Social work an empowering profession | Exam 3 (the final) Questions
and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
should intrusive measures be taken in family life
2. How to provide services that support family integrity and offer a safety net for at risk
children
3. How do practitioners deal with life changing decisions to remove children from their
homes or terminate parental rights
4. How to uphold principles of nonjudgementalism, individual dignity and worth, and
self-determination, given the existence of battered children?
Correct Answer: Ethical dilemma related to social work in child protection
Question 2.
Which laws detail mandatory reporting procedures related to child maltreatment?
Correct Answer: Ë The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (P.L. 93-247) Ë
Often referred to as CAPTA
Question 3.
Major roles and responsibilities of a social worker in child welfare
Correct Answer: Balance between child protection and family preservation
1. Receives and investigate possible reports of child abuse and neglect
2. Provides services to families who need assistance in the protection and care
of their children
3. Arranges for children to live with foster families when they are not safe
4. Arranges permanent adoptive homes or independent living services for
children leaving foster care
Question 4.
Definitions of child abuse and neglect-dif- ference between them
Correct Answer: CAPTA defiles the minimum parameters of child abuse and
neglect as "any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker
Which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or
exploitation or an act or failure to act which presents an immanent risk of harm"
under the age of 18 Abuse is the act, neglect is the failure to act
Question 5.
Family Preservation Services
Correct Answer: Focused on preventing out-of-home placement these services
are time limited, family centered, home based services that help families cope
with crises or problems that interfere with parents' abilities to deal with their
children effectively
, Question 6.
Out-of-home placement that involves placing children with relatives or any adult who has a
kinship bond with the child
Correct Answer: Formal Kinship Care
Question 7.
Out-of-home placement that places the child in non-family care such as group homes,
small residential facilities and foster homes. Foster placement is considered short term
care.
Correct Answer: Foster Care
Question 8.
The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997
Correct Answer: The A S F A refocuses child welfare goals to emphasis safety,
permanence and well-being for children. Establishes timelines which focuses
workers concurrently on family reunification and permanency planning.
Question 9.
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Correct Answer: Signed into law by president George H. W. Bush in July 1990,
seeks to alleviate discrimination against people with disabilities in employment
and public accommodations.
Question 10.
Passed in 1965 the OAA (Older Americans Act) is considered to be the major vehicle for the
organization and delivery of social and nutrition services to this group and their caregivers.
In 1987 amendments added the federal definition of elder abuse.
Correct Answer: The Older Americans Act
Question 11.
Information and dynamics about Intimate Partner violence
Correct Answer: 1. Cycles of violence related to power and control
2. For women, violence is most often associated with self-defense, reactions to
the violent situation, or retaliations for previously inflicted abuse
3. Men are more likely to inflict violence to intimidate or to control their
partners
4. Common couple violence-more moderate form of intimate partner violence
Question 12.
Children's reaction to domestic violence
Correct Answer: Distress which includes crying, irritability, sleep disturbances
and disruptions. They may develop a number of patterns of problematic
and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
should intrusive measures be taken in family life
2. How to provide services that support family integrity and offer a safety net for at risk
children
3. How do practitioners deal with life changing decisions to remove children from their
homes or terminate parental rights
4. How to uphold principles of nonjudgementalism, individual dignity and worth, and
self-determination, given the existence of battered children?
Correct Answer: Ethical dilemma related to social work in child protection
Question 2.
Which laws detail mandatory reporting procedures related to child maltreatment?
Correct Answer: Ë The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (P.L. 93-247) Ë
Often referred to as CAPTA
Question 3.
Major roles and responsibilities of a social worker in child welfare
Correct Answer: Balance between child protection and family preservation
1. Receives and investigate possible reports of child abuse and neglect
2. Provides services to families who need assistance in the protection and care
of their children
3. Arranges for children to live with foster families when they are not safe
4. Arranges permanent adoptive homes or independent living services for
children leaving foster care
Question 4.
Definitions of child abuse and neglect-dif- ference between them
Correct Answer: CAPTA defiles the minimum parameters of child abuse and
neglect as "any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker
Which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or
exploitation or an act or failure to act which presents an immanent risk of harm"
under the age of 18 Abuse is the act, neglect is the failure to act
Question 5.
Family Preservation Services
Correct Answer: Focused on preventing out-of-home placement these services
are time limited, family centered, home based services that help families cope
with crises or problems that interfere with parents' abilities to deal with their
children effectively
, Question 6.
Out-of-home placement that involves placing children with relatives or any adult who has a
kinship bond with the child
Correct Answer: Formal Kinship Care
Question 7.
Out-of-home placement that places the child in non-family care such as group homes,
small residential facilities and foster homes. Foster placement is considered short term
care.
Correct Answer: Foster Care
Question 8.
The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997
Correct Answer: The A S F A refocuses child welfare goals to emphasis safety,
permanence and well-being for children. Establishes timelines which focuses
workers concurrently on family reunification and permanency planning.
Question 9.
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Correct Answer: Signed into law by president George H. W. Bush in July 1990,
seeks to alleviate discrimination against people with disabilities in employment
and public accommodations.
Question 10.
Passed in 1965 the OAA (Older Americans Act) is considered to be the major vehicle for the
organization and delivery of social and nutrition services to this group and their caregivers.
In 1987 amendments added the federal definition of elder abuse.
Correct Answer: The Older Americans Act
Question 11.
Information and dynamics about Intimate Partner violence
Correct Answer: 1. Cycles of violence related to power and control
2. For women, violence is most often associated with self-defense, reactions to
the violent situation, or retaliations for previously inflicted abuse
3. Men are more likely to inflict violence to intimidate or to control their
partners
4. Common couple violence-more moderate form of intimate partner violence
Question 12.
Children's reaction to domestic violence
Correct Answer: Distress which includes crying, irritability, sleep disturbances
and disruptions. They may develop a number of patterns of problematic
