PAR STUDY GUIDE DJJ EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Describe how staff can prepare for safe & successful interactions with youth -
ANS PREPARING for safe and successful interactions with youth begins with the Start Smart
Skills, which when practiced with confidence can go a long way in fostering professional
relationships with youth:
Maintain the Right Attitude.
Make the Right Actions.
Identify components of DJJ's operations that require safe and successful interactions with
youth. - ANS DJJ has developed numerous components of its operations pursuant to statute,
rule, manual, and policy to ensure the success of staff: e.g., background screening, code of
conduct, incident reporting, confidentiality requirement, etc.
Describe the general characteristics of youth that affect the way they behave. -
ANS Cognitively, socially, and emotionally.
Describe trauma - ANS The personal experience of violence and victimization including
sexual abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect, loss, domestic violence, and/or the witnessing of
violence, terrorism, or disasters.
Describe the stress response's effect on youth behavior. - ANS A natural reaction to events
that may be difficult, demanding, or threatening. ; "fight, flight, or freeze" response.
6. Describe the relationship between unmet needs and youth behavior. - ANS When there
are unmet needs in people's lives, they cannot fully develop cognitively, socially, and
emotionally which in turn affects the way they behave.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Describe how staff can prepare for safe & successful interactions with youth -
ANS PREPARING for safe and successful interactions with youth begins with the Start Smart
Skills, which when practiced with confidence can go a long way in fostering professional
relationships with youth:
Maintain the Right Attitude.
Make the Right Actions.
Identify components of DJJ's operations that require safe and successful interactions with
youth. - ANS DJJ has developed numerous components of its operations pursuant to statute,
rule, manual, and policy to ensure the success of staff: e.g., background screening, code of
conduct, incident reporting, confidentiality requirement, etc.
Describe the general characteristics of youth that affect the way they behave. -
ANS Cognitively, socially, and emotionally.
Describe trauma - ANS The personal experience of violence and victimization including
sexual abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect, loss, domestic violence, and/or the witnessing of
violence, terrorism, or disasters.
Describe the stress response's effect on youth behavior. - ANS A natural reaction to events
that may be difficult, demanding, or threatening. ; "fight, flight, or freeze" response.
6. Describe the relationship between unmet needs and youth behavior. - ANS When there
are unmet needs in people's lives, they cannot fully develop cognitively, socially, and
emotionally which in turn affects the way they behave.
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