ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE
, CERAP Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol - ANSWERSStructured
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. - ANSWERSDo not read, assume,
or attribute evidence to other "ifs" of the situation.
Key information related to Safety Threat Assessment: - ANSWERSChild vulnerability
Severity of the Behavior/Condition
History
Safety Threat Identification
If a scenario is a safety concern: - ANSWERSall of the threat answers will be either
safety concern or no concern
If a scenario is a risk concern: - ANSWERSall of the threat answers will be either risk
concern or no concern.
If any one of the individual threats is present in the scenario: - ANSWERSyou would
mark that group as a Safety or Risk Concern.
If none of the individual threats are present in the scenario: - ANSWERSWe would mark
that group No Concern
Physical Abuse/Neglect/Threat: - ANSWERSThis section contains five safety threats
related to causing moderate to severe harm or threatening harm.
History of abuse neglect (physical or sexual) - ANSWERSThis 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: - ANSWERSThis 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: - ANSWERSIs where we combine sexual abuse and the underlying
issues we have been discussing (ie. developmental disability, poverty, neglect)
Human trafficking: - ANSWERSThis section has only one safety threat related to forced
labor or sexual exploitation that causes moderate to severe or threatening harm.