CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (CAAN)
MODULE 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT!!!
✔✔ Who is legally required to report suspected cases of child abuse?
Answer: ✔✔ A mandatory reporter—this includes any:
a) Physician, osteopathic doctor, medical examiner, chiropractic doctor, nurse, or
hospital staff involved in patient care;
b) Health or mental health professionals not listed above;
c) Practitioner using only spiritual methods for healing;
d) Teacher, school staff, or other educational personnel;
e) Social worker, child care provider, or other licensed care professionals,
including foster or institutional staff;
f) Law enforcement officers;
g) Judges.
Anyone in these roles who has knowledge or reasonable suspicion of child abuse,
abandonment, or neglect must report it to the Department of Children and
Families (DCF).
✔✔ As a child care provider, what is your responsibility regarding suspected
abuse?
Answer: ✔✔ It is your legal responsibility under Chapter 39, F.S., to report any
suspected child abuse or neglect.
You are not required to prove abuse occurred. Your role is to report that you
suspect abuse or neglect may have taken place—the investigation is handled by the
appropriate authorities.
4 ways to make a report: - ANSWERS✔✔The four ways abuse and neglect reports
can be made to the Florida Abuse Hotline are: telephone, fax, TDD (telephone
device for the deaf), and online.
MODULE 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT!!!
✔✔ Who is legally required to report suspected cases of child abuse?
Answer: ✔✔ A mandatory reporter—this includes any:
a) Physician, osteopathic doctor, medical examiner, chiropractic doctor, nurse, or
hospital staff involved in patient care;
b) Health or mental health professionals not listed above;
c) Practitioner using only spiritual methods for healing;
d) Teacher, school staff, or other educational personnel;
e) Social worker, child care provider, or other licensed care professionals,
including foster or institutional staff;
f) Law enforcement officers;
g) Judges.
Anyone in these roles who has knowledge or reasonable suspicion of child abuse,
abandonment, or neglect must report it to the Department of Children and
Families (DCF).
✔✔ As a child care provider, what is your responsibility regarding suspected
abuse?
Answer: ✔✔ It is your legal responsibility under Chapter 39, F.S., to report any
suspected child abuse or neglect.
You are not required to prove abuse occurred. Your role is to report that you
suspect abuse or neglect may have taken place—the investigation is handled by the
appropriate authorities.
4 ways to make a report: - ANSWERS✔✔The four ways abuse and neglect reports
can be made to the Florida Abuse Hotline are: telephone, fax, TDD (telephone
device for the deaf), and online.
