Child and Youth Care Exam Question and
answers rated A+ 2025/2026
core focus on CYC work as identified by CCCYCA - correct answer therapeutic relationship, focus on
strengths and assets rather than pathology, application of theory and research about human growth and
development to promote the optimal physical, psycho-social, spiritual, cognitive and emotional
development of young people towards a healthy and productive adulthood
social construction - correct answer proposed by historians, sociologists, anthropologists and cultural
psychologists. member of society have collectively defined meaning of childhood. construction is
reflective of norms, values and treatment, all societies have childhood but how its understood and
children are treated is based on class, race, religion, etc.
psychological construction - correct answer proposed by psychologists and biologists. belief that
childhood is a real, scientific concept that can be defined and described. childhood has a beginning, an
end and particular characteristics which present the average view of what childhood is. involves
sequential stages that lead to adulthood
self-observation - correct answer ability to step inside and outside of yourself and observe through 5
senses, is a critical self-inquiry process
self-inquiry - correct answer gives you the tools to explore the hidden quadrants of your being as well as
those blind and unknown aspects of self and draw them into the open
relational-inquiry - correct answer asking for feedback and disclosing to others your internal being in
order to reflect on their responses and learn more about yourself in the context of relationships, giving
and receiving feedback is an important aspect
praxis - correct answer integration of formal knowledge and theory with practice-based knowledge.
determine what actions to take in a particular situation. centre of knowing, doing and being
, vicarious trauma - correct answer occurs when practitioners have prolonged and repeated exposure to
traumatized young people and families who are in crisis
compassion fatigue - correct answer continuous work of processing the loss, grief and anger of others
who have been traumatized leads to the practitioner absorbing the life events and feelings of those they
are working with and experiencing their inner world vicariously
burnout - correct answer state of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion results when ongoing
stress consumes the recourse present for coping with events in life. results from long-term involvement
with emotionally demanding situations. prevention is critical because recovery is difficult
Bronfennbrenner's ecological approach - correct answer children's development can only be understood
if the environmental context within which the young person was living and growing up was considered.
framework for understanding the environment including concepts related to the microsystem,
mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem
microsystem - correct answer immediate systems the child is located in and the people, activities and
space
mesosystem - correct answer relationships between 2 or more microsystems, development depends on
quality of connections
exosystem - correct answer outside systems indirectly related to the child but influence them
macrosystem - correct answer beliefs, values and rules of society and culture
chronosystem - correct answer timing of changes in individual and social ecology
participation - correct answer youth are there and working with or participating in activities with adults
answers rated A+ 2025/2026
core focus on CYC work as identified by CCCYCA - correct answer therapeutic relationship, focus on
strengths and assets rather than pathology, application of theory and research about human growth and
development to promote the optimal physical, psycho-social, spiritual, cognitive and emotional
development of young people towards a healthy and productive adulthood
social construction - correct answer proposed by historians, sociologists, anthropologists and cultural
psychologists. member of society have collectively defined meaning of childhood. construction is
reflective of norms, values and treatment, all societies have childhood but how its understood and
children are treated is based on class, race, religion, etc.
psychological construction - correct answer proposed by psychologists and biologists. belief that
childhood is a real, scientific concept that can be defined and described. childhood has a beginning, an
end and particular characteristics which present the average view of what childhood is. involves
sequential stages that lead to adulthood
self-observation - correct answer ability to step inside and outside of yourself and observe through 5
senses, is a critical self-inquiry process
self-inquiry - correct answer gives you the tools to explore the hidden quadrants of your being as well as
those blind and unknown aspects of self and draw them into the open
relational-inquiry - correct answer asking for feedback and disclosing to others your internal being in
order to reflect on their responses and learn more about yourself in the context of relationships, giving
and receiving feedback is an important aspect
praxis - correct answer integration of formal knowledge and theory with practice-based knowledge.
determine what actions to take in a particular situation. centre of knowing, doing and being
, vicarious trauma - correct answer occurs when practitioners have prolonged and repeated exposure to
traumatized young people and families who are in crisis
compassion fatigue - correct answer continuous work of processing the loss, grief and anger of others
who have been traumatized leads to the practitioner absorbing the life events and feelings of those they
are working with and experiencing their inner world vicariously
burnout - correct answer state of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion results when ongoing
stress consumes the recourse present for coping with events in life. results from long-term involvement
with emotionally demanding situations. prevention is critical because recovery is difficult
Bronfennbrenner's ecological approach - correct answer children's development can only be understood
if the environmental context within which the young person was living and growing up was considered.
framework for understanding the environment including concepts related to the microsystem,
mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem
microsystem - correct answer immediate systems the child is located in and the people, activities and
space
mesosystem - correct answer relationships between 2 or more microsystems, development depends on
quality of connections
exosystem - correct answer outside systems indirectly related to the child but influence them
macrosystem - correct answer beliefs, values and rules of society and culture
chronosystem - correct answer timing of changes in individual and social ecology
participation - correct answer youth are there and working with or participating in activities with adults
