SSW Crisis Intervention & Mental Health 3

Question 1

Under the school social worker's duty to warn, which legal precedent established the obligation to protect identifiable third parties from a client's serious threats?

Accepted Answer

Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (1976)

Answer

Tarasoff established that mental health professionals have a duty to protect identifiable potential victims when a client makes credible threats of harm.

Question 2

A student discloses ongoing physical abuse by a parent. The student begs the social worker not to tell anyone. The social worker's ethical and legal obligation is to:

Accepted Answer

File a mandatory report with child protective services regardless of the student's wishes

Answer

Mandatory reporting laws require school social workers to report suspected child abuse regardless of client preferences or consent.

Question 3

Which of the following is a PRIMARY goal of psychological first aid (PFA) following a school crisis?

Accepted Answer

Promoting a sense of safety, calm, connectedness, self-efficacy, and hope

Answer

PFA's core goals are to reduce distress and foster adaptive functioning through five empirically informed elements: safety, calm, connectedness, self-efficacy, and hope.

Question 4

A school social worker is working with a student who experienced a traumatic event and is now showing hypervigilance, emotional numbing, and intrusive flashbacks lasting more than one month. This presentation is MOST consistent with:

Accepted Answer

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Answer

PTSD is diagnosed when trauma symptoms including hypervigilance, numbing, and intrusive re-experiencing persist for more than one month after the traumatic event.

Question 5

When creating a safety plan with a suicidal student, which element is considered MOST essential to effectiveness?

Accepted Answer

Identifying personal warning signs and means restriction strategies

Answer

Effective safety plans include the student's own warning signs and practical means restriction, making them personally meaningful and actionable.

(SSW) School Social Worker Practice Test

(SSW) School Social Worker Practice Test

SSW Crisis Intervention & Mental Health 3