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CAAN - Identifying and Reporting
Child Abuse and Neglect Exam
Questions and Answers
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ - ✔✔day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? - ✔✔1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? - ✔✔Child
Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ - ✔✔10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years - ✔✔Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological
capicaty of a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person
responsiible for the child's welfare - ✔✔Child abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in
injury or harm to the child. - ✔✔Physical Abuse
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Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes
indecent exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy,
exploitation, and showing pornography. - ✔✔Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or
teasing child. - ✔✔Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution
where the person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a
private school, public or private child care center, residential home, institution,
program, or agency or any other person at such institution responsible for the child's
care. - ✔✔Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision. -
✔✔Neglect
Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal
living experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to
function normally in performance and behavior. - ✔✔Emotional neglect
When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional
development level or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not provide
adequate supervision. - ✔✔Inadequate supervision
When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing, exposed wiring, inadequate
or unsafe heating, or unsanitary housing conditions. - ✔✔Inadequate shelter
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When a child suffers or is likely to suffer, from physical or emotional health conditions
resulting from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene and uncleanness. -
✔✔Inadequate clothing & good hygiene.
When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most
interactions as a method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support or
emotional care or love can cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth
percentile for age. - ✔✔Failure to thrive
Florida Abuse Hotline - ✔✔Operates 24/7. toll free telephone number 800-962-2873
(1800-96-ABUSE)
Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith." -
✔✔Immunity
Three types of child abuse - ✔✔Physical, sexual, and emotional
Shaken Baby Syndrome - ✔✔- Can cause permanent brain damage, paralysis, blindness,
seizures, developmental delays, broken bones, death
The difference between abuse and neglect - ✔✔If an adult intentionally withholds food,
shelter, or any other neccesity as a punishment, then it is abuse, but if things are
withheld by circumstance of lack of awareness, care, or education, then it is an act of
neglect. Both are crimes and violations of children's human rights.
Four ways to Report Abuse and Neglect - ✔✔- Telephone 1-800-96ABUSE
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- Fax
-TDD
- Online
DCF website - ✔✔dcf.state.fl.us/abuse
It is important for you to learn about this subject. Child abuse and neglect occurs in all
socio-economic ____________ as well as in __________________________________ -
✔✔families
child care programs
Child abuse and neglect is more prevalent than you may think, and you may be the
only person in a position to ______________. - ✔✔intervene
You have not only a ____________ obligation to intervene, but a _________
obligation to report child abuse and neglect. - ✔✔moral
legal
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the United States each
a) Year
b) Day
c) Week
d) Month - ✔✔Day
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CAAN - Identifying and Reporting
Child Abuse and Neglect Exam
Questions and Answers
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ - ✔✔day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? - ✔✔1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? - ✔✔Child
Abuse & Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ - ✔✔10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years - ✔✔Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological
capicaty of a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person
responsiible for the child's welfare - ✔✔Child abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in
injury or harm to the child. - ✔✔Physical Abuse
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Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes
indecent exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy,
exploitation, and showing pornography. - ✔✔Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or
teasing child. - ✔✔Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution
where the person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a
private school, public or private child care center, residential home, institution,
program, or agency or any other person at such institution responsible for the child's
care. - ✔✔Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision. -
✔✔Neglect
Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and normal
living experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to
function normally in performance and behavior. - ✔✔Emotional neglect
When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional
development level or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not provide
adequate supervision. - ✔✔Inadequate supervision
When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing, exposed wiring, inadequate
or unsafe heating, or unsanitary housing conditions. - ✔✔Inadequate shelter
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When a child suffers or is likely to suffer, from physical or emotional health conditions
resulting from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene and uncleanness. -
✔✔Inadequate clothing & good hygiene.
When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most
interactions as a method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support or
emotional care or love can cause the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth
percentile for age. - ✔✔Failure to thrive
Florida Abuse Hotline - ✔✔Operates 24/7. toll free telephone number 800-962-2873
(1800-96-ABUSE)
Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith." -
✔✔Immunity
Three types of child abuse - ✔✔Physical, sexual, and emotional
Shaken Baby Syndrome - ✔✔- Can cause permanent brain damage, paralysis, blindness,
seizures, developmental delays, broken bones, death
The difference between abuse and neglect - ✔✔If an adult intentionally withholds food,
shelter, or any other neccesity as a punishment, then it is abuse, but if things are
withheld by circumstance of lack of awareness, care, or education, then it is an act of
neglect. Both are crimes and violations of children's human rights.
Four ways to Report Abuse and Neglect - ✔✔- Telephone 1-800-96ABUSE
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- Fax
-TDD
- Online
DCF website - ✔✔dcf.state.fl.us/abuse
It is important for you to learn about this subject. Child abuse and neglect occurs in all
socio-economic ____________ as well as in __________________________________ -
✔✔families
child care programs
Child abuse and neglect is more prevalent than you may think, and you may be the
only person in a position to ______________. - ✔✔intervene
You have not only a ____________ obligation to intervene, but a _________
obligation to report child abuse and neglect. - ✔✔moral
legal
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the United States each
a) Year
b) Day
c) Week
d) Month - ✔✔Day
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
