Exam Preview for 1407: School Social Work: Creating a Trauma Inform

School Social Work: Creating a Trauma Informed School

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1. According to the School Social Work Association of America, school social workers are: trained mental health professionals have a degree in social work provide a link between home school and community all of the above
2. The American Psychological Association of America defines trauma as: overreaction to a crisis short term only an emotional response to a terrible event (accident, rape, natural disaster, etc.) difficult to identify due to the lack of symptomology
3. The impact of trauma on children includes reexperiencing the trauma. This means: consciously trying to avoid engagement, trying not to think about the event being on edge, being on the lookout, constantly being worried blaming others or self, diminished interest in pleasurable activities, poor, memory recall constantly thinking about the event, replaying it over in their mind, nightmares
4. H.R. 4146: provides funds for the use of trauma-informed practices in public schools is not evidence-based and considered to be experimental research funds only primary schools in a public setting none of the above
5. Response and Emergency Management for Schools is identified as a best-practice model. The key idea for this model is to: protect schools so that they don’t get sued when a crisis occurs on campus establishes a framework for creating, reviewing or updating the emergency crisis response plan used on local campuses ensure that the media presents the school in a positive light all of the above
6. When selecting a school-based screening or assessment, there are some critical points to consider that may include: first, do no harm obtain informed consent use a scientifically sound screening process all of the above
7. PFA-S stands for: please forget about standards public funding announcement for schools psychological first aid for schools positive friends always support
8. PFA-S is a trauma related best-practice that includes: focuses on partnering with schools to enhance mental health services to schools includes providing training to school personnel and mental health professionals listen, protect, connect all of the above
9. Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS): can be provided by any school staff or administrator is skills based, culturally appropriate, ideal for minority students age 10-15 will only work with a small percentage of students and is overrated takes far too long to be practical in a school setting
10. Trauma-informed practices defined by H.R. 4146 include: adoption of disciplinary procedures and practices that utilize evidence - based restorative practices that build a culture of trust activities that engage teachers and other staff in a process of school - based planning to help all students feel safe and connected to the school community evidence based professional development all of the above