BRS Counseling, Education & Support Services 5

Question 1

A BRS working with a combat veteran who acquired vision loss reports recurring nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness. These symptoms MOST likely indicate:

Accepted Answer

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Answer

Recurring nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbing are hallmark PTSD symptoms, particularly common in combat veterans with acquired disabilities.

Question 2

Which of the following is the PRIMARY goal of a low vision support group facilitated by a BRS?

Accepted Answer

To provide peer connection, shared experience, and mutual coping strategies

Answer

Support groups focus on reducing isolation and building coping resources through shared experience, complementing but not replacing individual clinical services.

Question 3

The ecological model of disability emphasizes that a blind person's functional limitations are PRIMARILY determined by:

Accepted Answer

The interaction between the individual and their physical and social environment

Answer

The ecological (or social) model holds that disability results from the mismatch between individual abilities and environmental barriers, not impairment alone.

Question 4

A BRS who discloses their own experience with vision loss to a client is using which counseling technique?

Accepted Answer

Self-disclosure

Answer

Therapeutic self-disclosure involves the counselor sharing personal information purposefully to build rapport or model coping, and must be used judiciously.

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes the difference between counseling and psychotherapy in the context of blind rehabilitation?

Accepted Answer

Counseling focuses on adjustment and coping with vision loss; psychotherapy addresses underlying mental health conditions

Answer

In rehabilitation, counseling typically addresses adjustment, coping, and education related to vision loss, while psychotherapy targets diagnosable mental health conditions requiring clinical licensure.

(BRS) Blind Rehabilitation Specialist Certification Practice Test

(BRS) Blind Rehabilitation Specialist Certification Practice Test

BRS Counseling, Education & Support Services 5