Child Welfare Certification Exit Exam Questions And Rationale Answers.
Dependency Petition - Court ordered services due to no change in action or child's safety is at risk
Shelter Petition - Attempt to remove child from care giver and be placed elsewhere
ASFA-Adoption and Safe Family Act of 1997 - Reach permanency within 1 year from removal
ICWA-Indian Child Welfare Act - 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 - 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 - The health and safety of the child is the top priority
4 Work Principles-Principle 2 - Work as partners with the families: Respect them, engage them etc.
4 Work Principles-Principle 3 - 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 - Prevention and intervention should result in protecting children and
supporting families
Practice Model - 1. Hotline
2. CPI FFA
3. Ongoing Family Functioning
4. Safety plan and case plan evaluation
5. Anticipated intervention
,FFA-6 Domains - 1. Maltreatment
2. Circumstances surrounding the circumstances
3. Child functioning
4. Adult Functioning
5. General Parenting
6. Parent Discipline Approach
Least Intrusive - 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 - 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 - 1. Cognitive
2. Behavioral
3. Emotional
Legal definition of the term child - 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 - 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 - • 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 - 1. Imminent
2. Out of Control
3. Vulnerable Child
4. Observable
5. Severity
What is the most common maltreatment reported? - Neglect - especially in infants
Three-Tiered Hierarchy of Safety - • 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 - 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 - Adverse childhood experiences
Child Traumatic Stress (CTS) - A psychological reaction that some children have to a traumatic
experience
Complex trauma - 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 - o Acute traumatic stress refers to exposure to a single event, such as a car
accident.
Dependency Petition - Court ordered services due to no change in action or child's safety is at risk
Shelter Petition - Attempt to remove child from care giver and be placed elsewhere
ASFA-Adoption and Safe Family Act of 1997 - Reach permanency within 1 year from removal
ICWA-Indian Child Welfare Act - 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 - 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 - The health and safety of the child is the top priority
4 Work Principles-Principle 2 - Work as partners with the families: Respect them, engage them etc.
4 Work Principles-Principle 3 - 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 - Prevention and intervention should result in protecting children and
supporting families
Practice Model - 1. Hotline
2. CPI FFA
3. Ongoing Family Functioning
4. Safety plan and case plan evaluation
5. Anticipated intervention
,FFA-6 Domains - 1. Maltreatment
2. Circumstances surrounding the circumstances
3. Child functioning
4. Adult Functioning
5. General Parenting
6. Parent Discipline Approach
Least Intrusive - 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 - 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 - 1. Cognitive
2. Behavioral
3. Emotional
Legal definition of the term child - 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 - 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 - • 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 - 1. Imminent
2. Out of Control
3. Vulnerable Child
4. Observable
5. Severity
What is the most common maltreatment reported? - Neglect - especially in infants
Three-Tiered Hierarchy of Safety - • 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 - 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 - Adverse childhood experiences
Child Traumatic Stress (CTS) - A psychological reaction that some children have to a traumatic
experience
Complex trauma - 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 - o Acute traumatic stress refers to exposure to a single event, such as a car
accident.
