PSP Certification

Practice Test

Welcome to the Practice Test for the Parent Support Provider Certification Exam. This practice test consists of twelve multiple choice questions – these questions will fall into five categories as outlined in this practice test.

To get started, please find the first question below. This test is self guided –each question is listed one after each other. You’ll be given the category, the question, possible answers and the correct answer. You can view the answer to each question by clicking on the “Answer” button. There will also be an explanation for that question to further help you understand how the answer was derived for that question.

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Providing Emotional Support

Which of the following methods encourages family involvement at all levels?

A. quarterly newsletter with monthly support groups

B. quarterly newsletter with legislative committee workshops

C. quarterly training flyers that include self-advocacy and committee advocacy training

D. quarterly training flyers that include Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and Positive Behavioral Intervention (PBI) training

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Advocating for Improved Outcomes for Families and Youth

A frustrated family reports that multiple providers don’t understand their daughter’s needs. How does the PSP model effective partnerships between parents and professionals?

A. Observe a meeting between parents and providers.

B. Facilitate a conversation between the parents and providers.

C. File a complaint on behalf of the parents against the providers.

D. Share one’s own experience as a parent working with providers.

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Facilitating Use of Resources and Supports

In the process of conducting outreach activities in a specific community, the PSP learns that there are many families that could benefit from services, but who are not accessing them due to cultural and spiritual beliefs. Which of the following is one way a PSP can work to improve supports in this community?

A. to complete the time sheet

B. to remember family information

C. to prove his/her location during working hours

D. to help review all families’ progress toward their goals

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Facilitating Use of Resources and Supports

A PSP is working with a family and finds out that the family has a need that is hard to meet. What should a PSP do FIRST?

A. Call system partners to see if they can help out.

B. Advise the family to contact their state legislator.

C. Suggest the family call the PSP’s supervisor to complain.

D. Inform the family that there is no resource available to help them.

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Planning for Wellness

A mother was telling her family experience. When the mother began describing her relationship with her daughter, she started fidgeting in her seat and looking around the room. She stated that her relationship with her daughter was good, and that all the challenges in the family stemmed from her son’s behavior. Based on this information, what might have caused the PSP to focus the discussion on both children?

A. The PSP wanted both children to feel important.

B. The PSP felt sorry for the son and didn’t want to single him out.

C. The mother’s body language indicated there may be problems with the daughter.

D. The PSP believed that if one of the children had problems, it was likely that both of the children had problems.

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Planning for Wellness

How would a PSP begin to assist a family in identifying informal supports to plan for wellness?

A. Offer the family a local resource directory.

B. Help the family identify existing services.

C. Tell the family who they need to talk with.

D. Ask the family who they talk with when they need help.

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Providing Emotional Support

What is a strategy for validating the parents’ experience?

A. The PSP should share his/her story.

B. The PSP should actively listen as the parents share their experience.

C. The PSP should give helpful advice as the parents share their experience.

D. The PSP should wait to speak until the parents have finished sharing their experience.

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Providing Emotional Support

How can the PSP connect parents to other parents with similar challenges for support?

A. Suggest they attend a PTA meeting.

B. Invite them to attend another family’s child and family team meeting.

C. Invite the parent to a support group so they can meet other parents.

D. Give the parents a list of names and phone numbers from the PSP’s case load.

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Strengthening Parents’ Skills

The PSP has been working with a family for several months. The family now believes their rights have been violated by the PSP. What action should be next for the PSP?

A. Escort the family to the supervisor’s office.

B. Help them understand how their rights have not been violated.

C. Help them connect with the appropriate person to address their complaint.

D. Ask them to write a written report and bring it to the next appointment.

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Strengthening Parents’ Skills

How should the PSP describe advocacy to a parent?

A. Advocacy is supporting a cause to produce a desired change.

B. Advocacy is doing whatever it takes to be heard, no matter what.

C. Advocacy is learning how to make people fear one’s presence at meetings.

D. Advocacy is learning how to take problems straight to the top decision maker.

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Using Data

Why would a PSP share progress notes related to the family with the family being served?

A. to correct errors in spelling or contact information
B. to confirm that the agency is fulfilling its role
C. to comply with the agency’s requirement for family reviews
D. to engage the family in developing strategies for improvement

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Using Data

A PSP working with a team is required to contribute to and sign off on the planning documents, but is not required to maintain records. Why should the PSP collect data and document all work performed with families?

A. to complete the time sheet

B. to remember family information

C. to prove his/her location during working hours

D. to help review all families’ progress toward their goals