CMAS - L02 Child Maltreatment

Question 1

2010 CAPTA Reauthorization Act - defines child abuse & neglect at a minnimum as

Answer 1

“Any recent act or failure to act on the part of the parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation; or An act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.”

Question 2

CAPTA’s focus

Answer 2

CAPTA establishes the minimum standard definition and each state is responsible for providing its own definition of child abuse and neglect. CAPTA’s focus is on the work of child protective services workers, not that of law enforcement. Therefore, the caseworkers within a child protective services organization must adhere to the definitions of child abuse as defined by their state’s child protective services law.

Question 3

In Pennsylvania, [The term] “child abuse” shall mean

Answer 3

intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly doing any of the following:

Question 4

Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law defines a perpetrator as

Answer 4

Someone who is specifically identified as the type of person or who fulfills a specific role in the child’s life

Question 5

physical abuse is often determined by the following:

Answer 5

1. The child’s level of development
2. The pattern and size of the injury
3. The location of the injury
4. Caregiver’s explanation of the injury

Question 6

TEN-4 rule

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bruising on the torso, ear or neck (TEN) in a child four years of age or younger or bruising of any region on a child younger than four months, requires further evaluation for abuse

Question 7

Bodily Injury

Answer 7

Impairment of physical condition or substantial pain.

Question 8

A recent act or failure to act:

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Any act or failure to act committed within two years of the date of the report [of physical abuse]

Question 9

Often in physical abuse cases, law enforcement only becomes involved when the abuse is considered to be

Answer 9

serious bodily injury

Question 10

Serious bodily injury is defined as

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Bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious permanent disfigurement or protected loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ

Question 11

person supervising the welfare of a child

Answer 11

person other than a parent or guardian that provides care, education, training, or control of a child

Question 12

Sexual abuse is defined by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) as:

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“The employment, use persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or the rape, and in cases of caretaker or interfamilial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children.”

Question 13

Child protective service’s three goals are

Answer 13

safety, permanency, and child well-being