CERAP TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE
CERAP Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol - ANSWER-Structured
approach to decision-making designed to guide support and document professional
judgement in situations in which children are potentially in danger immediately or in the
very near future. A CERAP is used through the life of a case; always.
Focus only on the information which you are given. - ANSWER-Do not read, assume, or
attribute evidence to other "ifs" of the situation.
Key information related to Safety Threat Assessment: - ANSWER-Child vulnerability
Severity of the Behavior/Condition
History
Safety Threat Identification
If a scenario is a safety concern: - ANSWER-all of the threat answers will be either
safety concern or no concern
If a scenario is a risk concern: - ANSWER-all of the threat answers will be either risk
concern or no concern.
If any one of the individual threats is present in the scenario: - ANSWER-you would
mark that group as a Safety or Risk Concern.
If none of the individual threats are present in the scenario: - ANSWER-We would mark
that group No Concern
Physical Abuse/Neglect/Threat: - ANSWER-This section contains five safety threats
related to causing moderate to severe harm or threatening harm.
History of abuse neglect (physical or sexual) - ANSWER-This section has only one
safety threat associated with past history of abuse and/or neglect. This does not include
only indicated reports. It does include the anecdotal accounts too.
Safety threats - ANSWER-Are behaviors or conditions that may be associated with a
child or children being in danger of moderate to severe harm immediately or in the near
future.
Family strengths/Mitigating circumstances - ANSWER-Must take place on the initiative
of family members and not at the suggestion or instigation of Department staff.
, Action part of a safety plan: - ANSWER-When members of the family initiate plan
because of the suggestion or instigation of Department staff.
If the child is unsafe we: - ANSWER-1) A safety plan needs to be put in place
2) remove child from home
Moderate to Severe Harm: A serious threat of - ANSWER-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: - ANSWER-1. Identify relevant safety threats
2. Describe the safety threat you checked
3. Record family strengths and mitigating circumstances
4. Make safety decisions
When are Safety Threats Mitigated? - ANSWER--Caregivers, acting on their own
initiative, take
reasonable action(s) to correct dangerous
behaviors/conditions.
-There is an adult caregiver residing in the home who is willing and able to control the
identified
behavior/condition.
-The caregiver(s) responsible for the safety threat are removed from the home.
Caretaker Behaviors: - ANSWER-This section combines threats that relate to the
behavior of the caretaker. Remember the definition of the caretaker-- anyone who
influences the safety of the child.
Special issues: - ANSWER-Is where we combine sexual abuse and the underlying
issues we have been discussing (ie. developmental disability, poverty, neglect)
Human trafficking: - ANSWER-This section has only one safety threat related to forced
labor or sexual exploitation that causes moderate to severe or threatening harm.
Safety assessment goals: - ANSWER--Determine if there is (or is not) a threat to the
child's safety.
-Determine if the child is safe or unsafe
-Use our critical thinking skills to analyze and apply the information we collect from the
safety assessment process to the safety plan and interventions that will achieve child
safety.
We assess safety through the life of a case.
ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE
CERAP Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol - ANSWER-Structured
approach to decision-making designed to guide support and document professional
judgement in situations in which children are potentially in danger immediately or in the
very near future. A CERAP is used through the life of a case; always.
Focus only on the information which you are given. - ANSWER-Do not read, assume, or
attribute evidence to other "ifs" of the situation.
Key information related to Safety Threat Assessment: - ANSWER-Child vulnerability
Severity of the Behavior/Condition
History
Safety Threat Identification
If a scenario is a safety concern: - ANSWER-all of the threat answers will be either
safety concern or no concern
If a scenario is a risk concern: - ANSWER-all of the threat answers will be either risk
concern or no concern.
If any one of the individual threats is present in the scenario: - ANSWER-you would
mark that group as a Safety or Risk Concern.
If none of the individual threats are present in the scenario: - ANSWER-We would mark
that group No Concern
Physical Abuse/Neglect/Threat: - ANSWER-This section contains five safety threats
related to causing moderate to severe harm or threatening harm.
History of abuse neglect (physical or sexual) - ANSWER-This section has only one
safety threat associated with past history of abuse and/or neglect. This does not include
only indicated reports. It does include the anecdotal accounts too.
Safety threats - ANSWER-Are behaviors or conditions that may be associated with a
child or children being in danger of moderate to severe harm immediately or in the near
future.
Family strengths/Mitigating circumstances - ANSWER-Must take place on the initiative
of family members and not at the suggestion or instigation of Department staff.
, Action part of a safety plan: - ANSWER-When members of the family initiate plan
because of the suggestion or instigation of Department staff.
If the child is unsafe we: - ANSWER-1) A safety plan needs to be put in place
2) remove child from home
Moderate to Severe Harm: A serious threat of - ANSWER-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: - ANSWER-1. Identify relevant safety threats
2. Describe the safety threat you checked
3. Record family strengths and mitigating circumstances
4. Make safety decisions
When are Safety Threats Mitigated? - ANSWER--Caregivers, acting on their own
initiative, take
reasonable action(s) to correct dangerous
behaviors/conditions.
-There is an adult caregiver residing in the home who is willing and able to control the
identified
behavior/condition.
-The caregiver(s) responsible for the safety threat are removed from the home.
Caretaker Behaviors: - ANSWER-This section combines threats that relate to the
behavior of the caretaker. Remember the definition of the caretaker-- anyone who
influences the safety of the child.
Special issues: - ANSWER-Is where we combine sexual abuse and the underlying
issues we have been discussing (ie. developmental disability, poverty, neglect)
Human trafficking: - ANSWER-This section has only one safety threat related to forced
labor or sexual exploitation that causes moderate to severe or threatening harm.
Safety assessment goals: - ANSWER--Determine if there is (or is not) a threat to the
child's safety.
-Determine if the child is safe or unsafe
-Use our critical thinking skills to analyze and apply the information we collect from the
safety assessment process to the safety plan and interventions that will achieve child
safety.
We assess safety through the life of a case.
