Child Abuse and Neglect Midterm SBU
questions wish correct answers
Children's Divison Mission Statement - Answer To protect Missouri children
from abuse and neglect; assuring their safety and well being by partnering with
families, communities and government in an ethically, culturally and socially
responsible manner.
Program areas: CA/N - Answer Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations
Program areas: FCS - Answer Family Centered Services - IIS and FRS
Program areas: AC - Answer Alternative Care - Foster, pre-adoptive, residential
Program areas: Licensing - Answer Foster, adoptive, kinship and relative homes
Note taking: Three basic types - Answer 1. Narrative-basic reporting
2. Descriptive/Observational Notes
3. Three Columns (Therapeutic/case planning)
Narrative-basic reporting - Answer Who, what, when, where, how and why
Descriptive/Observational Notes - Answer Often included in narrative
documentation. These notes are focused primarily on describing persons and
environment.
,Three Columns (Therapeutic/case planning) - Answer Specific - Directly related
to worry - Measurable, incremental, directly related to worry
Legislative Mandate... RSMO 210.109 - Answer The child protection system
shall promote the safety of children and the integrity and preservation of their
families by conducting investigations or family assessments and providing services
in response to reports of child abuse or neglect. The system shall coordinate
community resources and provide assistance or services to children and families
identified to be at risk, and to prevent and remedy child abuse and neglect.
Five Domains - Answer 1. Safety
2. Stability
3. Mastery
4. Meaningful Access to Relevant Resources
5. Social Connectedness
-Trade Offs-
Social Connectedness - Answer The degree to which a person has and perceives a
sufficient number and diversity of relationships that:
-- allow her or him to give and receive information, emotional support, and
material aid.
-- create a sense of belonging and value
foster growth.
Stability - Answer The degree to which a person can expect his or her situation
and status to be fundamentally the same from one day to the next.
, -- where there is adequate predictability for a person to concentrate on the here-
and-now and on the future, growth and change, and where small obstacles don't set
off big cascades.
Safety - Answer The degree to which a person can be his or her authentic self and
not be at heightened risk of physical or emotional harm.
Mastery - Answer The degree to which a person feels in control of her or his fate
and the decisions she or he makes, and where he or she experiences some
correlation between efforts and outcomes.
Meaningful Access to Relevant Resources - Answer The degree to which a
person can meet needs particularly important for his or her situation in ways that
are not overly onerous, and are not degrading or dangerous.
Trade Offs - Answer A loss or reduction in one of the five domains for a gain in
another
Why do I need to understand trauma? - Answer -Over half of the general adult
population has experienced at least one trauma, 1 in 4 has experienced at least two
events.
-It is estimated that 5 million children are exposed to traumatic events yearly in the
US.
-By the age of 18, 43% of youth have experienced such an event
-68% of men who are homeless reported a trauma history
questions wish correct answers
Children's Divison Mission Statement - Answer To protect Missouri children
from abuse and neglect; assuring their safety and well being by partnering with
families, communities and government in an ethically, culturally and socially
responsible manner.
Program areas: CA/N - Answer Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations
Program areas: FCS - Answer Family Centered Services - IIS and FRS
Program areas: AC - Answer Alternative Care - Foster, pre-adoptive, residential
Program areas: Licensing - Answer Foster, adoptive, kinship and relative homes
Note taking: Three basic types - Answer 1. Narrative-basic reporting
2. Descriptive/Observational Notes
3. Three Columns (Therapeutic/case planning)
Narrative-basic reporting - Answer Who, what, when, where, how and why
Descriptive/Observational Notes - Answer Often included in narrative
documentation. These notes are focused primarily on describing persons and
environment.
,Three Columns (Therapeutic/case planning) - Answer Specific - Directly related
to worry - Measurable, incremental, directly related to worry
Legislative Mandate... RSMO 210.109 - Answer The child protection system
shall promote the safety of children and the integrity and preservation of their
families by conducting investigations or family assessments and providing services
in response to reports of child abuse or neglect. The system shall coordinate
community resources and provide assistance or services to children and families
identified to be at risk, and to prevent and remedy child abuse and neglect.
Five Domains - Answer 1. Safety
2. Stability
3. Mastery
4. Meaningful Access to Relevant Resources
5. Social Connectedness
-Trade Offs-
Social Connectedness - Answer The degree to which a person has and perceives a
sufficient number and diversity of relationships that:
-- allow her or him to give and receive information, emotional support, and
material aid.
-- create a sense of belonging and value
foster growth.
Stability - Answer The degree to which a person can expect his or her situation
and status to be fundamentally the same from one day to the next.
, -- where there is adequate predictability for a person to concentrate on the here-
and-now and on the future, growth and change, and where small obstacles don't set
off big cascades.
Safety - Answer The degree to which a person can be his or her authentic self and
not be at heightened risk of physical or emotional harm.
Mastery - Answer The degree to which a person feels in control of her or his fate
and the decisions she or he makes, and where he or she experiences some
correlation between efforts and outcomes.
Meaningful Access to Relevant Resources - Answer The degree to which a
person can meet needs particularly important for his or her situation in ways that
are not overly onerous, and are not degrading or dangerous.
Trade Offs - Answer A loss or reduction in one of the five domains for a gain in
another
Why do I need to understand trauma? - Answer -Over half of the general adult
population has experienced at least one trauma, 1 in 4 has experienced at least two
events.
-It is estimated that 5 million children are exposed to traumatic events yearly in the
US.
-By the age of 18, 43% of youth have experienced such an event
-68% of men who are homeless reported a trauma history
