Child Welfare Certification Exam Prep (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct

Child Welfare Certification Exam Prep

(Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and

Verified Answers| 100% Correct

Q: 3 Protective Capacity Areas

Answer:

1. Cognitive

2. Behavioral

3. Emotional

Q: Legal definition of the term child

Answer:

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

Q: Present Danger

Answer:

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

Q: Define Impending Danger

Answer:

• 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.

Q: Factors of Impending Danger

Answer:

1. Imminent

2. Out of Control

3. Vulnerable Child

4. Observable

5. Severity

Q: What is the most common maltreatment reported?

Answer:

Neglect - especially in infants

Q: Three-Tiered Hierarchy of Safety

Answer:

• 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.

Q: What is trauma

Answer:

Trauma is an emotional response to an event. The emotional response is intense, distressing

and/or painful and can overwhelm your ability to cope. There can be direct involvement in the

event or indirect through witnessing the event.

Q: ACE

Answer:

Adverse childhood experiences

Q: Child Traumatic Stress (CTS)

Answer:

A psychological reaction that some children have to a traumatic experience

Q: Complex trauma

Answer:

o Involves simultaneous or sequential occurrences of child maltreatment - including

psychological maltreatment, neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and domestic violence - that is

chronic, begins in early childhood, and occurs within the primary caregiving system.

o Often sets off a chain of events leading to subsequent or repeated trauma exposure in

adolescence and adulthood.

Q: Three levels of CTS

Answer:

o Acute traumatic stress refers to exposure to a single event, such as a car accident.

o Chronic traumatic stress refers to repeated events, such as physical or sexual abuse or exposure

to ongoing domestic violence.

o Complex traumatic stress refers to exposure to chronic, multiple types of trauma.

Q: Early childhood trauma

Answer:

Generally refers to the traumatic experiences that occur to children aged 0-6. These traumas can

be the result of intentional violence, such as child physical or sexual abuse and/or domestic

violence, the persistent absence of responsive care or as the result of a natural disaster, accidents,

or war

Q: Domestic violence

Answer:

(intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, or battering): Actual or threatened physical or sexual

violence, or emotional abuse between adults in an intimate relationship

Q: Physical abuse

Answer:

Causing or attempting to cause physical pain or injury. It can result from punching, beating,

kicking, burning or harming a child in other ways.

Q: Child sexual abuse

Answer:

Takes place between a child and an older person or alternatively between a child and another

child/adolescent.

o Bodily contact: Such as sexual kissing, touching, fondling of genitals, and intercourse.

o No bodily contact: Genital exposure ('flashing'), verbal pressure for sex, and sexual

exploitation for purposes of prostitution or pornography.

Q: Child neglect

Answer: