Deck 5: Neglect

Question 1

Neglect is lack of adequate care such as:

A) Lack of attention, medical care, and Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
B) Lack of food, clothing, medical care, or supervision.
C) Lack of food, clothing and shelter.
D) Lack of love and education.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Emotional neglect occurs when:

A) A parent does not provide adequate affection or emotional support.
B) When a parent encourages maladaptive behavior.
C) When a parent allows a child to engage in alcohol use.
D) All of the above.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

When a parent encourages a teen to engage in violent behavior, this is considered neglect.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

All areas of a child's development can be affected by neglect including:

A) Health and physical development, and social and behavioral development.
B) Intellectual and cognitive development, and emotional and psychological development.
C) Social and behavioral development.
D) Health and physical development, intellectual and cognitive development, emotional and psychological development and social and behavioral development.

Question 5

Stress is family characteristic associated with neglect.

Question 6

Characteristics that could make a child more vulnerable to neglect include:

A) None. Characteristics of the child do not matter as all children are vulnerable to neglect.
B) The child's age, race and poverty, physical disability, temperament and behavior or special needs.
C) The parent or type of family the child is born into makes a difference.
D) The child's resilience or ability to bounce back.

Question 7

When assessing for neglect:

A) A multidimensional framework should be used to capture all factors that could be contributing to the maltreatment.
B) The social worker should focus on the parents and their childhood because if the parents were neglected, then their children will probably be neglected.
C) It is easy to see where the issues are coming from. Neglect is not very complex.
D) The social worker should talk to the grandparents of the neglected child.

Question 8

There are six steps for effective intervention of neglect:

A) Developing a case and safety plan, establishing concrete goals, targeting outcomes, tracking family progress, meeting weekly with the family, analyzing and evaluating family progress.
B) Building a relationship with the family, developing a case and safety plan, establishing concrete goals, targeting outcomes, tracking family progress, and, analyzing and evaluating family progress.
C) Building a relationship with the family, going to court to open a neglect case, establishing concrete goals, targeting outcomes, tracking family progress, and, analyzing and evaluating family progress.
D) Building a relationship with the family, developing a case and safety plan, establishing concrete goals, targeting outcomes, ensuring the family keeps a daily journal of activity, and, analyzing and evaluating family progress.

Question 9

Provision of concrete services can reduce the stress on the family, thereby reducing the risk of neglect.