Hello all,
Below are 20 terms to know for the NCE. They have been gleaned from Rosenthal’s YouTube videos on preparing for the NCE. I found them very helpful in taking my own test. “Equine Assisted Therapy” was actually on my exam.
Advisory Board: An advisory board in a non-profit agency or educational program an advisory board is a cadre of individuals who have expertise to improve the efficacy of the agency or the college and university program thus a counseling program might have a private practice counselor or practitioner. It might also include a professor from a similar program from another educational institution might also include a graduate of the program now practicing in the field. All of these people could be on the advisory board
Anti-homework movement: Refers to research indicating that excessive homework can actually be counterproductive leading to declining test scores while causing stress and possible health problems. The impact is strongest in elementary school. The National Education Association (NEA) suggests ten minutes of homework per Grade. For example, ten minutes for a first grader and no more than two hoursfor a senior in high school.
Bamboo Ceiling: A type of discrimination popularized by the 2005 book “Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling Career strategies for Asians”. Misperceptions of Asians as well as racism and stereotyping often prevent Asians from certain jobs such as positions in management leadership. Asian Americans currently have the highest educational level of any racial group but they have the lowest chance of securing a management position when compared to all other racial groups. The so called sticky floor barrier suggests that Asians may snare a professional position in business law academia etc but ironically it will often be a low-level job with little room for advancement.
Black Box Warning: First instituted in 1979, strict warnings placed on a medicine by the Food and Drug Administration indicating evidence suggest that the medicine in question could have serious side effects or other habits. In counseling, the best example is a warning on a prescription SSRI antidepressant. For example, Prozac indicate that the drug can cause suicidal tendencies in persons who were not suicidal prior to taking the medicine. in general medical practice a warning that a medicinal has serious negative side effects or hazards.
Board Diversity:
- A board of directors for a nonprofit agency should not merely be composed of individuals working in the helping field. A board might be composed of an attorney, a banker, a physician an accountant etc. Hence board members from these areas could provide expertise that agency administrators and staff would generally not possess in areas related to business marketing money management are the legal side of the organization definition.
- The notion that since agencies serve diverse groups of people the board itself should have diversity such as members from various ethnic groups, gender identities, sexual orientations etc.
- Exam tip: if the exam question just says board and it doesn’t tell you what kind of board there’s probably a 90% chance unless the context of the question leads you to have a different conclusion but is probably a 90% chance that the exam question is talking about the board of directors in not an advisory board.
Complimentary methods or Complementary and Alternative Modalities (CAM): These are practices a treatment beyond traditional talk therapy often referred to in the older literature as alternative treatments. things such as yoga, acupuncture, animal assisted therapy, mindfulness, nutritional strategies, etc. The ethical guidelines stipulate that when using or referring clients for these CAM, counselors must have empirical scientific support for their use. The method in question should meet evidence-based practice (EBP) and the guidelines should not be out of scope with the counselors scope of practice is outlined by state Regulations.
Equine Assisted Therapy: The use of horses to enhance the treatment process. Therapeutic activities such as grooming or feeding a horse in the presence of a professional would be an example of this modality.
GRAS: (Generally Recognized As Safe) This designation is given by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to describe a medicine, nutritional supplement, cosmetic, food additive etc. The implication is that the substance will not cause harm when used in a recommended fashion.
Ketamine also known as Special K: This is an expensive rapid-acting antidepressant administered via IV or nasally through the nose with near immediate results. The results however seem to be short-lived. Ketamine’s actual brand name Kettle R was initially used in the 1960s to curb pain on the battlefield in the Vietnam War and as an anesthetic for human and veterinary procedures. The drug has a controversial status since it has a reputation as a club drug. At this point in time the mental health community is still split on whether ketamine is a wonder drug for mood disorders in persons with suicidal tendencies or if it should not be used since it has serious side effects such as hallucinations and dissociative reactions. I any event ketamine clinics are popping up everywhere.
The Lucifer Effect: In a 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by psychologist Philip G. Zimbardo took volunteers and told them to ask as if they were guards and they became very mean and sadistic in a short period of time. In 2007 Zimbardo penned a book called the Lucifer effect understanding how good people turn evil that elucidated the fact that societal roles and situational factors often produce cruel behavior regardless of an individual’s background, upbringing and genetics.
Neuroplasticity; Neuroplasticity refers to your brain’s ability to change and heal especially after a disease, stroke or injury by farming or reorganizing synaptic connections. The notion that this can only occur in children has been proven false. Some exams refer to this as brainplasticity. Talking to a counselor has been shown to cause neuroplasticity on the part of the client
Parking Lot Suicides: refers to veterans who take their own lives at a Veterans Affairs VA facility usually a hospital. The suicide can occur in a building are on the parking lot some of these suicides are seemingly linked to frustrations related to getting appropriate medical or mental health care from the VA.
Person ( or People) first language: In both oral and written communication the person should be designated first and then their condition thus you should not say a visually impaired client but rather a client with a visual impairment since the disability should not be the primary characteristic or defining feature of the person it should not come first to put it first is now considered dehumanizing.
Placator Communication Style: According to the experiential family therapist Virginia Satir, this is a person who tries to please everybody. Generally this person is described as non-assertive again this individual never disagrees with others. Why? This person is extremely worried about how others perceive them. This is seen as dysfunctional.
Predatory journal: A negative term referring to a journal that does not have a rigorous peer-review process in fact it may not have a true review process at all. Journals of this nature are not associated with a major organization such as a ACA, NASW, AA or even a recognized scientific publisher. The author or authors actually have to pay for the articles published and such publications often advertise and provide quick turnaround times.
Silver Tsunami or Grey Tsunami: The term is used to describe the fact that the population is getting older or a term used to describe a population with more older adults than younger people.
Snowball Sample: This is a form of sampling for research that is non or not random aka nonprobability sampling. The first person in the sample recruits somebody else for the sample and that person recruits yet another individual. The pattern continues until the sample size is met. The samples like a snowball rolling downhill picking up size as it gathers more snow. This approach lends itself to finding participants who otherwise might be difficult to recruit such as homeless persons.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: TMS is a treatment for depression, neurological pain and schizophrenia inwhich a magnetic stimulus, a coil placed on or near the skull physically stimulates the brain. It is often publicized as an alternative to psychiatric medications. A series of sessions would generally be recommended. At this pointin time the mental health community does not universally endorse this method. It’s often confused with electroconvulsive shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy ECT.
Wash Out Period: A wash out period in research occurs in a study when a participant is asked to stop taking a prescription medicine before the trial begins so the researcher has less variables to take into account. Moreover, the washout period helps establish that the current drug or the current treatment is responsible for any changes rather than the previous treatment or drugs. The term literally means the previous substances are washed out of the body. Ethically the risk taking this step must be taken into consideration.