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Trauma-Informed Self-Care

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1.  The COVID-19 Pandemic has increased the following types of loss:
  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  3. Symbolic
  4. All of the above
2.  Burnout is:
  1. A result of trauma.
  2. Not related to work overload and conflicts.
  3. A state of physical, emotional, or mental exhaustion combined with doubts about your competence and the value of your work.
  4. All of the above
3.  Risk factors for burnout include:
  1. Long-term employment
  2. Isolation and lack of support
  3. Clear boundaries
  4. Manageable workload
4.  Compassion fatigue is:
  1. A combination of physical, emotional, and spiritual depletion associated with caring for others who are in significant emotional pain and physical distress.
  2. The “emotional benefit” of the cumulative effect of caring and exposure to individuals or events that involve trauma and suffering.
  3. The pleasure derived from being able to do your job well and the belief that your work contributes to the organization and community.
  4. The pleasure derived from being a social worker.
5.  Signs of secondary traumatic stress include:
  1. Intrusion
  2. Avoidance
  3. Arousal
  4. All of the above
6.  Vicarious trauma includes:
  1. Disruptions in thinking and changes in beliefs about one's sense of self, one's safety in the world, and the goodness and trustworthiness of others; as well as shifts in spiritual beliefs.
  2. A deepened sense of connection with others, a greater appreciation in one's life, and a greater sense of meaning and hope.
  3. Increased sense meaning and hope.
  4. Increased capacity for remaining present while listening to trauma narratives.
7.  The trauma-informed self-care measure (TISC-R) was designed to:
  1. be administered as a brief self-report tool to assist ‘helpers’ to identify individual and agency trauma-informed self-care practices.
  2. be administered by licensed professional counselor.
  3. identify burnout and compassion fatigue.
  4. identify job satisfaction.
8.  The TISC-R measures three primary areas including:
  1. Personal self-care practices, trauma-informed supervision, emotional self-care
  2. Trauma-informed training, physical self-care, peer support
  3. Trauma-informed training, supervision and support, personal self-care practices
  4. None of the above
9.  Trauma-informed self-care plans should consider organizational factors, including:
  1. Training on trauma and secondary trauma
  2. Continuing education on the effects of trauma on helping professionals
  3. Training on stress management
  4. All of the above
10.  Research has shown that nature-based activities increase well-being. These activities include:
  1. Gardening
  2. Sleeping
  3. Meditating
  4. Journaling