Deck 16: Ecological Perspective of Child Welfare

Question 1

The person-in environment perspective involves:

A) The transactions between people and environments that inhibit growth, development but also promotes the capacity of environments to support the diversity of human potential.
B) The transactions between people and environments that promote or inhibit the capacity of environments to support the diversity of human potential.
C) The transactions between people and environments that release human potential.
D) The transactions between people and environments that, on the one hand, promote or inhibit growth, development, and the release of human potential and, on the other hand, promote or inhibit the capacity of environments to support the diversity of human potential.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Some factors to consider when assessing a child and family are:

A) Family status, poverty, parent-child interaction, communication and physical health.
B) Family status and physical health.
C) Family status and poverty.
D) Family status.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Parental depression were twice as high in families who were involved with CPS due to neglect.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

When considering infant and child mental health:

A) Children, from birth to age 3, are at the highest risk of maltreatment.
B) Children who have stressful, traumatic events or household dysfunction, have a higher chance of experiencing developmental and health problems throughout their lifetime.
C) Long-term consequences of trauma can be attachment issues and as adults may have difficulty forming intimate relationships.
D) All of the above.

Question 5

The majority of child welfare cases, up to 80%, have been related to parental substance abuse and parental substance abuse has been identified as a factor for almost two-thirds of children being placed in out-of-home placements.

Question 6

Two reasons a parent might be charged with neglect are for unsafe housing or homelessness. Why does this occur?

A) Because parents do not care enough to pay their bills and end up homeless or living in poor housing conditions.
B) Housing disruption can make it difficult to keep families together and although child welfare workers are aware of family housing needs, there are limited resources and funding available to assist.
C) Parents have substance abuse or mental health issues that make the family homeless.
D) The children are not well mannered and end up tearing up the home and the family ends up on the street.

Question 7

Child welfare workers have victim-blaming attitudes about IPV, specifically, that mothers are responsible for the abuse or that victims seek out violence by choosing the same type of partners for intimate relationships.

Question 8

Social supports for families are important because:

A) Families who have support networks tend to model positive parental behavior.
B) Families who have support networks are happier to have babysitters.
C) Families who have support networks prevent child abuse.
D) Families who have support networks like to socialize within their communities.

Question 9

Environmental factors to consider when working a child abuse case are:

A) Economically distressed areas have higher rates of maltreatment compared to other neighborhoods.
B) A relationship between unsafe or dangerous housing conditions and the adequacy of children's physical needs being met. Some of the relationship may also be due to the community acceptance of violence.
C) Many low-income communities are associated with less social contact or support.
D) All of the above.

Question 10

The types of family stress that cause abuse and neglect are:

A) Being under the scrutiny of the child welfare agency they are involved with.
B) Going to court.
C) Parental intimacy.
D) None of the above.