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CHILD WELFARE CERTIFICATION EXAM 2025| BRAND
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Dependency Petition - (answers)Court ordered services due to no change in
action or child's safety is at risk
Shelter Petition - (answers)Attempt to remove child from care giver and be placed
elsewhere
ASFA-Adoption and Safe Family Act of 1997 - (answers)Reach permanency within
1 year from removal
ICWA-Indian Child Welfare Act - (answers)If family is a part of an Indian tribe then
CPI will have to get with legal to see if the tribe will handle the allegations of if CPI
will move forward with the investigation
MEPA-Multi Ethnic Placement Act - (answers)This act does not allow a child to be
held back from placement or permanency based on the child's race, gender,
religion etc.
4 Work Principles-Principle 1 - (answers)The health and safety of the child is the
top priority
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4 Work Principles-Principle 2 - (answers)Work as partners with the families:
Respect them, engage them etc.
4 Work Principles-Principle 3 - (answers)Always begin with the least intrusive
actions that are possible and reasonable. Be objective and keep the child's safety
in the forefront of your mind
4 Work Principles-Principle 4 - (answers)Prevention and intervention should result
in protecting children and supporting families
Practice Model - (answers)1. Hotline
2. CPI FFA
3. Ongoing Family Functioning
4. Safety plan and case plan evaluation
5. Anticipated intervention
FFA-6 Domains - (answers)1. Maltreatment
2. Circumstances surrounding the circumstances
3. Child functioning
4. Adult Functioning
5. General Parenting
6. Parent Discipline Approach
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Least Intrusive - (answers)The combination of interventions that will be the most
effective, cause the least disruption to the child and family's normal routines and
will e aligned to the fullest extent feasible with the family's references, culture
and values
Caregiver Protective Capacities - (answers)The personal and caregiving
behavioral, cognitive and emotional characteristics that specifically and directly
can be associated with being protective to one's children. When the caregivers
responsible are able to effectively manage negative family conditions in the home
for the long term, the child is safe. Protective capacities are personal qualities or
characteristics that contribute to vigilant child protection
3 Protective Capacity Areas - (answers)1. Cognitive
2. Behavioral
3. Emotional
Legal definition of the term child - (answers)Chapter 39, Florida Statutes:
o "any unmarried person under the age of 18 years who has not been
emancipated by order of the court"
o The terms child and youth are interchangeable
Present Danger - (answers)Usually identified at initial contact, however can occur
during the course of an investigation or while the family is receiving case
management services . Serious harm will result without prompt investigation
and/or case manager response
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Define Impending Danger - (answers)• Child living or being in a position of
continual or pervasive danger.
• Threats are not immediate, obvious or active at the onset of investigation.
• Are identified and understood upon gathering sufficient family functioning
information.
Factors of Impending Danger - (answers)1. Imminent
2. Out of Control
3. Vulnerable Child
4. Observable
5. Severity
What is the most common maltreatment reported? - (answers)Neglect -
especially in infants
Three-Tiered Hierarchy of Safety - (answers)• Core Level:
o Physical safety: a child is not at risk of injury or threats of injury.
• Second level:
o Social safety: refers to an interpersonal sense of the child being safe from verbal
abuse, verbal threats or teasing.
• Last level:
o Emotional safety: you have an internal sense of being safe.
CHILD WELFARE CERTIFICATION EXAM 2025| BRAND
NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS|
GUARANTEED VALUE PACK| ACE YOUR GRADES.
Dependency Petition - (answers)Court ordered services due to no change in
action or child's safety is at risk
Shelter Petition - (answers)Attempt to remove child from care giver and be placed
elsewhere
ASFA-Adoption and Safe Family Act of 1997 - (answers)Reach permanency within
1 year from removal
ICWA-Indian Child Welfare Act - (answers)If family is a part of an Indian tribe then
CPI will have to get with legal to see if the tribe will handle the allegations of if CPI
will move forward with the investigation
MEPA-Multi Ethnic Placement Act - (answers)This act does not allow a child to be
held back from placement or permanency based on the child's race, gender,
religion etc.
4 Work Principles-Principle 1 - (answers)The health and safety of the child is the
top priority
,2|Page
4 Work Principles-Principle 2 - (answers)Work as partners with the families:
Respect them, engage them etc.
4 Work Principles-Principle 3 - (answers)Always begin with the least intrusive
actions that are possible and reasonable. Be objective and keep the child's safety
in the forefront of your mind
4 Work Principles-Principle 4 - (answers)Prevention and intervention should result
in protecting children and supporting families
Practice Model - (answers)1. Hotline
2. CPI FFA
3. Ongoing Family Functioning
4. Safety plan and case plan evaluation
5. Anticipated intervention
FFA-6 Domains - (answers)1. Maltreatment
2. Circumstances surrounding the circumstances
3. Child functioning
4. Adult Functioning
5. General Parenting
6. Parent Discipline Approach
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Least Intrusive - (answers)The combination of interventions that will be the most
effective, cause the least disruption to the child and family's normal routines and
will e aligned to the fullest extent feasible with the family's references, culture
and values
Caregiver Protective Capacities - (answers)The personal and caregiving
behavioral, cognitive and emotional characteristics that specifically and directly
can be associated with being protective to one's children. When the caregivers
responsible are able to effectively manage negative family conditions in the home
for the long term, the child is safe. Protective capacities are personal qualities or
characteristics that contribute to vigilant child protection
3 Protective Capacity Areas - (answers)1. Cognitive
2. Behavioral
3. Emotional
Legal definition of the term child - (answers)Chapter 39, Florida Statutes:
o "any unmarried person under the age of 18 years who has not been
emancipated by order of the court"
o The terms child and youth are interchangeable
Present Danger - (answers)Usually identified at initial contact, however can occur
during the course of an investigation or while the family is receiving case
management services . Serious harm will result without prompt investigation
and/or case manager response
, 4|Page
Define Impending Danger - (answers)• Child living or being in a position of
continual or pervasive danger.
• Threats are not immediate, obvious or active at the onset of investigation.
• Are identified and understood upon gathering sufficient family functioning
information.
Factors of Impending Danger - (answers)1. Imminent
2. Out of Control
3. Vulnerable Child
4. Observable
5. Severity
What is the most common maltreatment reported? - (answers)Neglect -
especially in infants
Three-Tiered Hierarchy of Safety - (answers)• Core Level:
o Physical safety: a child is not at risk of injury or threats of injury.
• Second level:
o Social safety: refers to an interpersonal sense of the child being safe from verbal
abuse, verbal threats or teasing.
• Last level:
o Emotional safety: you have an internal sense of being safe.
