Pretest: Implementing and Evaluating ECMHC Services

Pretest: Implementing and Evaluating ECMHC Services

A short quiz to prompt thinking about core issues and assess your pre-training familiarity with this topic.

  1. A good job description should include:
    1. A) A summary of the general responsibilities and purpose of the position
    2. B) A list of required or preferred content knowledge
    3. C) Estimates of the amount of time to be spent on various activities
    4. D) Salary information
    5. E) All of the above
    6. A—C above
    7.  
  2. True or False: It is important to include parents with experience with the mental health system as a part of a mental health working group.
    1. True
    2. False
    3.  
  3. True or False: A good job description can provide a useful tool for monitoring and accountability.
    1. True
    2. False
    3.  
  4. Which of the following are federally required characteristics of the mental health consultant?
    1. A Ph.D. in clinical psychology
    2. A Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related field
    3. A license or certification
    4. None of the above
    5.  
  5. Which of the following is not essential for an effective Mental Health Workgroup
    1. A strong leader
    2. Monthly meetings
    3. A clear and meaningful plan of action
    4. A way to communicate between the workgroup and the broader program
    5. All of the above are essential
    6.  
  6. True or False: If my program already has a Health Services Advisory Committee, we do not need to have a mental health working group.
    1. True
    2. False
    3.  
  7. Continuous quality improvement is primarily designed to:
    1. Provide meaningful information about whether programs are meeting their goals
    2. Provide counts of key activities or outputs
    3. Evaluate the performance of individual staff
    4. Provide rigorous evidence of program impacts
    5.  
  8. Which of the following best illustrates an information feedback loop?
    1. A mental health conducts a classroom observation and uses the information to identify higher needs children
    2. A supervisor conducts a classroom observation and gives the results back to the teacher and consultant to use in planning classroom intervention
    3. A group of teachers complete a survey of how effective they thinks the consultants’ services are, and a contracted evaluator writes up the results in a report
    4. All of the above
    5.  

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This product was developed [in part] under grant number 1H79SM082070-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The views, policies and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS.