Module 7 Exploration

Question 1

What is exploration?

Answer 1

Determining what must change for children to be safe through information collection.

Question 2

What are caregiver protective capacities?

Answer 2

Personal and caregiving behavioral, cognitive, and emotional characteristics that can be specifically and directly associated with being protective of one’s young.

Question 3

What are the three categories caregiver protective capacities divided into?

Answer 3

Behavioral, cognitive, emotional

Question 4

What are behavioral protective capacities?

Answer 4

Specific action, activity or performance that is consistent with, and results in, protective vigilance.

Controls impulses, takes action, sets aside own needs for child, demonstrates adequate skills.

Question 5

What are cognitive protective capacities?

Answer 5

Specific intellect knowledge, understanding and perception that results in protective parenting and protective vigilance.

Self aware, intellectually able, recognizes threats and child’s needs, etc.

Question 6

What are emotional protective capacities?

Answer 6

Specific feelings, attitudes, identification with child and motivation that results in protective parenting and protective vigilance.

Is resilient, is tolerant, expresses love, empathy, etc.

Question 7

How are caregiver protective capacities scaled?

Answer 7

From A being enhanced to D being diminished capacities.

Question 8

Which scale of protective capacities do we focus on?

Answer 8

D

Question 9

What are child strengths and needs?

Answer 9

Set of indicators directly related to child’s wellbeing and success.

Question 10

What is the importance of child’s strengths and needs?

Answer 10

Establishing safety, permanency and well-being.

Question 11

How are child needs scaled?

Answer 11

From A child having exceptional ability to D having demonstration of need for intensive support.

Question 12

What are the child strengths and needs categories?

Answer 12

1. Emotion/Trauma
2. Behavior
3. Development and early learning
4. Academic Status
5. Positive Peer/Adult Relationships
6. Family Relationships
7. Physical Health
8. Cultural Identity
9. Substance Awareness
10. Preparation for Adult Living

Question 14

What happens to a student in foster care that changes school?

Answer 14

An average of of 4 to 6 months of educational progress is lost.

Question 15

When does the initial health assessment needs to be done?

Answer 15

Within 72 hours

Question 16

How often is dental done?

Answer 16

Every 6 months to children 3 years and older

Question 17

What is danger statement?

Answer 17

To understand what must be different for parents in order for intervention to cease.

Question 18

What is family goal?

Answer 18

To identify and verbalized how the family will be functioning when all the children are safe, including consideration of barriers, support, and ideas for intervention.