CERAP LATEST EXAMS PAPER ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Stages of assessment: - ✔✔Information gathering → Information Analysis → draw
conclusion→ make decision
✔✔7 Deadly Sins - ✔✔Colic
Awakening at Night
Separation Anxiety
Normal Exploratory Behavior
Normal Negativism
Normal Poor Appetite
Toilet Training Resistance
✔✔If the child is unsafe we: - ✔✔1) A safety plan needs to be put in place
2) remove child from home
✔✔Moderate to Severe Harm: A serious threat of - ✔✔1. There is a danger to the
child's life or health
2. Chance of impairment to his or her physical or mental well being
3. Disfigurement
✔✔Steps to Determine Safety: - ✔✔1. Identify relevant safety threats
, 2. Describe the safety threat you checked
3. Record family strengths and mitigating circumstances
4. Make safety decisions
✔✔Caregiver - ✔✔
✔✔CERAP is a ____________________ assessment only - ✔✔Familial, is only done in
the house of the children or where children will go live, NOT in foster homes.
✔✔Any child safety threats identified in CERAP must..... - ✔✔Be incorporated into the
SACWIS Family Service Plan
✔✔History - ✔✔Any known or credibly alleged previous or on-going examples of an
identified dangerous behavior/condition for which a caregiver is responsible
✔✔Paramour - ✔✔A current ex-boyfriend or girlfriend who has been or may be or is in a
care-taking role.-The paramour may or may not be residing within the family unit-
Paramour involved families may be identified at the time of intake, during a child abuse
or neglect investigation or anytime during the life of an open service case-A putative
father would fall under the definition of paramour
✔✔Safe - ✔✔After considering all reasonably available information/evidence
concerning the presence of each of the 16 potential safety threats, and taking into
account the vulnerability of the child, and considering the caregiver(s)'s displayed
ability/action to mitigate any identified threats, it is determined that a child in the
household or in custodial care is not likely to be moderated or severely harmed
immediately or in the near future
✔✔Safety Plan - ✔✔Voluntary, temporary, short-term plan designed to control serious
and immediate threats to children's safety as a result of an unsafe finding on the
CERAP.-Safety Plans can take a variety of forms and are developed with the input and
voluntary consent of the children's legal caregivers and other family members-Safety
plans are typically short term environmental manipulations to ensure child safety; they
are not interventions designed to change behaviors over the long term
✔✔When Are Safety Plans Not Completed - ✔✔During investigations of foster homes,
residential facilities, schools or day care facilities
✔✔Unsafe - ✔✔After considering all reasonably available information/evidence
concerning the presence of each of the 16 potential safety threats, and taking into
account the vulnerability of the child, and considering the caregiver(s)'s displayed
ability/action to mitigate any identified threats, it is determined that a child in a
household or in custodial care is likely to be moderately or severely harmed immediately
or in the near future.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Stages of assessment: - ✔✔Information gathering → Information Analysis → draw
conclusion→ make decision
✔✔7 Deadly Sins - ✔✔Colic
Awakening at Night
Separation Anxiety
Normal Exploratory Behavior
Normal Negativism
Normal Poor Appetite
Toilet Training Resistance
✔✔If the child is unsafe we: - ✔✔1) A safety plan needs to be put in place
2) remove child from home
✔✔Moderate to Severe Harm: A serious threat of - ✔✔1. There is a danger to the
child's life or health
2. Chance of impairment to his or her physical or mental well being
3. Disfigurement
✔✔Steps to Determine Safety: - ✔✔1. Identify relevant safety threats
, 2. Describe the safety threat you checked
3. Record family strengths and mitigating circumstances
4. Make safety decisions
✔✔Caregiver - ✔✔
✔✔CERAP is a ____________________ assessment only - ✔✔Familial, is only done in
the house of the children or where children will go live, NOT in foster homes.
✔✔Any child safety threats identified in CERAP must..... - ✔✔Be incorporated into the
SACWIS Family Service Plan
✔✔History - ✔✔Any known or credibly alleged previous or on-going examples of an
identified dangerous behavior/condition for which a caregiver is responsible
✔✔Paramour - ✔✔A current ex-boyfriend or girlfriend who has been or may be or is in a
care-taking role.-The paramour may or may not be residing within the family unit-
Paramour involved families may be identified at the time of intake, during a child abuse
or neglect investigation or anytime during the life of an open service case-A putative
father would fall under the definition of paramour
✔✔Safe - ✔✔After considering all reasonably available information/evidence
concerning the presence of each of the 16 potential safety threats, and taking into
account the vulnerability of the child, and considering the caregiver(s)'s displayed
ability/action to mitigate any identified threats, it is determined that a child in the
household or in custodial care is not likely to be moderated or severely harmed
immediately or in the near future
✔✔Safety Plan - ✔✔Voluntary, temporary, short-term plan designed to control serious
and immediate threats to children's safety as a result of an unsafe finding on the
CERAP.-Safety Plans can take a variety of forms and are developed with the input and
voluntary consent of the children's legal caregivers and other family members-Safety
plans are typically short term environmental manipulations to ensure child safety; they
are not interventions designed to change behaviors over the long term
✔✔When Are Safety Plans Not Completed - ✔✔During investigations of foster homes,
residential facilities, schools or day care facilities
✔✔Unsafe - ✔✔After considering all reasonably available information/evidence
concerning the presence of each of the 16 potential safety threats, and taking into
account the vulnerability of the child, and considering the caregiver(s)'s displayed
ability/action to mitigate any identified threats, it is determined that a child in a
household or in custodial care is likely to be moderately or severely harmed immediately
or in the near future.
