ETS 5422 Practice Test Part 2

Which two of the following are appropriate activities for school counselors based on the ASCA National Model?

• Providing counseling to students who have disciplinary problems

• Maintaining student records

• Protecting student records and information per state and federal regulations

• Coordinating cognitive, aptitude, and achievement programs.

Lev Vygotsky explained that there's a gap between children's ability to solve problems on their own and their potential knowledge if taught through adult instruction, which of the following terms best describes this gap?

• Scaffolding

• Transformative learning

• Zone of proximal development

• Potential intellectual ability

Which of the following techniques is most developmentally appropriate to help elementary school students reduce stress and improve their overall emotional health?

• Grounding

• Cognitive restructuring and reframing

• Behavioral rehearsal

• Academic goal setting

Children in Jean Piaget's stage of preoperational thought have difficulty understanding that another person's thoughts and opinions are different from their own. This type of thinking is referred to as...

• egocentrism

• animism

• artificialism

• magical thinking

A student's noncustodial parent arrives at elementary school to talk with the student. The school counselor should do which of the following?

• Politely ask the parent to leave and inform the custodial parent about the situation

• Contact the authorities and report the situation

• Allow non custodial parent to talk with the student but report it to the custodial parent

• Allow the noncustodial parent to talk with student unless there is legal documentation prohibiting contact.

Which of the following is an appropriate activity for a school counselor with regard to students' individualized Education Plans (IEP) and or IEP meetings?

• serving as IEP team coordinator and write IEPS

• coordinating schoolwide IEP Meetings

• serving as an advocate during Child Study Team and IEP meetings

• Maintaining IEP records

Which of the following is appropriate role for school counselor in regard to working with students with a 504 plan?

• coordinating meetings for 504 plans

• developing 504 plans, including accommodations

• identifying the strengths and challenges of students with disabilities

• providing weekly counseling services for students to help improve social skills

A school counselor gets a request from a student's family to provide the student with individual counseling because of a traumatic experience. Which of the following is the best action for the school counselor to take?

• creating and implementing a small group curriculum for the student.

• providing brief solution focused individual counseling

• referring the student to the school crisis team

• referring the family to outside mental health counseling options

Which THREE of the following are roles of the school counselor within the framework of multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS)?

• analyzing disipliary procedures for effectiveness

• referring students to school and community services as appropriate

• developing extracuricular offerings and community support networks

• evaluating academic and behavioral progress after interventions

• providing all students with standards based school counseling curriculum to address universal academic, career, and social/emotional devleopment

A school counselor applying Carl Roger's approach to individual counseling most likely employ which of the following techniques?

• unconditional positive regard

• dream analysis

• role-playing scenarios

• identifying the students' role within the family