CANS ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ Resiliency: Jen's caregiver has become interested in yoga and is
starting to meditate when she is anxious or distressed.
Answer: 1
◉ Family Functioning: The family is managing well.
Answer: 0
◉ Living Situation: Nancy has the occasional fight at home with her
parents; her parents are concerned about her behavior at home.
Answer: 1
◉ School/Day Care: A 13-year-old girl's school behavior has resulted
in her being sent to see the school principal
Answer: 2
◉ Social Functioning: Terrance is socially withdrawn and isolated;
he has minimal social interactions
Answer: 3
,◉ Recreation/Play in Young Children: 5-year-old Patrick tends to
cling to adults while other children play. When he does play, it is
unimaginative.
Answer: 3
◉ Communication: Donnelle has selective mutism and refuses to
speak. He also refuses to point to aid in communication.
Answer: 3
◉ Physical Health: Cailin has asthma. She is able to take part in gym
class if she has her puffer.
Answer: 1
◉ Sleep: Reggie is a 16-year-old who stays out late on school nights
and then sleeps during class. He often does not get a full night of
sleep during the week.
Answer: 2
◉ Elimination: Monica doesn't like going to the bathroom in public
places. She will hold it in if she has to. Her mother reported to the
doctor that Monica complains of frequent stomachaches.
Answer: 2
, ◉ Personal Hygiene/ Self-Care: Bronwyn forgets to brush her teeth,
but no one notices.
Answer: 1
◉ Gender Identity: James reports feeling like he should have been
born a girl instead of a boy. When he told his father, his father
threatened to throw him out of the house if James brought it up
again. James is so stressed about this that he has been losing sleep.
Answer: 3
◉ Sexual Development: Marquis is a 17-year-old boy. He has had
three sexual partners in his life, ages 20, 22, and 28.
Answer: 2
◉ Judgment/Decision Making: 16-year-old Tony enjoys getting
drunk and taking his parents' vehicle out for joy rides.
Answer: 3
◉ Legal: 14-year-old Don has been arrested in the past for theft, but
not in the last year.
Answer: 1
◉ Independent Living Skills: Darnell is a 16-year-old boy who will
not bathe if his parents do not tell him to. His parents are worried
SOLUTIONS
◉ Resiliency: Jen's caregiver has become interested in yoga and is
starting to meditate when she is anxious or distressed.
Answer: 1
◉ Family Functioning: The family is managing well.
Answer: 0
◉ Living Situation: Nancy has the occasional fight at home with her
parents; her parents are concerned about her behavior at home.
Answer: 1
◉ School/Day Care: A 13-year-old girl's school behavior has resulted
in her being sent to see the school principal
Answer: 2
◉ Social Functioning: Terrance is socially withdrawn and isolated;
he has minimal social interactions
Answer: 3
,◉ Recreation/Play in Young Children: 5-year-old Patrick tends to
cling to adults while other children play. When he does play, it is
unimaginative.
Answer: 3
◉ Communication: Donnelle has selective mutism and refuses to
speak. He also refuses to point to aid in communication.
Answer: 3
◉ Physical Health: Cailin has asthma. She is able to take part in gym
class if she has her puffer.
Answer: 1
◉ Sleep: Reggie is a 16-year-old who stays out late on school nights
and then sleeps during class. He often does not get a full night of
sleep during the week.
Answer: 2
◉ Elimination: Monica doesn't like going to the bathroom in public
places. She will hold it in if she has to. Her mother reported to the
doctor that Monica complains of frequent stomachaches.
Answer: 2
, ◉ Personal Hygiene/ Self-Care: Bronwyn forgets to brush her teeth,
but no one notices.
Answer: 1
◉ Gender Identity: James reports feeling like he should have been
born a girl instead of a boy. When he told his father, his father
threatened to throw him out of the house if James brought it up
again. James is so stressed about this that he has been losing sleep.
Answer: 3
◉ Sexual Development: Marquis is a 17-year-old boy. He has had
three sexual partners in his life, ages 20, 22, and 28.
Answer: 2
◉ Judgment/Decision Making: 16-year-old Tony enjoys getting
drunk and taking his parents' vehicle out for joy rides.
Answer: 3
◉ Legal: 14-year-old Don has been arrested in the past for theft, but
not in the last year.
Answer: 1
◉ Independent Living Skills: Darnell is a 16-year-old boy who will
not bathe if his parents do not tell him to. His parents are worried
