CERAP EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

CERAP EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
time (as it applies to risk and safety) - ANSWER-risk: longer term
safety: now or in very near future

degree of harm (as it applies to risk and safety) - ANSWER-risk: low to severe (whole
spectrum)
safety: moderate to severe

purpose of intervention (as it applies to risk and safety) - ANSWER-risk: resolve or
reduce
safety: need to control (cannot leave child without doing something)

a difference between risk and safety - ANSWER-risk is assessed over longer period of
time, allowing time to gather, assess and evaluate info

safety must be assessed quickly often in one visit

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
-using our critical thinking skills to analyze and apply the info we collect from the safety
assessment process to the safety plan and interventions that will achieve child safety

mitigate definition - ANSWER-to lessen or reduce

CERAP: a snapshot in time - ANSWER-Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol

similarities between safety and risk - ANSWER-- both are concerned with future harm
- both relate to conditions of:
- home environment
- caretaker/ fam member behavior
- both can change quickly
- both can be controlled

definition of risk - ANSWER-- likelihood of any degree of longer- term future harm/
maltreatment
- does not predict when the future harm will occur, but rather the likelihood of it
happening
-safety is a subset of risk

moderate to severe harm - ANSWER-threat of: