Child Welfare Certification| 175 Questions | Accurate 100%

Dependency Petition - ANSWER Court ordered services due to no change in action or child's safety is at risk Shelter Petition - ANSWER Attempt to remove child from care giver and be placed elsewhere ASFA-Adoption and Safe Family Act of 1997 - ANSWER Reach permanency within 1 year from removal ICWA-Indian Child Welfare Act - ANSWER If family is a part of an Indian tribe then CPI will have to get with legal to see if the tribe will handle the allegations of if CPI will move forward with the investigation MEPA-Multi Ethnic Placement Act - ANSWER This act does not allow a child to be held back from placement or permanency based on the child's race, gender, religion etc. 4 Work Principles-Principle 1 - ANSWER The health and safety of the child is the top priority 4 Work Principles-Principle 2 - ANSWER Work as partners with the families: Respect them, engage them etc. 4 Work Principles-Principle 3 - ANSWER Always begin with the least intrusive actions that are possible and reasonable. Be objective and keep the child's safety in the forefront of your mind 4 Work Principles-Principle 4 - ANSWER Prevention and intervention should result in protecting children and supporting families Practice Model - ANSWER 1. Hotline 2. CPI FFA 3. Ongoing Family Functioning 4. Safety plan and case plan evaluation 5. Anticipated intervention FFA-6 Domains - ANSWER 1. Maltreatment 2. Circumstances surrounding the circumstances 3. Child functioning 4. Adult Functioning 5. General Parenting 6. Parent Discipline Approach Least Intrusive - ANSWER The combination of interventions that will be the most effective, cause the least disruption to the child and family's normal routines and will e aligned to the fullest extent feasible with the family's references, culture and values Caregiver Protective Capacities - ANSWER The personal and caregiving behavioral, cognitive and emotional characteristics that specifically and directly can be associated with being protective to one's children. When the caregivers responsible are able to effectively manage negative family conditions in the home for the long term, the child is safe. Protective capacities are personal qualities or characteristics that contribute to vigilant child protection 3 Protective Capacity Areas - ANSWER 1. Cognitive 2. Behavioral 3. Emotional Legal definition of the term child - ANSWER Chapter 39, Florida Statutes: o "any unmarried person under the age of 18 years who has not been emancipated by order of the court" o The terms child and youth are interchangeable Present Danger - ANSWER Usually identified at initial contact, however can occur during the course of an investigation or while the family is receiving case management services . Serious harm will result without prompt investigation and/or case manager response Define Impending Danger - ANSWER • Child living or being in a position of continual or pervasive danger. • Threats are not immediate, obvious or active at the onset of investigation. • Are identified and understood upon gathering sufficient family functioning information. Factors of Impending Danger - ANSWER 1. Imminent 2. Out of Control 3. Vulnerable Child 4. Observable 5. Severity What is the most common maltreatment reported? - ANSWER Neglect - especially in infants Three-Tiered Hierarchy of Safety - ANSWER • Core Level: o Physical safety: a child is not at risk of injury or threats of injury. • Second level: o Social safety: refers to an interpersonal sense of the child being safe from verbal abuse, verbal threats or teasing. • Last level: o Emotional safety: you have an internal sense of being safe. What is trauma - ANSWER Trauma is an emotional response to an event. The emotional response is intense, distressing and/or painful and can overwhelm your ability to cope. There can be direct involvement in the event or indirect through witnessing the event. ACE - ANSWER Adverse childhood experiences Child Traumatic Stress (CTS) - ANSWER A psychological reaction that some children have to a traumatic experience Complex trauma - ANSWER o Involves simultaneous or sequential occurrences of child maltreatment - including psychological maltreatment, neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and domestic violence - that is chronic, begins in early childhood, and occurs within the primary caregiving system. o Often sets off a chain of events leading to subsequent or repeated trauma exposure in adolescence and adulthood. Three levels of CTS - ANSWER o Acute traumatic stress refers to exposure to a single event, such as a car accident. o Chronic traumatic stress refers to repeated events, such as physical or sexual abuse or exposure to ongoing domestic violence. o Complex traumatic stress refers to exposure to chronic, multiple types of trauma. Early childhood trauma - ANSWER Generally refers to the traumatic experiences that occur to children aged 0-6. These traumas can be the result of intentional violence, such as child physical or sexual abuse and/or domestic violence, the persistent absence of responsive care or as the result of a natural disaster, accidents, or war Domestic violence - ANSWER (intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, or battering): Actual or threatened physical or sexual violence, or emotional abuse between adults in an intimate relationship Physical abuse - ANSWER Causing or attempting to cause physical pain or injury. It can result from punching, beating, kicking, burning or harming a child in other ways. Child sexual abuse - ANSWER Takes place between a child and an older person or alternatively between a child and another child/adolescent. o Bodily contact: Such as sexual kissing, touching, fondli