Trauma 2: Working with traumatized people Post Test
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Highlight the one best answer. There is only one answer for each question.
- Child trauma
 - Is something that people usually get over
 - Is not important in considering what to do today
 - Changes people’s view of the world and how they relate to people
 - Does not affect people’s relationships with caregivers
 
- For a trauma survivor, the brain is forever altered
 - True
 - False
 - There is no way of knowing
 
- Exposure to trauma tends to
 
- Impair the brain’s learning and memory center
 - Slow the development of the brain’s rational thinking center
 - Make the fear center overactive
 - All of the above
 
- In a trauma informed programming setting, behaviors like cutting and or violence are seen as
 
- Ways of dealing with the trauma
 - Behaviors that need to stop
 - Symptoms of something deeper
 - Both a. and c.
 
- Children’s acting out behaviors are viewed as
 
- Symptoms of illness that needs medicating
 - Adaptations that are personally costly
 - Evidence of a lack of motivation to change
 - Something that needs to be punished so they stop
 
- When a person talks about their trauma experiences, the most important thing is to
 - Do something positive for them
 - Help them find a therapist
 - Listen nonjudgmentally
 - Protect yourself by not listening fully
 
- Which of the following shows that an organization is trauma informed?
 - Different bathrooms for clients and staff
 - The water cooler is for “staff only”
 - Expression of feelings and emotions is seen as dangerous behavior
 - People can progress at their own pace
 
- Grounding refers to
 - Getting someone to listen
 - Strategies for orienting a person in the here and now
 - De-escalating a crisis
 - Group therapy
 
- Examples of grounding techniques include
 - Counting or reciting the alphabet out loud
 - Mindful breathing
 - Using a positive coping statement
 - All of the above
 
People Incorporated Training: Last updated 5/5/16
