Deck 3: Policy and Research in Child Welfare Introduction

Question 1

Under ASFA,the three stages of a Child and Family Service Review are:

A)Safety,permanency,and well-being
B)Supportive,Supplemental,and Substitute services
C)Self-assessment,on-site review,and PIP
D)None of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Missouri Model demonstrated that in order to maintain quality CPS should focus solely on abuse investigation.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A typical order of least restrictive to most restrictive services is:

A)Hospital,residential treatment,group care,foster care,therapeutic foster care,
B)Self-contained,resource room,regular classroom
C)Foster care,therapeutic foster care,group care,residential treatment,hospital
D)Outpatient,case management,day treatment,group care,foster care

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Research on family support programs has shown that:

A)They have small or limited effects on children and on family functioning
B)They enhance the effects of foster care
C)They prevent out-of-home placement
D)They are more effective than family preservation programs

Question 5

When federal and state policy makers have focused on foster care the main issues have been:

A)Safety,permanency,and well-being
B)Licensing,training,and monitoring
C)Decreasing numbers,time in care,and permanency
D)All of the above

Question 6

The total estimated direct and indirect of child abuse and neglect in the United States is $70 billion per year.

Question 7

Studies of CPS have shown that early contact,longer contact,weekly contact,teamwork,and follow-up consistently lead to successful intervention.

Question 8

In CPS investigations the decision to focus on the safety of the child and needs of the family in lieu of substantiating maltreatment)is called:

A)Founding/not-founding
B)Alternative or differentiated response
C)Therapeutic intervention
D)Multisystemic practice

Question 9

Most states utilize standard risk and safety assessment protocols during the investigation process.

Question 10

The adoption disruption rate for children over 3 is 24 to 25% and for children ages 12 to 17 is 10 to 16%.

Question 11

Annually about 500,000 children exit foster care to live independently.

Question 12

Which area was not addressed in the 2003 ACYF nationwide study of CPS services:

A)State child protection policies
B)Compliance with ASFA
C)Implementation at the local level
D)Innovations and change efforts

Question 13

The foster child's adjustment to the school environment is as important as adjustment to the family environment.

Question 14

Professionals reporting maltreatment tend to give more specific information than neighbors and anonymous reporters.

Question 15

It has been difficult to apply ASFA directives to children in residential treatment for all of the following reasons except:

A)The children and youth have severe behavioral and emotional problems
B)Families of youth are often not available
C)Most youth discharge to independent living
D)The ASFA timelines are to short for the severity of the problems
E)Residential programs and caseworkers have not made permanency a priority