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)