YMCA Child Care Licensing Exam 2026 Edition 500 Actual
Questions And Correct Answers
burnout-CORRECT ANSWER=state of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion
results when ongoing stress consumes the recourse present for coping with events in
life. results from long-term involvement with emotionally demanding situations.
prevention is critical because recovery is difficult
Bronfennbrenner's ecologica1 approach- CORRECT ANSWER=children's development
can only be understood if the environmental context within which the young person
was living and growing up was considered.framework for understanding the
environment including concepts related to the microsystem,mesosystem,exosystem,
macrosystem,chronosystem
microsystem-CORRECT ANSWER=immediate systems the child is located in and the
people,activities and space
mesosystem-CORRECT ANSWER=relationships between 2 or more
microsystems,development depends on quality of connections
exosystem- CORRECT ANSWER=outside systems indirectly related to the child but
influence them
,macrosystem- CORRECT ANSWER=beliefs,values and rules of society and culture
chronosystem-CORRECT ANSWER=timing of changes in individual and social ecology
participation - CORRECT ANSWER=youth are there and working with or
participating in activities with adults
empowerment- CORRECT ANSWER=youth feel like they are participating and
workers help them to develop the skills to participate and to feel that they have
equal influence in the decision-making
engagement- CORRECT ANSWER=youth and adults participate equally and
recognize the power imbalance as well as the rights of youth to be treated equally
Burns definition of therapeutic milieu- CORRECT ANSWER=the milieus described are
organized around the various microsystems in which young people participate and
are generally described according to the character of the 5 elements of the milieu
within that setting
,5 elements of the therapeutic milieu- CORRECT
ANSWER=physical,emotional,social,cultural,ideological
core focus on CYC work as identified by CCCYCA- CORRECT
ANSWER=therapeutic relationship, focus on strengths and assets rather than
pathology,application of theory and research about human growth and
development to promote the optimal physical,psycho-social,spiritual,cognitive
and emotional development of young people towards a healthy and productive
adulthood
social construction- CORRECT ANSWER=proposed by historians,
sociologists,anthropologists and cultural psychologists. member of society have
collectively defined meaning of childhood. construction is reflective of norms, values
and treatment,all societies have childhood but how its understood and children are
treated is based on class, race, religion, etc.
psychological construction-CORRECT ANSWER=proposed by psychologists and
biologists. belief that childhood is a real,scientific concept that can be defined and
described. childhood has a beginning, an end and particular characteristics which
present the average view of what childhood is. involves sequential stages that lead
to adulthood
self-observation- CORRECT ANSWER=ability to step inside and outside of
yourself and observe through 5 senses, is a critical self-inquiry process
, self-inquiry- CORRECT ANSWER=gives you the tools to explore the hidden
quadrants of your being as well as those blind and unknown aspects of self and
draw them into the open
relational-inquiry-CORRECT ANSWER=asking for feedback and disclosing to others
your internal being in order to reflect on their responses and learn more about
yourself in the context of relationships,giving and receiving feedback is an important
aspect
praxis- CORRECT ANSWER=integration of formal knowledge and theory with
practice-based knowledge. determine what actions to take in a particular
situation.centre of knowing,doing and being
vicarious trauma- CORRECT ANSWER=occurs when practitioners have prolonged
and repeated exposure to traumatized young people and families who are in crisis
compassion fatigue- CORRECT ANSWER=continuous work of processing the loss,grief
and anger of others who have been traumatized leads to the practitioner absorbing
the life events and feelings of those they are working with and experiencing their
inner world vicariously
Questions And Correct Answers
burnout-CORRECT ANSWER=state of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion
results when ongoing stress consumes the recourse present for coping with events in
life. results from long-term involvement with emotionally demanding situations.
prevention is critical because recovery is difficult
Bronfennbrenner's ecologica1 approach- CORRECT ANSWER=children's development
can only be understood if the environmental context within which the young person
was living and growing up was considered.framework for understanding the
environment including concepts related to the microsystem,mesosystem,exosystem,
macrosystem,chronosystem
microsystem-CORRECT ANSWER=immediate systems the child is located in and the
people,activities and space
mesosystem-CORRECT ANSWER=relationships between 2 or more
microsystems,development depends on quality of connections
exosystem- CORRECT ANSWER=outside systems indirectly related to the child but
influence them
,macrosystem- CORRECT ANSWER=beliefs,values and rules of society and culture
chronosystem-CORRECT ANSWER=timing of changes in individual and social ecology
participation - CORRECT ANSWER=youth are there and working with or
participating in activities with adults
empowerment- CORRECT ANSWER=youth feel like they are participating and
workers help them to develop the skills to participate and to feel that they have
equal influence in the decision-making
engagement- CORRECT ANSWER=youth and adults participate equally and
recognize the power imbalance as well as the rights of youth to be treated equally
Burns definition of therapeutic milieu- CORRECT ANSWER=the milieus described are
organized around the various microsystems in which young people participate and
are generally described according to the character of the 5 elements of the milieu
within that setting
,5 elements of the therapeutic milieu- CORRECT
ANSWER=physical,emotional,social,cultural,ideological
core focus on CYC work as identified by CCCYCA- CORRECT
ANSWER=therapeutic relationship, focus on strengths and assets rather than
pathology,application of theory and research about human growth and
development to promote the optimal physical,psycho-social,spiritual,cognitive
and emotional development of young people towards a healthy and productive
adulthood
social construction- CORRECT ANSWER=proposed by historians,
sociologists,anthropologists and cultural psychologists. member of society have
collectively defined meaning of childhood. construction is reflective of norms, values
and treatment,all societies have childhood but how its understood and children are
treated is based on class, race, religion, etc.
psychological construction-CORRECT ANSWER=proposed by psychologists and
biologists. belief that childhood is a real,scientific concept that can be defined and
described. childhood has a beginning, an end and particular characteristics which
present the average view of what childhood is. involves sequential stages that lead
to adulthood
self-observation- CORRECT ANSWER=ability to step inside and outside of
yourself and observe through 5 senses, is a critical self-inquiry process
, self-inquiry- CORRECT ANSWER=gives you the tools to explore the hidden
quadrants of your being as well as those blind and unknown aspects of self and
draw them into the open
relational-inquiry-CORRECT ANSWER=asking for feedback and disclosing to others
your internal being in order to reflect on their responses and learn more about
yourself in the context of relationships,giving and receiving feedback is an important
aspect
praxis- CORRECT ANSWER=integration of formal knowledge and theory with
practice-based knowledge. determine what actions to take in a particular
situation.centre of knowing,doing and being
vicarious trauma- CORRECT ANSWER=occurs when practitioners have prolonged
and repeated exposure to traumatized young people and families who are in crisis
compassion fatigue- CORRECT ANSWER=continuous work of processing the loss,grief
and anger of others who have been traumatized leads to the practitioner absorbing
the life events and feelings of those they are working with and experiencing their
inner world vicariously
