DCF Certification Test - Child Abuse and Neglect -complete solution

Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ - Answer- day How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? - Answer- 1/3 What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? - Answer- Child Abuse & Neglect On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ - Answer- 10 seconds Any person under the age of 18 years - Answer- Child Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological capicaty of a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person responsiible for the child's welfare - Answer- Child abuse The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in injury or harm to the child. - Answer- Physical Abuse Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes indecent exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy, exploitation, and showing pornography. - Answer- Sexual Abuse A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing child. - Answer- Verbal Abuse Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution where the person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a private school, public or private child care center, residential home, institution, program, or agency or any other person at such institution responsible for the child's care. - Answer- Institutional abuse and neglect Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision. - Answer- Neglect Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal living experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to function normally in performance and behavior. - Answer- Emotional neglect When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional development level or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not provide adequate supervision. - Answer- Inadequate supervision