Clinical supervision is the process whereby the work of counselors is reviewed by other mental health professionals, usually with the goal of
a. ensuring that counselors' services are delivered in a manner that satisfies the counselors' employers.
b. increasing the counselors' effectiveness.
c. increasing the counselors' knowledge of the counseling literature.
d. ensuring that counselors perform their job functions appropriately.
e. helping counselors practice in an ethical manner.
Q. 2The following is an example of instructions for a performance assessment for a first grade class in physical education.
Which of the following considerations given by the authors of this chapter is being violated?
Students will be randomly chosen and placed on two different teams, A and B. Team A will compete against Team B in a soccer game. Students are expected to decide what positions each student should play and illustrate the proper positioning for this sport. Who wins the game is not important, rather their ability to show how the game is played. The game will last the length of a real soccer game, which is approximately one hour.
a. Matching the educational level to your students
b. Not containing unnecessary jargon and intense technical language
c. Clearly specifying the type of response you expect
d. Clearly specifying the purpose of the task
Q. 3Based on what we know today, most individuals would prefer to have consultation services offered in an individual format.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 4Structured interviews are useful for diagnostic evaluations because they typically
a) Assess symptom criteria, symptom severity and functional impairment
b) Require little advanced training and cost to administer and score
c) Have a scoring system for quantifying functional impairment
d) Evaluate interpersonal relationships, cultural beliefs, and psychological conflicts
Q. 5The gatekeeping responsibilities of counselor educators may involve all of the following EXCEPT
a. developing a professional development plan for a student whose counseling skills are deficient
b. dismissing a student from the training program after observing due process
c. providing periodic feedback and evaluation of professional development
d. providing a formal hearing if a student is dismissed for academic reasons
e. documenting decisions to dismiss students
Q. 6For the most part, research would suggest that consultees want to be involved in the development of an intervention plan.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 7A math test intended to cover the year's content was administered to a class. The teacher ran out of time the night before and only asked questions from the first semester's material. What type of threat to validity is present?
a. Construct underrepresentation
b. Construct-irrelevant variance
c. Face validity
d. Discriminant validity
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