CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT - FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS!
Describe the intervention process in child maltreatment - Answer-involves recognition,
reporting, initial contact, investigation, and assessment; starts with reporters, then goes
to social workers; intervention means the goal is to stop the current abuse and neglect
What are the critical questions in risk assessment? - Answer-1. Is the child at risk from
abuse or neglect and to what degree?
2. What is causing the problem?
3. Are there services that could be offered to alleviate the problem?
4. Is the home a safe environment or must the child be placed?
What are the three conditions that constitute an emergency and subsequent removal of
a child? - Answer-1. Imminent danger of physical harm to child
2. dangerous home situation
3. abandonment of child
What information needs to be gathered when interviewing an adult in a child
maltreatment case? - Answer-validation/non-validation, parental history and functioning
(discipline, family background of abuse), parent's view of their child, functioning of family
(relationally), environmental setting, and the strength of a family support system (who
they turn to in crises)
What are the key issues in interviewing children? - Answer-the first report is almost
never the first incident, the context of the interview, establish credibility, use child's
terminology and clarify meaning (make sure you understand what they are describing),
be aware of child's sense of time- pinpoint incidents based on special events, multiple
interviews?, the nature of the abuse, and establishing a relaxed atmosphere and
diffusing anxiety is interviewer's job
What are the strategies for establishing a therapeutic relationship with an abused child?
- Answer-personal introspection and engaging the child (introduction, show interest,
credibility, clarify initial expectations, and stress self as a support person)
What are anatomically correct dolls (5 functions) and how are they helpful or not? -
Answer-Demonstration Aid, Anatomical Model, Memory stimulus and diagnostic screen,
Icebreaker (helping the child be comfortable talking about private parts- may include
naming all the different body parts, private and otherwise), and Comforter (the child can
identify with, hold, and even talk through the doll); they are NOT used as a
psychological test- the evaluator must use discernment in knowing whether the actions
the child causes the dolls to perform necessarily mean anything or not
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS!
Describe the intervention process in child maltreatment - Answer-involves recognition,
reporting, initial contact, investigation, and assessment; starts with reporters, then goes
to social workers; intervention means the goal is to stop the current abuse and neglect
What are the critical questions in risk assessment? - Answer-1. Is the child at risk from
abuse or neglect and to what degree?
2. What is causing the problem?
3. Are there services that could be offered to alleviate the problem?
4. Is the home a safe environment or must the child be placed?
What are the three conditions that constitute an emergency and subsequent removal of
a child? - Answer-1. Imminent danger of physical harm to child
2. dangerous home situation
3. abandonment of child
What information needs to be gathered when interviewing an adult in a child
maltreatment case? - Answer-validation/non-validation, parental history and functioning
(discipline, family background of abuse), parent's view of their child, functioning of family
(relationally), environmental setting, and the strength of a family support system (who
they turn to in crises)
What are the key issues in interviewing children? - Answer-the first report is almost
never the first incident, the context of the interview, establish credibility, use child's
terminology and clarify meaning (make sure you understand what they are describing),
be aware of child's sense of time- pinpoint incidents based on special events, multiple
interviews?, the nature of the abuse, and establishing a relaxed atmosphere and
diffusing anxiety is interviewer's job
What are the strategies for establishing a therapeutic relationship with an abused child?
- Answer-personal introspection and engaging the child (introduction, show interest,
credibility, clarify initial expectations, and stress self as a support person)
What are anatomically correct dolls (5 functions) and how are they helpful or not? -
Answer-Demonstration Aid, Anatomical Model, Memory stimulus and diagnostic screen,
Icebreaker (helping the child be comfortable talking about private parts- may include
naming all the different body parts, private and otherwise), and Comforter (the child can
identify with, hold, and even talk through the doll); they are NOT used as a
psychological test- the evaluator must use discernment in knowing whether the actions
the child causes the dolls to perform necessarily mean anything or not
