When Your Foster Child Needs Counseling

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CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Check or fill in the appropriate answer to the following questions. First try to answer from your understanding of the material before referring back to the course. These questions address information specifically stated in the program.

1. Which of the following are included in the common goals of therapy for children? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY).

2. A really good therapist will be able to treat a child so that he will not need to deal with a traumatic abusive event again.

3. Therapy needs to be paid for out of the monthly foster care payment.

4. Control and discipline are a major goal when doing therapy with children.

5. Why is developmental screening or medical examination of a child preferred before a child enters counseling? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY).

6. List four (4) examples of behaviors that are considered “red flags” for a child who needs counseling.

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7. Which of the following statements are true? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY).

8. Define and describe the difference of the three (3) following types of therapy?

FAMILY COUNSELING:

GROUP COUNSELING:

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING:

9. On the lines below name three (3) ways a foster parent can support counseling and explain why they are
important.

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10. Following are descriptions of different types of individual therapy with a child. Choose from the dropdown list what type of therapy is being described.

--Child uses finger paints to draw a picture about scary feelings inside her.

--Child visits a psychiatrist to discuss behavior and gets a refill for a prescription of Ritalin.

--A therapist uses a puppet to talk with a child about a pain inside her stomach.

--Child takes the male figure in the doll house and hits it against the floor in anger.

--Child tells therapist she felt “icky” when her uncle molested her.

--Child is rewarded with a special outing when she earns 500 points for not hitting her brother.

11. The Continuum of Care is:

12. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: “Foster children especially need to have a good ending to their therapy because...

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When Your Foster Child Needs Counseling

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