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DCF CERTIFICATION TEST CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CAAN
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DCF CERTIFICATION TEST CHILD ABUSE ANDNEGLECT CAAN
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ - ANSWER day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? -
ANSWER 1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? -
ANSWER Child Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ - ANSWER 10
seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years - ANSWER Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological
capicaty of a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person
responsiible for the child's welfare - ANSWER Child abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that
results in injury or harm to the child. - ANSWER Physical Abuse
Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes
indecent exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy,
exploitation, and showing pornography. - ANSWER Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or
teasing child. - ANSWER Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the
institution where the person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an
employee of a private school, public or private child care center, residential home,
institution, program, or agency or any other person at such institution responsible for
the child's care. - ANSWER Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed
supervision. - ANSWER Neglect
Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal
living experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to
function normally in performance and behavior. - ANSWER Emotional neglect
When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional
development level or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not
provide adequate supervision. - ANSWER Inadequate supervision
,When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing, exposed wiring,
inadequate or unsafe heating, or unsanitary housing conditions. - ANSWER
Inadequate shelter
When a child suffers or is likely to suffer, from physical or emotional health
conditions resulting from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene and uncleanness. -
ANSWER Inadequate clothing & good hygiene.
When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most
interactions as a method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support or
emotional care or love can cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth
percentile for age. - ANSWER Failure to thrive
Florida Abuse Hotline - ANSWER Operates 24/7. toll free telephone number 800-
962-2873 (1800-96-ABUSE)
Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith." -
ANSWER Immunity
Three types of child abuse - ANSWER Physical, sexual, and emotional
Shaken Baby Syndrome - ANSWER - Can cause permanent brain damage,
paralysis, blindness, seizures, developmental delays, broken bones, death
The difference between abuse and neglect - ANSWER If an adult intentionally
withholds food, shelter, or any other neccesity as a punishment, then it is abuse, but
if things are withheld by circumstance of lack of awareness, care, or education, then
it is an act of neglect. Both are crimes and violations of children's human rights.
Four ways to Report Abuse and Neglect - ANSWER - Telephone 1-800-96ABUSE
- Fax
-TDD
- Online
DCF website - ANSWER dcf.state.fl.us/abuse
It is important for you to learn about this subject. Child abuse and neglect occurs in
all socio-economic ____________ as well as in
__________________________________ - ANSWER families
child care programs
Child abuse and neglect is more prevalent than you may think, and you may be the
only person in a position to ______________. - ANSWER intervene
You have not only a ____________ obligation to intervene, but a _________
obligation to report child abuse and neglect. - ANSWER moral
legal
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the United States each
,a) Year
b) Day
c) Week
d) Month - ANSWER Day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation?
a) 3/4
b) 1/2
c) 1/3 - ANSWER 1/3
What is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four and younger?
a) Drowning
b) Motor vehicle accidents
c) Child abuse and neglect
d) Choking on food
e) Residential fires
f) Suffocation
g) Falls - ANSWER Child abuse and Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the United States every
a) 10 seconds
b) 20 minutes
c) Hour - ANSWER 10 seconds
Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to children.
a) True
b) False - ANSWER False. Most children are abused by people they know.
Child molesters get their sexual gratification only from children.
a) True
b) False - ANSWER False. Many child molesters also have adult sexual
relationships.
The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when they (the attackers)
are:
a) In their early 20s
b) Middle-aged
c) In their teens - ANSWER In their teens
Which of the following actions can help stop child abuse and neglect?
a) Helping a stressed-out parent by baby-sitting, making a meal for their family or
lending an understanding ear.
b) Learning the signs and symptoms of child abuse so you can recognize them when
you see the "red flags."
c) Reporting known or suspected child abuse to the police or local child protective
services agency.
d) All of the above - ANSWER All of the above
Child - ANSWER Any person under the age of 18 years
, Child abuse - ANSWER Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the
intellectual or psychological capacity of a child by the parent, adult household
member, or other person responsible for the child's welfare.
Physical abuse - ANSWER The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for
the child's
welfare that results in injury or harm to the child.
Sexual abuse - ANSWER Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult
or older child. Includes indecent exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible
rape, sodomy, exploitation, and showing pornography.
Verbal abuse - ANSWER A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling,
shaming, belittling and/or teasing of a child.
Institutional abuse or neglect - ANSWER Situations of known or suspected child
abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution where the person allegedly
perpetrating the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a private school, public or
private child care center, residential home, institution, program, or agency or any
other person at such institution responsible for the child's care.
Neglect - ANSWER Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care
or
needed supervision.
Emotional neglect - ANSWER Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention,
warmth,
supervision and normal living experiences for a child to the extent that the child is
impaired in ability to function normally in performance and behavior.
Harm - ANSWER Anything to a child's health or welfare that can occur when any
person:
a) inflicts, or allows to be inflicted, upon the child physical, mental, or emotional
injury;
b) commits, or allows to be committed, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious acts
against a child;
c) allows, encourages, or forces the sexual exploitation of a child;
d) exploits a child, or allows a child to be exploited;
e) abandons a child;
f) neglects a child;
g) exposes a child to a controlled substance or alcohol;
h) uses mechanical devices, unreasonable restraints, or extended periods of
isolation to control a child;
i) engages in violent behavior that demonstrates a wanton disregard for the presence
of a child and could
reasonably result in serious injury to the child;
j) negligently fails to protect a child in his or her care from inflicted physical, mental,
or sexual injury caused by the acts of another;
k) has allowed a child's sibling to die as a result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
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