CERAP EXAMINERS ACTUAL SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Purpose of Intervention (Risk and Safety) - ✔✔Safety: Control the situation to
prevent harm from occurring in the short term
Risk: Resolve or Reduce the problems that lead to the risk
✔✔How Must Safety Be Assessed? - ✔✔Quickly, often in one visit
✔✔How must risk be assessed? - ✔✔Over a longer period of time, allowing time to
gather, assess, and evaluate information
✔✔Who is included in the CERAP safety asssessment - ✔✔All alleged child victims
must be seen and, if verbal, interviewed out of the presence of the caregiver and
alleged perpetrator
✔✔Factors that can influence a child's vulnerability - ✔✔-Younger children who lack
good verbal skills, in particular, non-verbal children
-Children affected by developmental disabilities/deficits
-Children who have serious medical problems
-Children who exhibit psychological, emotional, or behavioral problems
, ✔✔Safety Threat Assessment- Severity of the Behavior/Condition - ✔✔-Severity of a
safety threat must be considered within the context of the other safety threat criteria
-Severity may refer to the degree or extent of an alleged maltreatment incident
-Severity is concerned with the degree of potential for harm given the behavior
✔✔Safety Threat Assessment- History - ✔✔A safety threat must be considered in the
context of any known or alleged previous examples of safety threats
✔✔Once A Safety Threat Has Determined That A Child Is Not Safe, Identify.... - ✔✔-All
children affected-The caregiver(s) responsible for creating or allowing the safety threat
-The source of information identifying the safety threat
✔✔For Each Safety Threat Checked Yes.. - ✔✔Describe in detail any family strengths
or actions that mitigate the identified behavior/condition
✔✔Safety Threats Can Be Mitigated When..... - ✔✔-Caregivers acting on their own
initiative, take reasonable action(s) to correct danger behaviors/conditions
-There is an adult caregiver residing in the home who is willing and able to control the
identified behavior/condition
✔✔Rejection(subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔Parent consistently does not
acknowledge the child's worth and validity of child's needs
✔✔Terrorizing (subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔Parent verbally assaults the
child, instills fear through bullying and threatening. The world is defined as a hostile and
frightening place
✔✔Ignoring (subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔The child is deprived of emotional
stimulation and interaction
✔✔Isolating (subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔The child is separated and cut off
from normal social relationships. The child is prevented from forming friendships and is
made to feel alone
✔✔Corrupting (subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔The child is directed to engage
in anti-social and destructive behaviors. Deviance is reinforced and a normal social
experience is prevented
✔✔Medical Neglect (subtype of neglect) - ✔✔Important medical care necessary of the
child's well-being and health is withheld from the child
✔✔Lack of Supervision (subtype of neglect) - ✔✔A parent or caregiver leaves a minor
child under the age of 14 alone for an unreasonable period of time. Lack of Supervision
occurs when a child is put at risk
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Purpose of Intervention (Risk and Safety) - ✔✔Safety: Control the situation to
prevent harm from occurring in the short term
Risk: Resolve or Reduce the problems that lead to the risk
✔✔How Must Safety Be Assessed? - ✔✔Quickly, often in one visit
✔✔How must risk be assessed? - ✔✔Over a longer period of time, allowing time to
gather, assess, and evaluate information
✔✔Who is included in the CERAP safety asssessment - ✔✔All alleged child victims
must be seen and, if verbal, interviewed out of the presence of the caregiver and
alleged perpetrator
✔✔Factors that can influence a child's vulnerability - ✔✔-Younger children who lack
good verbal skills, in particular, non-verbal children
-Children affected by developmental disabilities/deficits
-Children who have serious medical problems
-Children who exhibit psychological, emotional, or behavioral problems
, ✔✔Safety Threat Assessment- Severity of the Behavior/Condition - ✔✔-Severity of a
safety threat must be considered within the context of the other safety threat criteria
-Severity may refer to the degree or extent of an alleged maltreatment incident
-Severity is concerned with the degree of potential for harm given the behavior
✔✔Safety Threat Assessment- History - ✔✔A safety threat must be considered in the
context of any known or alleged previous examples of safety threats
✔✔Once A Safety Threat Has Determined That A Child Is Not Safe, Identify.... - ✔✔-All
children affected-The caregiver(s) responsible for creating or allowing the safety threat
-The source of information identifying the safety threat
✔✔For Each Safety Threat Checked Yes.. - ✔✔Describe in detail any family strengths
or actions that mitigate the identified behavior/condition
✔✔Safety Threats Can Be Mitigated When..... - ✔✔-Caregivers acting on their own
initiative, take reasonable action(s) to correct danger behaviors/conditions
-There is an adult caregiver residing in the home who is willing and able to control the
identified behavior/condition
✔✔Rejection(subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔Parent consistently does not
acknowledge the child's worth and validity of child's needs
✔✔Terrorizing (subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔Parent verbally assaults the
child, instills fear through bullying and threatening. The world is defined as a hostile and
frightening place
✔✔Ignoring (subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔The child is deprived of emotional
stimulation and interaction
✔✔Isolating (subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔The child is separated and cut off
from normal social relationships. The child is prevented from forming friendships and is
made to feel alone
✔✔Corrupting (subtype of emotional maltreatment) - ✔✔The child is directed to engage
in anti-social and destructive behaviors. Deviance is reinforced and a normal social
experience is prevented
✔✔Medical Neglect (subtype of neglect) - ✔✔Important medical care necessary of the
child's well-being and health is withheld from the child
✔✔Lack of Supervision (subtype of neglect) - ✔✔A parent or caregiver leaves a minor
child under the age of 14 alone for an unreasonable period of time. Lack of Supervision
occurs when a child is put at risk
