Core Module 1 Flashcards
1) This govern how attorneys within DCF’s Children’s Legal Services operate and guide attorneys on courtroom procedures in dependency cases.
- The Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure
2) ____________ is a guarantee that all legal proceedings will be fair, that one will be given notice of proceedings and an opportunity to be heard before one’s life, liberty or property is taken away.
- Due Process
) This statute establishes procedures for all states when placing children across state lines
- Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children
4) T/F Indian Child Welfare Act protects Native American heritage under federal law
- True
5) This statute notes Placement of a dependent child under court jurisdiction from one state into another state without the approval of the receiving state Compact Administrator is an illegal child placement and a violation that may be subject to penalties.
- Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children
6) When a preponderance of credible evidence results in findings of harm from abuse, abandonment or neglect which finding is entered into FSFN?
- verified
7) Florida statute 39 states that children should be protected from
- abandonment, abuse, exploitation and neglect
What standard of proofs is needed at the Shelter Hearing
- Probable cause
) When working with a family who has agreed to get help on a voluntary basis, instead of taking the family to court is consider?
- Least intrusive
)______________ requires a child welfare professional, before a child is removed from the home, to exercise all reasonable actions to prevent that removal from occurring.
- Reasonable efforts
This term is used in Florida Child Welfare to denote a child has been legally removed from his or her parent or legal guardian’s care, and a Court has sanctioned such action with an “order” maintaining that temporary
removal of legal custody is justified.
- Shelter
The hearing where parents can offer testimony is
Adjudicatory
Adjudicatory hearing determines
If the child has been abused, abandoned or neglected
Which burden of proof is required to terminate parental rights?
- Clear and Convincing
Criteria for removing a child
- Reasonable efforts and grounds for removal
This statute focuses on what States are required to do (as opposed to what parents, children, and you must do). Failure to follow federal law often results in loss of federal funding.
- Federal Statutes
What lays out the legal proceedings when a child is found to be “dependent” through court proceedings, and the child’s parent, will be supervised by the court until the safety concerns and the child’s best interests have been resolved
- Chapter 39
- There are ___ amount of danger threats
11
- More than one danger threat can be identified when assessing for present danger
a. True
- In order for Present danger to be identified at least 2 out of the 3 criteria must exist
False
Negative behaviors which are actively occurring and require intervention refer to which piece of the present danger criteria?
Immediate
*The actions, behaviors, emotions or out of control conditions that can be specifically and explicitly described support what piece of the present danger criteria?
Clearly Observable
The three categories of caregiver protective capacities are:
Cognitive, Behavioral, Emotional
The caregiver’s specific feelings, attitudes, identification with the child and motivation that results in protective parenting and protective vigilance refers to which category of caregiver protective capacities?
Emotional
*The five pieces of the impending danger threshold are:
OOSIV / Out of control, observable, severe, imminent and vulnerable child
T/F Impending danger refers to a child being in a continuous state of danger and not may be immediately apparent.
True
Per CFOP children of these ages are automatically considered vulnerable:
0-6 years
Factors to consider around child vulnerability:
Age, physical and emotional development, ability to communicate needs, mobility, size, dependence and susceptibility.
T/F In order for impending danger to be identified all 5 parts of the threshold must exist.
True
Why is the risk assessment completed?
Determines the likelihood of the family to be back involved with the department
T/ F Risk Assessments should be completed at the completion of the FFA.
True
*This piece of the present danger criteria is associated with the anticipated harm to the child due to the family condition, child condition, or individual behavior.
Significant
T/F You should use the Other danger threat when you can’t decide which threat to pick.
False
- Which statements are TRUE about safety plans?
a. A written arrangement between caregivers and the agency that establishes how danger threats to child safety will be managed
c. Must be implemented immediately.
- At what junctures are safety plans ALWAYS implemented?
c. At present or Impending Danger
- What is the purpose of present danger safety plans?
b. Manage present danger while completing information collection and Family Functioning Assessment
- What is the purpose of impending danger plans?
a. Manage Impending Danger while allowing treatment and intervention services to occur
- Which is not a criteria for creating safety plans?
b. Determine if the caregivers are guilty or innocent
- The in-home safety analysis and planning questions determine what?
c. If the CPI can implement an in-home or out of home safety plan
- When are conditions for return developed?
c. Only if an out of home safety plan is developed at impending danger
- What does the conditions for return determine?
a. What must change in the home in order for the child to return to the home with an in-home safety plan
- (T/F) Reunifying a child with his family is based on caregivers meeting case plan outcomes.
False
- (T/F) A central thought on caregivers’ minds when DCF is involved, is what is necessary to get their children returned to them and get the agency out of their lives.
a. True
- (T/F) Conditions for return are criteria for reunification and for the purpose of keeping kids safe at home with an in-home safety plan.
a. True
- T/F Child placement is the option agencies use when a safety plan will not work.
a. True
- T/F Child placement should be viewed as a temporary safety management response that is most intrusive.
a. True
- T/F Child placement is necessary until threats to a child’s safety are gone.
b. False
- T/F Caregivers deserve to know exactly what is required in order to get their children returned home.
a. True
The definition of a safe child is that
there are no impending danger threats to the child
the caregivers’ protective capacities control existing threats
The following is (are) an example(s) of Present Danger
Present Danger is immediate, significant, & observable; Impending Danger is imminent
____
B) Present Danger is immediate but not observable; Impending Danger is a danger pending reports
Which of the following items is not among caregiver protective capacities?
Talks about child to co-workers
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Danger Threats and risk factors?
All Danger Threats have risk factors, but not all risk factors are Danger Threats
Which of the following is not part of the danger threshold criteria?
High Risk
What is the purpose of a safety plan?
Control for danger
*In which information domain do we describe the caregiver’s explanation of how the child was injured?
Surrounding Circumstances of Maltreatment
In which information domain does the following information belong?
Gina gets angry at her one year old daughter, Brandi, for wetting the bed. Gina says Brandi has been potty trained since she was less than 9 months old and “she knows better.”
Parenting General
Following completion of a Family Functioning Assessment-Investigation, which cases will be required to be opened for Case Management services?
Cases in which children are determined unsafe regardless of the level of risk
*Which of the following best defines impending danger?
A child being in a state of danger due to parent/caregiver behaviors, attitudes, motives, emotions and/or situations which poses a specific threat of severe harm to a child
Caregiver protective capacities are:
Personal and parenting behaviors, cognitive, and emotional characteristics which are specifically and directly associated with protecting one’s child(ren)
Which characteristic of a child is most associated with vulnerability to present and impending danger?
Dependence
During preparation for conducting the Family Functioning Assessment- Ongoing, case manager:
Reviews the CPI Family Functioning Assessment
Obtains consultation with supervisor
Engaging is considered an essential worker skill
For both CPIs and Case Managers
*Sufficient information
Gives us a full picture, Is relevant to the particular information domain to most accurately inform the safety determination.
*Risk of maltreatment means
Likelihood of future maltreatment when compared with other families with similar characteristics
The purpose of the Family Functioning Assessment is?
To identify families where children are unsafe and are in need of ongoing services.
What is OOSIV
Out of Control, Observable, Severity, imminate and vulnerable child
Definition of a child
Any unmarried person under the age of 18 years who has not been emancipated by order of the court