FLORIDA CERTIFICATION CPI UPDATED CORE
CRISIS PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
CONCEPTS REVIEW 2026
◉ Shelter Petition.
Answer: Attempt to remove child from care giver and be placed
elsewhere
◉ ASFA-Adoption and Safe Family Act of 1997.
Answer: Reach permanency within 1 year from removal
◉ ICWA-Indian Child Welfare Act.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
,Answer: The health and safety of the child is the top priority
◉ 4 Work Principles-Principle 2.
Answer: Work as partners with the families: Respect them, engage
them etc.
◉ 4 Work Principles-Principle 3.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Prevention and intervention should result in protecting
children and supporting families
◉ Practice Model.
Answer: 1. Hotline
2. CPI FFA
3. Ongoing Family Functioning
4. Safety plan and case plan evaluation
5. Anticipated intervention
◉ FFA-6 Domains.
,Answer: 1. Maltreatment
2. Circumstances surrounding the circumstances
3. Child functioning
4. Adult Functioning
5. General Parenting
6. Parent Discipline Approach
◉ Least Intrusive.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 1. Cognitive
, 2. Behavioral
3. Emotional
◉ Legal definition of the term child.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: • 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.
CRISIS PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
CONCEPTS REVIEW 2026
◉ Shelter Petition.
Answer: Attempt to remove child from care giver and be placed
elsewhere
◉ ASFA-Adoption and Safe Family Act of 1997.
Answer: Reach permanency within 1 year from removal
◉ ICWA-Indian Child Welfare Act.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
,Answer: The health and safety of the child is the top priority
◉ 4 Work Principles-Principle 2.
Answer: Work as partners with the families: Respect them, engage
them etc.
◉ 4 Work Principles-Principle 3.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Prevention and intervention should result in protecting
children and supporting families
◉ Practice Model.
Answer: 1. Hotline
2. CPI FFA
3. Ongoing Family Functioning
4. Safety plan and case plan evaluation
5. Anticipated intervention
◉ FFA-6 Domains.
,Answer: 1. Maltreatment
2. Circumstances surrounding the circumstances
3. Child functioning
4. Adult Functioning
5. General Parenting
6. Parent Discipline Approach
◉ Least Intrusive.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 1. Cognitive
, 2. Behavioral
3. Emotional
◉ Legal definition of the term child.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: • 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.
