CAAN- Child Abuse and Neglect (CAAN) EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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child - any person under the age of 18
child abuse - any willful act or threatened act that results in any physical,
mental, or sexual abuse, injury, or harm that causes or is likely to cause the child's
physical, mental, or emotional health to be significantly impaired
physical abuse - the mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the
child's welfare that results in injury or harm to the child
sexual 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
verbal abuse - a form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling,
shaming, belittling and/or teasing of a child
institutional abuse or neglect - situations of known or suspected child
abuse or neglect that occur at a private school, public or private child care center,
residential home, institution, facility, or agency where the alleged perpetrator is
an employee or any other person at such institution responsible for the child's
care
,neglect - failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care, or
needed supervision
emotional 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
harm - Anything to a child's health or welfare that can occur when any
person:
a) inflicts, or allows to be inflicted, upon the child physical, mental, or emotional
injury;
b) commits, or allows to be committed, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious acts
against a child;
c) allows, encourages, or forces the sexual exploitation of a child;
d) exploits a child, or allows a child to be exploited;
e) abandons a child;
f) neglects a child;
g) exposes a child to a controlled substance or alcohol;
h) uses mechanical devices, unreasonable restraints, or extended periods of
isolation to control a child;
i) engages in violent behavior that demonstrates a wanton disregard for the
presence of a child and could reasonably result in serious injury to the child;
j) negligently fails to protect a child in his or her care from inflicted physical,
mental, or sexual injury caused by the acts of another;
k) has allowed a child's sibling to die as a result of abuse, abandonment, or
neglect.
, inadequate supervision - 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
lack of adequate shelter - when the child is exposed to structurally unsafe
housing, exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe heating, or unsanitary housing
conditions
lack of adequate clothing/good hygiene - when a child suffers, or is likely to
suffer, from physical or emotional health conditions resulting from inadequate
clothing, improper hygiene, and uncleanness
lack of adequate nutrition - when the caretaker has regularly failed to
provide, or make available, adequate food to the child, which can cause
malnutrition over a long period of time
lack of dental/medical care - when a medical or dental condition is left
untreated, possibly resulting in serious or long-term harm to the child
lack of love and attention (failure to thrive) - when the parents deny
satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most interactions as a method
of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support, emotional care, or love can
cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile for age
lack of providing access to education - when education is not enforced by
the parents, thereby contributing to the child's absence from school- leading to
the lack of education and leading to truancy
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
child - any person under the age of 18
child abuse - any willful act or threatened act that results in any physical,
mental, or sexual abuse, injury, or harm that causes or is likely to cause the child's
physical, mental, or emotional health to be significantly impaired
physical abuse - the mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the
child's welfare that results in injury or harm to the child
sexual 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
verbal abuse - a form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling,
shaming, belittling and/or teasing of a child
institutional abuse or neglect - situations of known or suspected child
abuse or neglect that occur at a private school, public or private child care center,
residential home, institution, facility, or agency where the alleged perpetrator is
an employee or any other person at such institution responsible for the child's
care
,neglect - failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care, or
needed supervision
emotional 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
harm - Anything to a child's health or welfare that can occur when any
person:
a) inflicts, or allows to be inflicted, upon the child physical, mental, or emotional
injury;
b) commits, or allows to be committed, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious acts
against a child;
c) allows, encourages, or forces the sexual exploitation of a child;
d) exploits a child, or allows a child to be exploited;
e) abandons a child;
f) neglects a child;
g) exposes a child to a controlled substance or alcohol;
h) uses mechanical devices, unreasonable restraints, or extended periods of
isolation to control a child;
i) engages in violent behavior that demonstrates a wanton disregard for the
presence of a child and could reasonably result in serious injury to the child;
j) negligently fails to protect a child in his or her care from inflicted physical,
mental, or sexual injury caused by the acts of another;
k) has allowed a child's sibling to die as a result of abuse, abandonment, or
neglect.
, inadequate supervision - 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
lack of adequate shelter - when the child is exposed to structurally unsafe
housing, exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe heating, or unsanitary housing
conditions
lack of adequate clothing/good hygiene - when a child suffers, or is likely to
suffer, from physical or emotional health conditions resulting from inadequate
clothing, improper hygiene, and uncleanness
lack of adequate nutrition - when the caretaker has regularly failed to
provide, or make available, adequate food to the child, which can cause
malnutrition over a long period of time
lack of dental/medical care - when a medical or dental condition is left
untreated, possibly resulting in serious or long-term harm to the child
lack of love and attention (failure to thrive) - when the parents deny
satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most interactions as a method
of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support, emotional care, or love can
cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile for age
lack of providing access to education - when education is not enforced by
the parents, thereby contributing to the child's absence from school- leading to
the lack of education and leading to truancy
