Mixed Deck — All CRC Topics Flashcards

Transferable skills analysis (TSA) is primarily used in job placement to:

Answer: Identify skills from past work that apply to new occupations

TSA identifies skills, knowledge, and abilities gained in previous jobs that can be applied to different occupations, broadening job options.

Workers' compensation's main objective is to:

Answer: return people to work

While workers' compensation provides financial benefits for lost wages and medical expenses resulting from work-related injuries, its primary objective extends beyond mere compensation. The overarching goal is to facilitate the injured worker's return to gainful employment. This includes providing rehabilitation services, vocational training, and accommodations to help individuals recover and reintegrate into the workforce, minimizing long-term disability and promoting economic independence.

A client's IPE goal is to become a medical billing specialist. The rehabilitation counselor should ensure the plan includes:

Answer: Measurable intermediate milestones and related support services

An effective IPE includes measurable milestones, timelines, and comprehensive support services needed to achieve the stated vocational goal.

Which approach to case management assigns a rehabilitation counselor primary responsibility for coordinating all services and maintaining ongoing contact with the client?

Answer: Clinical case management

Clinical case management integrates direct therapeutic services with coordination and advocacy, with the counselor maintaining an ongoing therapeutic relationship while managing all services.

The concept of 'spread' in disability psychology refers to:

Answer: The assumption that one disability affects all areas of functioning

Spread refers to the tendency of observers to generalize a person's disability to unaffected areas of functioning, assuming broader impairment than exists.

Which theoretical model proposes that stress results from a mismatch between environmental demands and individual resources?

Answer: Transactional model of stress and coping

Lazarus and Folkman's transactional model proposes that stress arises from the person's appraisal of whether environmental demands exceed their coping resources.

A client with a visual impairment is interested in computer programming. Which assistive technology would MOST directly enable screen-based work?

Answer: Screen reader software such as JAWS or NVDA

Screen readers convert text and graphical information on a computer monitor into synthesized speech or Braille output, enabling individuals with visual impairments to use computers.

Which of the following BEST describes a norm-referenced vocational assessment?

Answer: Compares client results to a standardization sample

Norm-referenced assessments compare an individual's performance to scores obtained from a representative standardization sample.

The VALPAR Component Work Samples are best described as:

Answer: Norm-referenced work samples measuring specific job skills

VALPAR Component Work Samples are standardized, norm-referenced assessments designed to evaluate specific work behaviors and physical demands.

Which legal doctrine holds that disability-neutral policies that disproportionately exclude people with disabilities may constitute illegal discrimination?

Answer: Disparate impact theory

Disparate impact theory holds that facially neutral policies that disproportionately affect protected groups, including people with disabilities, can constitute unlawful discrimination.

Which of the following best illustrates 'paradoxical intention,' a technique from Viktor Frankl's logotherapy?

Answer: Encouraging the client to intentionally bring on or wish for their feared symptom

Paradoxical intention asks clients to intend or wish for the very thing they fear, which breaks the anticipatory anxiety cycle by reducing avoidance and the fear of the symptom itself.

What is the role of informed consent in medical aspects?

Answer: It ensures the patient understands and agrees to the plan

Informed consent ensures patients understand the proposed interventions, alternatives, risks, and benefits before agreeing to proceed.

A rehabilitation client with a spinal cord injury expresses interest in becoming a software developer. The FIRST step a rehabilitation counselor should take is to:

Answer: Conduct a thorough analysis of the client's interests, skills, and the job's actual requirements

The first step is always a comprehensive assessment of the client's interests, abilities, and the actual functional requirements of the target occupation before making any determinations.

Which approach best demonstrates mastery of job placement in Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Test practice?

Answer: Applying principles to novel situations with sound judgment

True mastery involves understanding underlying principles well enough to apply them to new and unfamiliar situations with professional judgment.

In evidence-based practice for rehabilitation counseling, a systematic review differs from a narrative review primarily because it:

Answer: Follows a pre-specified, reproducible protocol for searching and synthesizing literature

Systematic reviews use explicit, reproducible methods for literature searching and synthesis to minimize bias.

Which career development concept refers to an individual's belief in their ability to successfully perform tasks required for a specific occupation?

Answer: Career self-efficacy

Career self-efficacy, based on Bandura's social cognitive theory, refers to an individual's confidence in their ability to perform occupation-specific tasks.

When a client's vocational assessment results conflict with their self-reported abilities, the BEST counselor response is to:

Answer: Explore the discrepancy with the client to understand contributing factors

Exploring discrepancies with the client promotes a collaborative relationship and may reveal important contextual factors affecting performance.

The initial course of treatment for someone with a dual diagnosis typically focuses on:

Answer: detoxification

For individuals with a dual diagnosis, meaning co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, the initial and most critical phase of treatment often focuses on detoxification. This process involves safely managing the acute physical symptoms of withdrawal from substances. Stabilizing the individual physiologically through detoxification creates a necessary foundation before comprehensive mental health and rehabilitation interventions can effectively begin.

When a rehabilitation counselor suspects a client is being abused but the client has not disclosed this, the counselor should:

Answer: Follow mandatory reporting laws applicable to their jurisdiction

Counselors are obligated to follow mandatory reporting laws regarding abuse, which supersede confidentiality in most jurisdictions.

The ADA's 'undue hardship' defense for reasonable accommodation is determined by considering which primary factors?

Answer: Nature and cost of accommodation relative to the employer's overall resources and operations

Undue hardship analysis considers the nature/cost of accommodation relative to the employer's size, financial resources, and overall operations.