PAR Exam Study Guide DJJ questions
and answers
Describe how staff can prepare for safe & successful interactions with youth - -PREPARING for
safe and successful interactions with youth begins with the Start Smart Skills, which when
practiced with confidence can go a long way in fostering professional relationships with youth:
Maintain the Right Attitude.
Make the Right Actions.
-Identify components of DJJ's operations that require safe and successful interactions with
youth. - -DJJ has developed numerous components of its operations pursuant to statute, rule,
manual, and policy to ensure the success of staff: e.g., background screening, code of conduct,
incident reporting, confidentiality requirement, etc.
-Describe the general characteristics of youth that affect the way they behave. - -Cognitively,
socially, and emotionally.
-Describe trauma - -The personal experience of violence and victimization including sexual
abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect, loss, domestic violence, and/or the witnessing of violence,
terrorism, or disasters.
-Describe the stress response's effect on youth behavior. - -A natural reaction to events that may
be difficult, demanding, or threatening. ; "fight, flight, or freeze" response.
-6. Describe the relationship between unmet needs and youth behavior. - -When there are unmet
needs in people's lives, they cannot fully develop cognitively, socially, and emotionally which in
turn affects the way they behave.
-What is a Trigger? - -A trigger is an event that sets of a memory.
-T or F: 93% of communication is non-verbal and 7% verbal. - -True
-What are the 5 hierarchy of Needs according to Maslow? - -Physiology - Things required to
live (food, water, air)
Safety - Shelter. protection
Love & Belonging - Self explanatory
Esteem - To feel good about oneself
Self actualization - To test limits
-Define Verbal De-escalation - -Tactics that are non-physical skills used to prevent a potentially
dangerous situation from escalating into a physical confrontation or injury.
and answers
Describe how staff can prepare for safe & successful interactions with youth - -PREPARING for
safe and successful interactions with youth begins with the Start Smart Skills, which when
practiced with confidence can go a long way in fostering professional relationships with youth:
Maintain the Right Attitude.
Make the Right Actions.
-Identify components of DJJ's operations that require safe and successful interactions with
youth. - -DJJ has developed numerous components of its operations pursuant to statute, rule,
manual, and policy to ensure the success of staff: e.g., background screening, code of conduct,
incident reporting, confidentiality requirement, etc.
-Describe the general characteristics of youth that affect the way they behave. - -Cognitively,
socially, and emotionally.
-Describe trauma - -The personal experience of violence and victimization including sexual
abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect, loss, domestic violence, and/or the witnessing of violence,
terrorism, or disasters.
-Describe the stress response's effect on youth behavior. - -A natural reaction to events that may
be difficult, demanding, or threatening. ; "fight, flight, or freeze" response.
-6. Describe the relationship between unmet needs and youth behavior. - -When there are unmet
needs in people's lives, they cannot fully develop cognitively, socially, and emotionally which in
turn affects the way they behave.
-What is a Trigger? - -A trigger is an event that sets of a memory.
-T or F: 93% of communication is non-verbal and 7% verbal. - -True
-What are the 5 hierarchy of Needs according to Maslow? - -Physiology - Things required to
live (food, water, air)
Safety - Shelter. protection
Love & Belonging - Self explanatory
Esteem - To feel good about oneself
Self actualization - To test limits
-Define Verbal De-escalation - -Tactics that are non-physical skills used to prevent a potentially
dangerous situation from escalating into a physical confrontation or injury.
