CERAP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔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
✔✔Non-Organic Failure to Thrive (subtype of neglect) - ✔✔A broad term to describe
infants and children who do not gain weight and grow
-Failure to thrive may be result of organic deficiencies and in these cases is not neglect
-However, when failure to thrive is diagnosed and no underlying disease or physical
condition can be detected, lack of growth is non-organic and psycho-social in nature,
meaning it is due to neglect
✔✔Safety Neglect (subtype of neglect) - ✔✔When the parent or caregiver neglects
important safety issues
✔✔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
✔✔Non-Organic Failure to Thrive (subtype of neglect) - ✔✔A broad term to describe
infants and children who do not gain weight and grow
-Failure to thrive may be result of organic deficiencies and in these cases is not neglect
-However, when failure to thrive is diagnosed and no underlying disease or physical
condition can be detected, lack of growth is non-organic and psycho-social in nature,
meaning it is due to neglect
✔✔Safety Neglect (subtype of neglect) - ✔✔When the parent or caregiver neglects
important safety issues
