Youth Work

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Rearing children and adolescents in which of the following contexts nurtures their risk

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all answers are correct

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The teen who drops out of school is at greater risk for drug dependency and deliquency

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True

Front 3

Using The At Risk Tree model, which of the following is not a "root" of the adolescent's tree:

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Job

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The branches of the tree metaphor represent youths individual adaptations to society. All but one of the following are examples of healthy branches:

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idk

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Characteristic that suggest that a child is at "high risk" include all the following except which one?

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death of a family member

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What the are three primary roots in the “At-Risk” tree metaphor:

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family, school and peers

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The individual adolescent's personal characteristics, strengths and weaknesses are represented by what part of The At Risk Tree?

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trunk

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Which system represents our “social blueprint” (cultural values, belief systems, etc)

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macrosystem

Front 9

Which of the following conditions is correlated to being a child of color?

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all answers are correct

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Which system describes the relationship between school and home?

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idk

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Youth of color are a vulnerable population due to all but one of the following:

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authoritative parenting

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What is a good example of the exosystem?

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maternal leave policy

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Which is an example of a gateway behavior:

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idk

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Chapter one defines “at-risk” as:

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an increased probability of future negative outcomes

Front 15

Economic problems faced by poor families influence a child’s development due to all but which of the following:

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a majority of poor children who lack a role-model of a working parent

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Low SES (socio-economic status) is the strongest predictor of

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all answers are correct

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Being poor at birth is a marker for future poverty status.

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True

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Parents are often prevented from securing employment because affordable childcare is unavailable

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True

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An emotion of non involvement and boredom that comes from a lack of connectedness and a lack of life purpose is called

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ennui

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Which is not one of the four aspects of empowerment:

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self-esteem building

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The CtC model (Communities That Care) includes work with

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all asnwers are correct

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The risk factor most closely associated with family stress and highly correlated with school failure is:

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poverty

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Children and adolescents living with single mothers are often at a higher risk for future behavior and educational problems due to:

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the higher risk of poverty for single mothers

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A personal state of isolation, alienation, social instability and normlessness is called

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anomie

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Adolescent child-bearing can have long term negative effects for both the teenage mother and the newborn.

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True

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Which one of the following is not an example of a beneficial policy proposal, as suggested in chapter 2:

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extensive residential school services

Front 27

Which of the following is not an ingredient in the “social toxicity” of poverty listed by Garbarine (1998)?

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personal apathy

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Parents are often prevented from securing employment because of

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lack of available and affordable childcare

Front 29

Homelessness, at the aggregate level, is caused by

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a community’s lack of low –cost housing

Front 30

The duty to warn a potential victim of a threat made against their safety exists in the role of practitioners, teachers, and counselors

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True

Front 31

Practitioners in most family planning programs cannot provide contraceptives to minors without their parent's consent.

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False

Front 32

In juvenile court, juveniles receive a “disposition” instead of a “sentence”. This disposition focuses mostly on:

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The needs of the child

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Criminal law does not require practitioners to report criminal activity with the exception of child abuse

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True

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If the judge finds that the juvenile committed a criminal act then the child is considered:

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Juvenile delinquent

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An expert witness will generally testify about something that is perceived through their senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, taste)

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False

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In a civil legal case

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both answers are correc

Front 37

In general, criminal law does not require practitioners to report criminal activity, with the exception of:

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Child abuse

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Practitioners can minimize the risk of lawsuits by

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both answers are correct

Front 39

One of the most common reasons for not reporting child abuse is the practitioner's hesitation about the negative consequences for the child and the family.

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True

Front 40

Under the Federal Juvenile Deliquency Act at 18 U.S. C. 5033, whenever a juvenile is arrested, the office must notify the child's parents.

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True

Front 41

Under the federal transfer statue what is not one of the issues a court must consider when deciding whether to transfer a juvenile to adult court:

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Parental involvement

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Civil law is unlike criminal law in that:

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Nobody goes to jail

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The ethical obligation of the practitioner not to disclose confidential information obtained during the client relationship is called:

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Confidentiality

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Criminal cases are tried by a:

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Prosecutor

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GLBT youth have a higher risk of running away from home due to:

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Inability to feel safe

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Many victims of Intimate Partner Violence do not report to police, family and friends.

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True

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Most recreation, spiritual training and education takes place

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In the home

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Assortative pairing is a term that means

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antisocial youth pairing with each other

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Teenagers will frequently have poor emotional and behavior control if their parents have

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all answers are correct

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Extended families …

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Support the child’s parents

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Growing up in a violent home increases a youth's risk for becoming a violent adult.

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True

Front 52

A closed family system is considered dysfunctional because:

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It is less receptive to external stimuli and is unresponsive to change

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Project Free

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helps battered mothers and their children

Front 54

By the time students reach 18 they will have watched 15,000 hours of television and attended school for only 11,000 hours. These statistics are common in children of:

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Latch-key families

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Which of the following is considered child neglect

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not bathing a child regularly

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Some research indicates that being arrested, appearing in court and being committed to juvenile detention can increase the likelihood of future criminal activity.

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True

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Sexual abuse includes the following

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all answers are correct

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Children not living with parents are more appt to be living with

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Grandparents

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Family functioning that fails to develop a secure sense of individuality, separateness, and autonomy of its members is called:

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Enmeshment

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Team teaching provides teachers with:

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The ability to receive immediate feedback from on another

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The 1990's saw more money spent on prisons than on colleges

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True

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What description is not a discussed characterization of effective schools:

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Zero Tolerance

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In the book The Manufactured Crisis, authors Berliner and Biddle provide convincing evidence that American Schools have

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done a very good job of educating American students

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Which is NOT a strategy to create positive school climate.

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Increased presence of security guards

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Communities in which effective schools are located have all but which one of the following characteristics

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students with higher IQ scores

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The program on International Student Assessment (PISA) goal is to assess how well schools teach youth to think and solve common everyday problem in what 3 areas:

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Reading, mathematics and science

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If school effectiveness is judged by performance on high stakes tests alone, a school that fails miserably with at-risk students by pushing them out may be deemed highly effective.

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True

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Most researchers on effective schools, consider the NSLB Act of measuring student performance on standard achievement tests

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an extremely narrow view of learning

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The United States spends considerably more public money on welfare programs and child care programs than it does on incarcerating non violent offenders

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False

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The richest school districts in the U.S. spend what percent more per student than the poorest school districts?

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56%

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Which is not considered part of the Educational Structure:

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Hot lunch program

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In the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program, schools that are required to demonstrate improvement will do so most efficiently by:

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Focusing resources on those children who test just below the minimum pass rates.

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Social capital refers to

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the network of relationships that surround a child

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School culture refers to

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a set of rules, expectations and norms for student behavior

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The ability to deal with anxiety and stress is a coping skill that differentiates low-risk youth from hgh-risk youth

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True

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Self efficacy refers to our beliefs about how capable we believe we are in performing specific tasks.

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True

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Stages of Change suggest that individual's change when they are ready and that the stages are dynamic allowing movement through stages and in and out of the stages. The following are all stages of change except

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Brainstorming

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Basic school survival skills include all but the following

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A high IQ score

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A core of social-behavioral skills is necessary for student success

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True

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In addition to numeracy and literacy skills, student need "survival skills" to achieve in school. Which of the following is not a "survival skill"

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High IQ score

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The ability to understand the perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and actions of others is called

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Perspective talking

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Sense of humor, ability to delay gratification, and a future orientation, are examples of:

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Adaptive strategies

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A good outcome in spite of high risk, sustained competence under stress and recovery from trauma are all examples of:

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Resilience

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Resiliency is the capacity to:

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Adapt and function successfully despite chronic stress and adversity

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A lack of basic reading, writing and arithmetic abilities is often attributable to

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all answers are correct

Front 86

What are the 2 important skills in problem solving

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Thinking of alternative solutions and understanding the consequences of behavior

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Self esteem refers to

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how good we feel about ourselves

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Relationship skills of humor, empathy, and the ability to join/leave a group are part of:

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Connectedness

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Children and adolescents who lack "connectedness" experience

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all answers are correct

Front 90

One strategy for reducing dropouts is to develop curricula that

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are more relevant to "real life" of the student

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Who is NOT at higher risk for dropping out of school:

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Students who have divorced parents

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Students who are at greater risk for dropping out are not identifiable.

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False

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Dropout rates for students with emotional/behavior disabilities have shown to be:

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Considerably higher than that of the general education students

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Gifted students drop out more often than their nongifted peers.

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True

Front 95

In regard to student dropout risk, the factors of behavioral problems, early care quality, self-regulation skills, poor academic achievement and drug use are examples of:

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Predictive variables

Front 96

What is the important aspect of using video lessons for learning:

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It allows students to repeat and review information

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At risk students prefer traditional teaching methods to learning through technology.

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False

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The English immersion model of education expects students to be proficient in oral English in an average of one year, but research indicates that it takes an average of ______ to become proficient.

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3.3 years

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Virtual Counseling Center and the Kahn Academy are part of:

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Cyber technology

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Students who drop out are more likely to be those who:

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Who skip classes or are often absent

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Alternative education programs include all but which of the following

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treatment programs

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What Cyber Technology site contains the following 5 interrelated parts: counseling, online career tests, career and educational resources , life skills interventions and academic skill programs:

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Virtual Counseling Center

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Immigrant, Latino, exceptional, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students and adjudicated youth are the most common populations of student to:

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Dropout

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Students from non-English speaking homes drop out in considerably higher numbers than students from homes where English is the only language spoken

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True

Front 105

Youth of color may have a higher risk for substance abuse relapse following treatment due to

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both answers are correct

Front 106

Which of the following are goals of school drug abuse prevention programs?

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both answers are correct

Front 107

One of the assumptions of Motivational Interviewing is that people, especially young people, who are abusing alcohol or drugs, will not change their behavior (that is quit drinking or doing drugs) unless they are ready.

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True

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The U.S. "war on drugs" has been unsuccessful largely because it has not responded to drug use as a public health issue.

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True

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Expressing empathy is paramount and a major component of the Motivational Interviewing approach.

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True

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One of the personality characteristics associated with pervasive substance use is:

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Low impulse control

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Most substances have relatively immediate physical effects, these effects are caused by:

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Interference with the normal functioning of the central nervous system

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Focusing exclusively on the short-term negative effects of marijuana actually reduces the perceived truthfulness or knowledge and therefore the effectiveness of the counselor

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True

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A client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence is called:

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Motivational Interviewing

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Low parental monitoring and peer drug use are a ______________ of later problem behavior.

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Direct predictor

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Motivational Interviewing supports a youths decisions about what changes to make in their lives and when

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True

Front 116

Rolling with resistance mean which of the following

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dancing with the client

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What is not a concept of the Motivational Interviewing?

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Self-efficacy

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An intervention program that involves residential, day-care and after school programs would be classified as:

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Community intervention

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Increased loneliness, depression, and suicidal ideation are psychosocial factors of:

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Serious drug use

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The most commonly diagnosed STD among teenages is

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chlamydia

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Few teen pregnancies actually involve marriage. Of the girls who do marry, what percentage will be divorced within 5 years

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30%

Front 122

Which type of problem is most associated with the teenage mother's inadequate prenatal care?

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all answers are correct

Front 123

According to Adlerian theory, attention, power, and revenge are often goals of:

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Misbehavior

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Many teen fathers never acknowledge parenthood because

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both answers are correct

Front 125

Television and other media are displaying some sort of sexual content what percentage of time?

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Two thirds

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Teens born to poor and less-educated teenage parents are more likely to bear children during adolescence

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True

Front 127

What percent of teens have sent semi-nude pictures or videos of themselves online:

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25%

Front 128

Which of the following is a common reason behind a teen's choice not to use a contraceptive:

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all answers are correct

Front 129

Altering the adult's responses to adolescent risky sexual behavior and helping young people to interpret the goals of their sexual activities are called

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corrective procedures

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Children born to teenage parents have been found to have the following:

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all answers are correct

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School-based interventions for pregnant and parenting adolescents have:

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Significantly decreased the occurrence of repeated births

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A teenager can have a 1% chance of acquiring HIV, 30% chance of getting genital herpes, and 50% chance of getting gonorrhea when:

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Having a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner

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Which type of computer programs are thought to be the most effective for teaching teens?

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videos that are longer and interactive

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Perceptions of high levels of warmth, love, caring and connection with parents is associated with

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Lower teen pregnancy

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When children view the world as hostile and inconsistent, they often attempt to get their way regardless of social rules. These children are:

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Potentially violent later in life

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Relying on metal detectors in schools to prevent weapons from entering the building provides:

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False security

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Students who experience high rates of peer rejection often:

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Misinterpret peer reactions

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Lack of connectedness of children to families is itself a contributor to antisocial behavior.

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True

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The origins of conduct disorder, delinquent activity, and gang involvement are:

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Developmental and ecological

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Which of the following is a technique of Reality Therapy

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emphasize behavior and choice

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GLBT youth are uniquely subject to violence resulting from

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Societal homophobia

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Which of the following early parenting patterns can lead to antisocial behavior

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negative and hostile parenting style

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One study found that school shooters listened to acid rock and rap more than:

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40 hours a week

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How many principles did Glasser elaborate in his three-stage framework of Reality Therapy:

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7

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The primary social environments for most children are:

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Family and school

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The following are predictors of later victimization of others, delinquency and violence

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frequent, and severe aggressive behavior at home and school

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By the time an offender comes to the attention of the juvenile justice system, they may have spent several years committing minor offenses and developing serious behavior problems that eventually led to crime.

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True

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Which of the following statistics is not supported:

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The rate of juvenile offenders under 14 is increasing.

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Youth who begin delinquent activities early are at greatest risk:

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For becoming chronic offenders

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Suicide is the leading cause of death for which group of

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GLBT adolescents

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Who is more likely to report attempting suicide:

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Girls

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Suicide is the ______ leading cause of death among adolescents in the U.S.

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Third

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Suicide is more prevalent among young people whose families have a history suicide.

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True

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Suicide risk is especially high for GLBT youth due to the debilitating effects of growing up in a homophobic society.

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True

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Dichotomous thinking refers to:

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Only seeing two solutions to a problem

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Suicide inventories are generally viewed as a useful tool in assessing for suicidal risk

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True

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LGBT teens are __________ to commit suicide than heterosexual peers.

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2 to 3 times more likely

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What ethnic group has the highest suicide rate amongst teens?

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Native Americans

Front 159

What is the single most important factor that distinguishes between an adolescent male who just thinks about suicide and an adolescent male who attempts it.

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A teen having access to a gun in the house

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Firearms account for close to _______ of all completed suicides.

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50%

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Recent studies have suggested that 14% of young people ages 12 to 17 have experienced at least one depressed episode and that about__________of them have thought about killing themselves.

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one half one third one quarter

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Self-image, anger, loneliness, impulsivity, thinking patterns, depression and hopelessness are considered:

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Interpersonal and psychological characteristics

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Academic acheivement can be associated with suicidal risk in the case of

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Both answers are correct

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Parental support and consistency are important protective factors for children at risk for suicide.

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True

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In addition to improving social and academic performance, relaxation has been used successfully as an intervention for hyperactivity

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True

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Research with impulsive and shy children demonstrates that training in Interpersonal Problem Solving (ICPS) results in:

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Both groups responding well

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Paretal criticism often reflects the bad habits and biases of the adult and contributes to increased pessimism in children

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True

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Visual im.agery is used to cue a relaxation response

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True

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Sequenced, active, focused, and explicit are the components of:

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S.A.F.E. model

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Which of the following is not included in Beck's cognitive triad?

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view of the past

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As a school-based program ICPS intervention includes:

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All children in a class

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Deficits in personal, cognitive and social skills are some of the underlying cause of:

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Social incompetence

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Which of the following is not one of the steps of the life skill training model

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Observe

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The theoretical foundation of Life-Skills training approaches consist primarily of:

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Social learning and problem-behavior theory

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Using simple means to modify, change or restructure one’s beliefs is called:

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Cognitive restructuring

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Helping children learn to think sequentially and engage in consequential thinking is the objective of:

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Consequences sessions

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Means-end thinking skills are best taught to pre-school children.

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False

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Life Skills model can be incorporated into the curriculum at:

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All developmental levels

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The Selected Approaches to intervention are generally used when an offending youth is already in the juvenile justice system.

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False

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The notion that some young people are able to flourish even though their environment and context place them at risk is

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due to resilience

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Drug rehabilitation programs can be considered an example of

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Second-chance approaches

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Universal approaches to prevention of at risk youth are generally thought to be most beneficial as early as pre-school.

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True

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Regarding programs focused on substance abuse prevention, motivational interviewing would be in the category of:

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Indicated programs

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An example of a Selected Approach for a targeted group would be

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a Headstart Pre-school Program

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Selected Approaches to intervention are generally thought of as an effective approach to special education students

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True

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All of the following are similarities between bully and victims except:

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Poor social status with peers

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What serves as a treatment intervention for one problem frequently serves as a preventative strategy for a more advanced problem.

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True

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Considering prevention of juvenile delinquency, parenting videos and handouts would be considered an example of:

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Universal programs

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"Second Chance" Approaches are welll suited for youth who have not yet dropped out, offended, become preganant or begun to use substances.

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False

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Risk cannot be measured on a continuum from remote risk to imminent risk.

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False

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An inbalance of power with a more powerful person or group attacking a less powerful one is called:

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Bullying

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In the Approach Continuum, which approach is aimed at children who are already exhibiting some at-risk factors:

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Universal approach

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What decade did drug prevention programs begin to address the personal factors associated with drug abuse.

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1970’s