Quiz: How to Align Treatment Programs with Best Practices (OT238-A) Quiz: How to Align Treatment Programs with Best Practices First Name * Last Name * Email * 1. In what type of analysis are several studies lumped together? * Meta-analysis Statistical analysis Median analysis Inverse analysis 2. Lumping several studies together yields * a statistically accurate conclusion. contradictory results. an average treatment effect. None of the above 3. What organization is the source of this quote: “Evidence-based practice is the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences.”? * ATSA APA NAACP AMA 4. True or false? Programs that use a structured approach are better aligned with best practices than those that do not. * True False 5. Which of the following is one of the fifteen questions for assessing whether a program is using best practices? * Does the program define who it is for and how participants are selected? Does the program sequence and space services logically? Does the program select qualified staff and train and support them? All of the above 6. Application of the broad guiding principles of best practices * is clear-cut. can be challenging. can be misguided. isn’t universal. 7. How long does it take for research findings to enter medical and mental health practice? Many months Several years A decade 17 years 8. What did Fred Berlin, M.D., say about individuals who commit sexual offenses? They are a heterogeneous group. They can be rehabilitated. They tend to be between 8 and 38 years of age. They had adverse childhood experiences. 9. Which of the following group practices can be ineffective and do harm? Mixing males and females Mixing high- and low-risk individuals Mixing motivated and unmotivated individuals Both a and b 10. A treatment program’s model of change should * be written. be theoretically sound. have an empirical foundation. All of the above 11. Pharmacological treatment of sexual offenders * is widely practiced. is recommended by the AMA. can be beneficial adjunctive treatment in some cases. All of the above 12. Who said, “Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor the last to lay the old aside.”? * Alexander Pope Hypocrates Tony Wards Frederich Losel 13. Which of the following is a sexual recidivism dynamic risk instrument? * CPORT Acute-2007 VASOR-2 a and c 14. Which of the following is a sexual recidivism static risk instrument? * Stable-2007 SOTIPS VRS-SO RM2000 15. True or false? There are four ways in which risk levels can change. * True False 16. When are sexual reoffending rates highest? * During the second five-year period after release Within a year of release During the first few years after release None of the above 17. At the ten-year mark after release, ___% of high-risk offenders have not reoffended. * 30 50 70 90 18. After living 10 years sex offense free in the community, sexual recidivism rates are roughly __% or less regardless of person’s initial risk assessment. * 20 15 10 5 19. Developing anti-social attitudes is ___________ for low-risk individuals. * an unintended consequence of treatment a treatment target a result of lack of supervision All of the above 20. True or false? One of the challenges to properly implementing the risk principle is political pressure to treat all individuals regardless of risk. * True False 21. Which of the following is NOT a solution to the problem of not having enough individuals for risk and needs based treatment groups? * Provide individual treatment Wait until there are enough individuals for a group Provide closed verses open-ended groups All of the above 22. What are dynamic risk factors also called? * Criminogenic needs Static risk factors High-risk factors None of the above 23. Only _________ instrument should be used to assess criminogenic needs. * a widely used a validated a self-reported an RM2000 24. Which of the following supported criminogenic needs is sex crime specific? * Offense supportive attitudes Adult intimacy deficits Resistance to supervision Grevance/hostility 25. True or false? Not all protective factors are the opposite of risk factors. * True False 26. Which of the four areas on which to spend treatment time has been given less time in the newer treatment models? * Skills Transition Engage Assess 27. According to Bill Marshall’s WERD acronym, therapists should be * Warm, empowering, rewarding, and detail oriented Warm, empathetic, rewarding, and directive Well-intentioned, equipped, rational, and directive Willing, empathetic, relational, and determined 28. On the learning pyramid, which of the following results in the lowest average retention rates after 24 hours? * Discussion group Demonstration Lecture Audio visual 29. What are the first and last of the eight skill-teaching and practice steps? * Identify usefulness and give feedback Define the skill and assign practice Model the skill and debrief the modelling Describe the skill steps and practice the skill 30. In skills training, paying attention to your thoughts is the first step toward * cognitive restructuring. modelling the skill. giving feedback. recognizing risky thinking. 31. True or false? In cognitive restructuring, replacement thoughts should be complex and fanciful. * True False 32. Which of the following is NOT one of the four active listening skill steps? * Look at the person who is talking. Ignore the emotions behind what is being said. Summarize and reflect on what has been said. Check to be sure you understand what the person said. 33. According to Wodahl, to maximize the probability of success of intensive supervision, the ratio of rewards to punishment should be * 2 to 1 3 to 1 4 to 1 5 to 1 34. Which of the following should be included in treatment documentation? * Treatment plans Treatment notes Treatment summaries All of the above 35. True or false? Quality assurance often lives in the “to do” list. * True False Submit If you are human, leave this field blank. Δ
