PE 2 ANSWER KEY AND FEEDBACK
Item
Correct Answer and Feedback
1.
c.
Report the prisoner to your supervisor so that proper assistance can be given to the prisoner.
Any time an Internment Resettlement Specialist feels that a prisoner's behavior is abnormal; he should take
appropriate action to report the behavior to his supervisors so that proper assistance can be given to the prisoner
(page 28).
2.
a.
Generalized and specialized.
Counseling can be divided into two types--generalized and specialized (page 32).
3.
d.
All the above.
Follow-up is necessary to assure the counselor the program is working. In most cases, the prisoner will sense
the counselor's hopes for success, and the prisoner's desire for success will be reinforced. Follow-up will also
show if the proper decision has been made. If it appears the prisoner is not achieving success, perhaps the
counselor may have to guide the prisoner through all, or part, of the problem-solving process again to seek
another workable solution. Counseling is not always 100 percent successful. It is a trial-and-error procedure.
Most important is the fact that the counselor realizes the error and is able to adjust without causing undue
hardship or frustration to the prisoner. This will help the counselor retain the confidence of the prisoner (page
36).
4.
a.
The prisoner.
The key or critical step of the counseling process is helping the prisoner to correctly analyze or identify the
problem (page 35).
5.
c.
Both a and b.
Counselors are selected by the commander from among the mature enlisted personnel of the activity .......
(page 34).
6.
a.
True
Specialized counseling is guidance by professionally trained persons in the areas of their training and
experience. (page 33).
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