Test 2. 2

Question 1

The ________________ is comprised of the organizations officially charged with responsibility to protect children from abuse and neglect as well as members of the community who care about the safety and well being of children.

Answer 1

Child protection system

Question 2

___________ represents the primary reason children are reported to CPS.

Answer 2

Child maltreatment

Question 3

Who has a responsibility to identify and report child abuse and neglect to CPS or law enforcement?

Answer 3

All professionals working with children

Question 4

_______ of all reports in 2008 to CPS were made by professionals. The rest were made by nonprofessionals such as family, friends, and neighbors.

Answer 4

More than one-half (57.9%)

Question 5

_______ represents the largest category of child maltreatment confirmed by CPS, at 71%.

Answer 5

Neglect

Question 6

What age has the highest rate of reported victimization?

Answer 6

birth to one year.

Question 7

TRUE or FALSE

The number of boys victimized is far greater than the number of girls.

Answer 7

FALSE: Reports represent roughly equal numbers of boys and girls. (48.3% boys, 551.3% girls)

Question 8

TRUE or FLASE

The rate of maltreatment decreases as age increases.

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

______ children have the lowest rate of victimization.

Answer 9

Asian

Question 10

In a 2008 report, nearly half of all children victims were ________, and 1/5 were ________, and 20.8% were _________.

Answer 10

white, African American, hispanic

Question 11

What 4 groups of children have the highest rate of victimization per 1000 children.

Answer 11

African America, American Indian, Alaska Native, and children of multiple races

Question 12

80.1% of children were maltreated by a _____.

Answer 12

parent

Question 13

The majority of children who die due to maltreatment are_____.

Answer 13

under the age of 3. 40% of them were younger than 1 year of age.

Question 14

The U.S children’s Bureau established a national standard for the tolerable level of child abuse or neglect in foster care. To comply with the national standard, a state must be ______ free from substantial abuse and neglect by foster parents or facility staff members. In 2008, the number of states in compliance was only 24.

Answer 14

99.68%

Question 15

________ is charged with responding to reports of child abuse and neglect and implementing policies, procedures, and practices to support families to adequately meet the needs of their children and to keep children safe from maltreatment.

Answer 15

CPS

Question 16

________ is the core mission of public child welfare agencies.

Answer 16

Child safety

Question 17

List 6 groups that are involved in the process of investigating child abuse.

Answer 17

1) CPS
2) Law enforcement
3) Health care providers
4) Mental health professionals
5) Legal professionals
6) Educators, child care providers, and other community-based providers

Question 18

The primary responsibilities of law enforcement include:

Answer 18

1) identifying and reporting suspected child maltreatment
2) receiving reports of child abuse and neglect
3) investigating reports
4) gathering and preserving physical evidence
5) determining whether sufficient evidence exists to arrest and prosecute alleged offenders
6) participating in multidisciplinary team meetings
7) protecting children from immediate harm
8) providing protection to CPS staff when a caseworker’s personal safety may be in jeopardy

Question 19

“24 hour substitute care for children outside their own homes” is the definition for ________.

Answer 19

foster care

Question 20

Children living with relatives, non relative foster family homes, group homes, institutions, and pre adoptive homes are all examples of _________.

Answer 20

foster care

Question 21

Across the 20th century, approximately ______ of American children were in foster care at any given time.

Answer 21

1%

Question 22

in 2001, it was estimated that approximately _____ of poor children were in foster care.

Answer 22

5%

Question 23

To help foster youth prepare for adulthood, Congress in 1986 created the ___________, which provides federal funds to states to help foster youth achieve independence.

Answer 23

Independent living program

Question 24

In 1999, congress stregthened the Independent Living Program with the Foster Care Independence Act including the ____________.

Answer 24

John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program

Question 25

Under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, federal funds allow states to pay educational expenses for foster youth aging out. Additional funds are available to __________ and ________.

Answer 25

extend medicaid eligibility to age 21, and to assist former foster youth with housing.

Question 26

The earliest in-depth research on foster care was Henry Maas Richard Engler’s 1959 classic __________.

Answer 26

Children in Need of Parents

Question 27

Maas and Engler found that there were low rates of adoption from foster care. Most who were adopted where ________. And __________ were seldom adopted.

Answer 27

Most were babies

older children, children with mental or physical handicaps, and children of color were seldom adopted

Question 28

The term Maas and Engler made to descibe how so many children stay in foster care for long periods of time, going from one house to another.

Answer 28

Foster care drift

Question 29

What factors did Maas and Engler attribute to the foster care drift?

Answer 29

1) the law making it difficult to terminate parental rights so children could be freed for adoption.
2) child welfare agencies did not push for adoption
3) agencies received money for children in out of home care, creating incentives to keep children in care.
4) in many communities, little effort was made to reunify children with parents
5) many agencies didn’t know how many children were in care
6) for children of color, discrimination was a roadblock to adoption

Question 30

A second classic study of foster care was David Fanshel and Eugene Shinn’s ___________.

Answer 30

Children in Foster Care: A Longitudinal Investigation

Question 31

Fanshel and Shinn’s study of 624 foster children found that there were many detrimental effects of children being moved around from home to home. These include:

Answer 31

• elevated emotional and behavioral problems, which in turn trigger placement breakdown.
• they become vulnerable to the loss of significant attachments
• sense of loss they have experienced since birth threatens their evolving sense of security and belonging

Question 32

For most abuse or neglected children in out-of-home care the plan is to work toward _______.

Answer 32

reunifying the family

Question 33

When efforts to reunify a family fail, social workers seek another stable arrangement for the child, with __________ the ideal for many children.

Answer 33

formal adoption

Question 34

The ________ and ____________ established the goal of reducing the time it takes to move foster children to adoption

Answer 34

Federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980

Question 35

The ______ requires states to seek termination of parental rights for foster children who have been abandoned and for children in foster care for 15 of the most recent 22 months.

Answer 35

Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)

Question 36

True or False
Since the ASFA was established in 2000, the annual number of adoptions have increased by 57%, and more children were adopted between 1998 to 2002 than the previous 10 years combined.

Answer 36

TRUE

Question 37

_______ is an increasingly popular option for foster children who cannot return to parents and for whom adoption is unlikely.

Answer 37

Guardianship

Question 38

Often, a guardian is ________.

Answer 38

A member of the extended family, such as a grandparent, aunt or uncle.

Question 39

Guardianship is a legal relationship established by a _____.

Answer 39

judge

Question 40

What are some advantages of a guardianship?

Answer 40

The child leaves the welfare system, lasts until the child turns 18, the child has a permanent family, an in many cases, the biological parents can remain part of the child’s life because guardianship does not terminate parental rights.

Question 41

The 1885 report, __________ is a rare case in literature where we hear from children themselves.

Answer 41

Annual Report of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention and Cruelty to Children.

Question 42

True or False
It is estimated that approximately 125,000 children are adopted each year in the United States. Roughly 2% of children living in the US are adopted.

Answer 42

True