CERAP Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol Correct
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. Correct Answer-Do
not read, assume, or attribute evidence to other "ifs" of the situation.
Key information related to Safety Threat Assessment: Correct Answer-
Child vulnerability
Severity of the Behavior/Condition
History
Safety Threat Identification
If a scenario is a safety concern: Correct Answer-all of the threat
answers will be either safety concern or no concern
If a scenario is a risk concern: Correct 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: Correct
Answer-you would mark that group as a Safety or Risk Concern.
, If none of the individual threats are present in the scenario: Correct
Answer-We would mark that group No Concern
Physical Abuse/Neglect/Threat: Correct Answer-This section contains
five safety threats related to causing moderate to severe harm or
threatening harm.
History of abuse neglect (physical or sexual) Correct 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.
Caretaker Behaviors: Correct 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: Correct Answer-Is where we combine sexual abuse and
the underlying issues we have been discussing (ie. developmental
disability, poverty, neglect)
Human trafficking: Correct 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: Correct Answer--Determine if there is (or is
not) a threat to the child's safety.
-Determine if the child is safe or unsafe