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Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Human Trafficking: Use of Motivational Interviewing to Move Beyond Engagement

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1.  Motivational interviewing:
  1. is an inefficient way to help clients
  2. allows the therapist to tell the client what to do
  3. can only be used for clients with addictions
  4. is an effective way to talking with people about change
2.  __________________ is found in finding hope through change talk.
  1. Adaptation
  2. Evocation
  3. Leadership
  4. Change
3.  Which of the following is an affirmation or statement about positive things that the therapist sees about the client?
  1. This is hard work that you are doing.
  2. This is hard work, but anybody can do it.
  3. How do you feel?
  4. What is you next step?
4.  The spirit of motivational interviewing includes:
  1. collaboration
  2. guiding
  3. sharing of power
  4. all of the above
5.  The four skills that OARS requires are:
  1. open questions, affirmations, reading and summaries
  2. open questions, affirmations, reflections, summaries
  3. open doors, affirmations, reflections, summaries
  4. open questions, airing out grievances, reflections, summaries
6.  Which of the following is a process of Motivational Interviewing that is useful for engaging and intervening with homeless youth?
  1. Adaptation
  2. Admiration
  3. Focusing
  4. Drifting
7.  Which of the following is an example of Change Talk?
  1. How do you change?
  2. What do you think needs to happen?
  3. What would the benefits of doing this look like for you?
  4. What is your plan to focus on the here and now?
8.  ___________________ is developing a specific change plan that the client agrees to and is willing to implement.
  1. Planning
  2. Staging
  3. Contemplating
  4. Debating
9.  When utilizing Motivational Interviewing, the clinician should NOT:
  1. Rush to assess the client
  2. Tell the client what to do or how to fix their problem
  3. Try to should like the authority not the client's life
  4. All of the above
10.  _______________________ are statements and not questions and make a guess at what the client means rather than asking.
  1. Affirmations
  2. Open Ended Questions
  3. Reflections
  4. OARS

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