CANS FINAL STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
⩥Family Functioning: The family is managing well. Answer: 0
⩥Living Situation: Ronnie is well behaved and feels safe living with his
foster parents. Answer: 0
⩥Early Education: Gavin loves daycare. He is always socializing with
the other children. Answer: 0
⩥Social and Emotional Functioning: 3-year-old Dean does not have any
playmates at daycare. He does not smile at his peers or cooperate when
playing with them. Answer: 3
⩥Recreation/Play: When an adult encourages Alan to play with his peers
or gives him play suggestions, Alan will play for a short time. After a
while he will stop as he cannot sustain his effort for very long on his
own. Answer: 1
⩥Developmental/Intellectual: Francine has achieved all developmental
milestones. Answer: 0
,⩥Motor: 5-year-old Tilden is unable to walk but can manage hand-
related tasks. Answer: 3
⩥Communication: Donnelle has selective mutism and refuses to speak.
He also refuses to point to aid in communication. Answer: 3
⩥Medical/Physical: 4-year-old Paula has leukemia and her doctors say
that she might not live for more than one year. Answer:
⩥Sleep: Doris has night terrors that wake her up in a panic nearly every
night. She has become afraid of falling asleep and tries to stay up all
night. Answer: 3
⩥Relationship Permanence: 4-year-old Natasha is living in her third
foster home. Her permanency plan calls for her to live with her mother;
her mother participates fully in supervised visitation. Answer: 2
⩥Strengths Domain Answer: For the Strengths Domain, use the
following categories and action levels: 0 Well-developed, centerpiece
strength; may be used as a centerpiece in an intervention/action plan. 1
Identified and useful strength. Strength will be used, maintained, or built
upon as part of the plan. May require some effort to develop strength
into a centerpiece strength. 2 Strengths have been identified but require
strength-building efforts before they can be effectively utilized as part of
a plan. Identified but not useful. 3 An area in which no current strength
, is identified; efforts may be recommended to develop a strength in this
area.
⩥Family Strengths: Bruce is in foster care but has an uncle with whom
he is close. Answer: 1
⩥Extended Family Relations: Yale's grandmother is actively involved in
her life. Sometimes her grandma and mom fight, but they always make
up Answer: 1
⩥Family Cultural Identity: Thomas' family has a strong sense of identity
in his Polish community. They feel highly connected to the people
around them. Answer: 0
⩥Interpersonal: 4-year-old Marquis has some acquaintances and can get
along with peers, but has no real friends. Answer: 2
⩥Resiliency (Persistence and Adaptability): 2-year old Maria usually
continues to attempt challenging tasks. Sometimes her mother assists
her. Answer: 1
⩥Tina is a 4-year-old child residing with her biological mother. In pre-
school, her teachers observed that even though Tina does not generally
approach interesting objects, she will still actively explore the toys when
presented to her by the teachers. Answer: 1
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
⩥Family Functioning: The family is managing well. Answer: 0
⩥Living Situation: Ronnie is well behaved and feels safe living with his
foster parents. Answer: 0
⩥Early Education: Gavin loves daycare. He is always socializing with
the other children. Answer: 0
⩥Social and Emotional Functioning: 3-year-old Dean does not have any
playmates at daycare. He does not smile at his peers or cooperate when
playing with them. Answer: 3
⩥Recreation/Play: When an adult encourages Alan to play with his peers
or gives him play suggestions, Alan will play for a short time. After a
while he will stop as he cannot sustain his effort for very long on his
own. Answer: 1
⩥Developmental/Intellectual: Francine has achieved all developmental
milestones. Answer: 0
,⩥Motor: 5-year-old Tilden is unable to walk but can manage hand-
related tasks. Answer: 3
⩥Communication: Donnelle has selective mutism and refuses to speak.
He also refuses to point to aid in communication. Answer: 3
⩥Medical/Physical: 4-year-old Paula has leukemia and her doctors say
that she might not live for more than one year. Answer:
⩥Sleep: Doris has night terrors that wake her up in a panic nearly every
night. She has become afraid of falling asleep and tries to stay up all
night. Answer: 3
⩥Relationship Permanence: 4-year-old Natasha is living in her third
foster home. Her permanency plan calls for her to live with her mother;
her mother participates fully in supervised visitation. Answer: 2
⩥Strengths Domain Answer: For the Strengths Domain, use the
following categories and action levels: 0 Well-developed, centerpiece
strength; may be used as a centerpiece in an intervention/action plan. 1
Identified and useful strength. Strength will be used, maintained, or built
upon as part of the plan. May require some effort to develop strength
into a centerpiece strength. 2 Strengths have been identified but require
strength-building efforts before they can be effectively utilized as part of
a plan. Identified but not useful. 3 An area in which no current strength
, is identified; efforts may be recommended to develop a strength in this
area.
⩥Family Strengths: Bruce is in foster care but has an uncle with whom
he is close. Answer: 1
⩥Extended Family Relations: Yale's grandmother is actively involved in
her life. Sometimes her grandma and mom fight, but they always make
up Answer: 1
⩥Family Cultural Identity: Thomas' family has a strong sense of identity
in his Polish community. They feel highly connected to the people
around them. Answer: 0
⩥Interpersonal: 4-year-old Marquis has some acquaintances and can get
along with peers, but has no real friends. Answer: 2
⩥Resiliency (Persistence and Adaptability): 2-year old Maria usually
continues to attempt challenging tasks. Sometimes her mother assists
her. Answer: 1
⩥Tina is a 4-year-old child residing with her biological mother. In pre-
school, her teachers observed that even though Tina does not generally
approach interesting objects, she will still actively explore the toys when
presented to her by the teachers. Answer: 1
