CERAP LATEST
EXAM STUDY
GUIDE
, CERAP Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol
Structured approach to decision-making designed to guide support and document
professional judgement in situations in which children are potentially in danger
immediately or in the very near future. A CERAP is used through the life of a case;
always.
Focus only on the information which you are given.
Do not read, assume, or attribute evidence to other "ifs" of the situation.
Key information related to Safety Threat Assessment:
Child vulnerability
Severity of the Behavior/Condition
History
Safety Threat Identification
If a scenario is a safety concern:
all of the threat answers will be either safety concern or no concern
If a scenario is a risk concern:
all of the threat answers will be either risk concern or no concern.
If any one of the individual threats is present in the scenario:
you would mark that group as a Safety or Risk Concern.
If none of the individual threats are present in the scenario:
We would mark that group No Concern
Physical Abuse/Neglect/Threat:
This section contains five safety threats related to causing moderate to severe harm or
threatening harm.
History of abuse neglect (physical or sexual)
This section has only one safety threat associated with past history of abuse and/or
neglect. This does not include only indicated reports. It does include the anecdotal
accounts too.
Caretaker Behaviors:
This section combines threats that relate to the behavior of the caretaker. Remember
the definition of the caretaker-- anyone who influences the safety of the child.
Special issues:
Is where we combine sexual abuse and the underlying issues we have been discussing
(ie. developmental disability, poverty, neglect)
Human trafficking:
This section has only one safety threat related to forced labor or sexual exploitation that
causes moderate to severe or threatening harm.
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Safety assessment goals:
-Determine if there is (or is not) a threat to the child's safety.
-Determine if the child is safe or unsafe
-Use our critical thinking skills to analyze and apply the information we collect from the
safety assessment process to the safety plan and interventions that will achieve child
EXAM STUDY
GUIDE
, CERAP Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol
Structured approach to decision-making designed to guide support and document
professional judgement in situations in which children are potentially in danger
immediately or in the very near future. A CERAP is used through the life of a case;
always.
Focus only on the information which you are given.
Do not read, assume, or attribute evidence to other "ifs" of the situation.
Key information related to Safety Threat Assessment:
Child vulnerability
Severity of the Behavior/Condition
History
Safety Threat Identification
If a scenario is a safety concern:
all of the threat answers will be either safety concern or no concern
If a scenario is a risk concern:
all of the threat answers will be either risk concern or no concern.
If any one of the individual threats is present in the scenario:
you would mark that group as a Safety or Risk Concern.
If none of the individual threats are present in the scenario:
We would mark that group No Concern
Physical Abuse/Neglect/Threat:
This section contains five safety threats related to causing moderate to severe harm or
threatening harm.
History of abuse neglect (physical or sexual)
This section has only one safety threat associated with past history of abuse and/or
neglect. This does not include only indicated reports. It does include the anecdotal
accounts too.
Caretaker Behaviors:
This section combines threats that relate to the behavior of the caretaker. Remember
the definition of the caretaker-- anyone who influences the safety of the child.
Special issues:
Is where we combine sexual abuse and the underlying issues we have been discussing
(ie. developmental disability, poverty, neglect)
Human trafficking:
This section has only one safety threat related to forced labor or sexual exploitation that
causes moderate to severe or threatening harm.
00:0201:30
Safety assessment goals:
-Determine if there is (or is not) a threat to the child's safety.
-Determine if the child is safe or unsafe
-Use our critical thinking skills to analyze and apply the information we collect from the
safety assessment process to the safety plan and interventions that will achieve child
