When assessing youth related to maltreatment and trauma, the first thing a counselor should assess is:

a. Immediate safety
b. Age when abuse began
c. Medical history
d. Symptoms of distress


Answer: A

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The name of the procedure used in question #22 is known as:

a. concurrent validity b. construct reliability c. test-retest reliability d. standard error of measure

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As counselors work with clients who experience daily prejudice and discrimination, it is important that counselors examine

a. clients' emotions associated with these experiences. b. clients' environmental stressors associated with stereotyping. c. their own prejudices. d. All of the above.

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According to Lum , a working definition of cultural competence in a social work practice context involves _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The Duluth model can best be characterized as:

A) ?a cognitive-behavioral treatment for batterers. B) providing support to women across a range of issues.? C) ?an integrated, systemic intervention coordinated between a variety of agencies. D) ?a biased program that seeks to give batterers what that dished out.

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