CWEL AND CANS Practice Exam
Questions With 100% Correct Answers
Latest Version 2025 top rated A+
Types of Protective factors - Correct Answer--Parental resilience
-Social connections
-Knowledge of parenting and child development
-Concrete support in times of need
-Social and emotional competence of children
-parent child relationship
Assessment - Correct Answer--Focuses on the child safety, well being, and the need for
permanency planning and intervention
-Provides the basis for determining if the family's care of the children is at or above an
established threshold for safety and developmental opportunity
4 stages of assessment - Correct Answer--Information Gathering
-Information analysis
-Drawing conclusions
-Decision making
Model for integrated assessment - Correct Answer--Developed to improve the capacity
to address critical safety and risk factors, and medical, developmental, behavioral, and
emotional needs of children
3 phases of integrated assessment - Correct Answer--Initial assessment prior to case
opening
-Integrated assessment
-ongoing integrated assessment
Goals of integrated assessment - Correct Answer--Emphasis on prevention and early
intervention
-Coordination of medical and behavioral health services
-Time service delivery
-Decease secondary impact of child welfare system
-Delivery of social work practice by qualified professionals
-Timely movement toward least restrictive services
-Integration of services with overall case planning
, Minimum parenting standards - Correct Answer-Defined by policy and law as the
parenting capacity birth parents must exhibit and maintain in order for their child to be
returned to them
Minimum parenting standards consist of: - Correct Answer--Adequately fed
-Clothed appropriately for weather conditions
-Provided with adequate shelter
-Protected from several physical, mental, and emotional harm
-Provided with necessary medical care and education as required by law
Ecomap - Correct Answer--A pictorial representation of family connections
-A means to identify significant people and systems in the world around the family
-Helps to better understand the demands and resources that are affecting the child
Genogram - Correct Answer--A visual, inter-generational presentation of the family
-Helps organize family history and identify patterns across generations that may impact
the child's functioning and development
-Identify patterns of behavior, health conditions, and relationships
Home safety checklist - Correct Answer-
Types of underlying conditions - Correct Answer--Substance abuse/chemical
dependence
-Domestic violence
-Parent mental illness
-Parent developmental disabilities
Permanency Planning - Correct Answer-
Full disclosure - Correct Answer--Parents, foster parents, or caregivers and the court
must have clear, candid information about case prognosis and progress
-Parents must keep informed of the agencies' activities and the reasons for them
Service Planning - Correct Answer--The contract between the family and the agency
-Required by state and federal law
-Must ensure that the health and safety of children are the paramount concerns that
guide all service, placement, and planning provisions
Permanency Goals - Correct Answer--The desired outcomes of intervention and
services that are determined to be consistent with the health, safety, well being, and
best interest of the children
-Guide the development of the service plan
Residual rights of the birth parents - Correct Answer--The right and duty to support the
children
-Reasonable visitation, unless a judge says they cannot
Questions With 100% Correct Answers
Latest Version 2025 top rated A+
Types of Protective factors - Correct Answer--Parental resilience
-Social connections
-Knowledge of parenting and child development
-Concrete support in times of need
-Social and emotional competence of children
-parent child relationship
Assessment - Correct Answer--Focuses on the child safety, well being, and the need for
permanency planning and intervention
-Provides the basis for determining if the family's care of the children is at or above an
established threshold for safety and developmental opportunity
4 stages of assessment - Correct Answer--Information Gathering
-Information analysis
-Drawing conclusions
-Decision making
Model for integrated assessment - Correct Answer--Developed to improve the capacity
to address critical safety and risk factors, and medical, developmental, behavioral, and
emotional needs of children
3 phases of integrated assessment - Correct Answer--Initial assessment prior to case
opening
-Integrated assessment
-ongoing integrated assessment
Goals of integrated assessment - Correct Answer--Emphasis on prevention and early
intervention
-Coordination of medical and behavioral health services
-Time service delivery
-Decease secondary impact of child welfare system
-Delivery of social work practice by qualified professionals
-Timely movement toward least restrictive services
-Integration of services with overall case planning
, Minimum parenting standards - Correct Answer-Defined by policy and law as the
parenting capacity birth parents must exhibit and maintain in order for their child to be
returned to them
Minimum parenting standards consist of: - Correct Answer--Adequately fed
-Clothed appropriately for weather conditions
-Provided with adequate shelter
-Protected from several physical, mental, and emotional harm
-Provided with necessary medical care and education as required by law
Ecomap - Correct Answer--A pictorial representation of family connections
-A means to identify significant people and systems in the world around the family
-Helps to better understand the demands and resources that are affecting the child
Genogram - Correct Answer--A visual, inter-generational presentation of the family
-Helps organize family history and identify patterns across generations that may impact
the child's functioning and development
-Identify patterns of behavior, health conditions, and relationships
Home safety checklist - Correct Answer-
Types of underlying conditions - Correct Answer--Substance abuse/chemical
dependence
-Domestic violence
-Parent mental illness
-Parent developmental disabilities
Permanency Planning - Correct Answer-
Full disclosure - Correct Answer--Parents, foster parents, or caregivers and the court
must have clear, candid information about case prognosis and progress
-Parents must keep informed of the agencies' activities and the reasons for them
Service Planning - Correct Answer--The contract between the family and the agency
-Required by state and federal law
-Must ensure that the health and safety of children are the paramount concerns that
guide all service, placement, and planning provisions
Permanency Goals - Correct Answer--The desired outcomes of intervention and
services that are determined to be consistent with the health, safety, well being, and
best interest of the children
-Guide the development of the service plan
Residual rights of the birth parents - Correct Answer--The right and duty to support the
children
-Reasonable visitation, unless a judge says they cannot
