moran worked as a:

  • A) Firefighter
  • B) Social Worker
  • C) Astronaut
  • D) Movie Star

What is a Social Worker?

200

David Moran helped schools with this process:

  • A) Getting new textbooks
  • B) Becoming officially approved (accredited)
  • C) Building a new playground
  • D) Hiring a new principal

What is becoming officially approved (accredited)?

200

School Counselors do lots of things, including:

  • A) Teaching students how to drive
  • B) Helping students with their feelings
  • C) Cooking lunch for students
  • D) Giving students haircuts

What is helping students with their feelings?

200

Abnormal development helps counselors understand:

  • A) Why students act unusual
  • B) How to cook
  • C) How to dance
  • D) How to paint

What is A) Why students act unusual?

200

Knowing how children fit into their families helps counselors:

  • A) Teach them to drive
  • B) Work with children and parents
  • C) Bake cookies
  • D) Build a playground

What is B) Work with children and parents.

300

David Moran really liked working in this kind of school:

  • A) A big public high school
  • B) A small private middle school
  • C) A school for animals
  • D) A school on a spaceship

What is a small private middle school?

300

While working with CACREP, David became interested in:

  • A) Teaching counselors
  • B) Becoming a doctor
  • C) Building rockets
  • D) Training dogs

What is teaching counselors?

300

The ASCA thinks school counselors should ask themselves this question:

  • A) "What's for lunch?"
  • B) "What do school counselors do?"
  • C) "When's recess?"
  • D) "Can I go home now?"

What is "What do school counselors do?"?

300

Where can you learn more about normal and abnormal development?

  • A) Chapters 9 and 10
  • B) The sports section
  • C) The cooking channel
  • D) The weather report

What is A) Chapters 9 and 10?

300

School counselors also need to know about:

  • A) Only how to play video games
  • B) Working with other school staff
  • C) Only how to swim
  • D) Only how to sing

What is B) Working with other school staff?

400

David Moran first worked as a school counselor in:

  • A) A high school
  • B) A middle school
  • C) An elementary school
  • D) A preschool

What is B) A middle school?

400

CACREP wants to make sure that:

  • A) Students are eating healthy snacks
  • B) Counselor training programs are good
  • C) School buses are running on time
  • D) Everyone has new shoes

What is B) Counselor training programs are good?

400

School counselors help students:

  • A) Learn to ride a bike
  • B) Solve problems with friends
  • C) Do magic tricks
  • D) Cook dinner

What is B) Solve problems with friends?

400

Developmental theories help counselors understand how children:

  • A) Learn and grow
  • B) Fly airplanes
  • C) Drive cars
  • D) Bake cakes

What is A) Learn and grow?

400

Systems theory helps counselors understand that:

  • A) Everyone is connected
  • B) Everyone likes the same things
  • C) Everyone is good at sports
  • D) Everyone can fly

What is A) Everyone is connected?

500

David Moran decided to become a school counselor because he:

  • A) Wanted to be a teacher
  • B) Loved working with young people
  • C) Wanted to work with animals
  • D) Liked the school cafeteria food

What is B) Loved working with young people?

500

Schools get accredited by:

  • A) Having a bake sale
  • B) Showing they meet CACREP's standards
  • C) Winning a sports competition
  • D) Having a school talent show

What is B) Showing they meet CACREP's standards?

500

School counselors teach students about:

  • A) Different careers
  • B) How to train a pet
  • C) How to build a robot
  • D) How to fly a kite

What is A) Different careers?

500

Counselors use developmental theories to know what's:

  • A) Typical for a certain age
  • B) Inside a black hole
  • C) At the bottom of the ocean
  • D) On another planet

What is A) Typical for a certain age?

500

When school counselors use systems theory, they think about:

  • A) How different parts work together
  • B) How to build a spaceship
  • C) How to make a pizza
  • D) How to write a song

What is A) How different parts work together?