PRAXIS 5422 PRACTICE EXAM ACTUAL

PRAXIS 5422 PRACTICE EXAM (ACTUAL / )

QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

Which of the following is an appropriate role for a school counselor in regard to working with students with Section 504 plans?Answer the question by selecting the correct response.A.Coordinating meetings for 504 plans B.Developing 504 plans, including accommodations C.Identifying the strengths and challenges of students with disabilities D.Providing weekly counseling services for students to help them improve social skills - ---Answers-----Option (C) is correct. Per ASCA, identifying the strengths of students with disabilities as well as their challenges is the only acceptable school counselor task.

A school counselor gets a request from a student's family to provide the student with individual counseling because of a traumatic experience. Which of the following is the best action for the school counselor to take?Answer the question by selecting the correct response.

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Creating and implementing a small-group curriculum for the student B.Providing brief solution-focused individual counseling C.Referring the student to the school crisis team D.Referring the family to outside mental-health counseling options - ---Answers-----Option (D) is correct. Individual counseling around trauma is outside the school counselor's role and scope and is not appropriate for a small-group, in- school intervention. The student should be referred to outside services.

Which THREE of the following are roles of the school counselor within the framework of multi-tiered systems of support?Answer the question by selecting the correct responses.A.Analyzing disciplinary procedures for effectiveness B.Referring students to school and community services as appropriate C.Developing extracurricular offerings and community support networks

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Evaluating academic and behavioral progress after interventions E.Providing all students with a standards-based school counseling curriculum to address universal academic, career, and social/emotional development - ---Answers-----Options (B), (D), and (E) are correct. Based on the ASCA Position Statement on the School Counselor and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (2008, 2014, 2018), this is an appropriate role of the school counselor within an MTSS.

Which of the following behaviors from the ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies assessment is encompassed in professional foundation?Answer the question by selecting the correct response.A.Making referrals to appropriate school and community resources B.Applying legal and ethical principles of the school counseling profession C.Assessing and reporting program results to the school community D.Identifying gaps in achievement, attendance, discipline, opportunity, and resources - ---Answers-----Option (B) is correct. Applying legal and ethical principles of the school 3 / 4

counseling profession is listed as a "professional foundation" behavior in the ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies assessment.

According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, a middle-school student who is learning to use abstract reasoning is likely in which of the following stages?Answer the question by selecting the correct response.A.Sensorimotor B.Preoperational C.Concrete operational D.Formal operational - ---Answers-----Option (D) is correct.Abstract thought is part of the formal operational stage.

To determine the impact of an antibullying program on students, changes in which of the following would be most useful to evaluate?Answer the question by selecting the correct response.A.Attendance rates B.Discipline referrals

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