Deck 5: Children Who Are at Risk

Question 1

Child abuse is more harmful to a child's mental health than child neglect.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

List school related risk factors.

Answer 2

Poor quality of instruction, poor classroom management.

Question 3

Best practice for intervention programs for at-risk children include:

Answer 3

Family based programs like WIC, educational programs like Head Start, home visiting programs, programs that facilitate positive child/teacher relationships and other positive emotional experiences.

Question 4

List three protective factors in resilience.

Question 5

What is the difference between child abuse and child neglect?

Question 6

Who is considered to be an at-risk child?

Question 7

Who of the following were British Prime Ministers?

A) Margaret Thatcher
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Winston Churchill
D) Nelson Mandela

Question 8

An example of trauma would be…

A) an earthquake.
B) death of the family nanny.
C) nonfatal car accident.
D) homelessness.
E) all of the above.

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of abuse?

A) Not vaccinating children.
B) Dropping an infant on its head accidentally.
C) Accidentally slamming a child's hand in a car door.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 10

Which of these is considered neglectful?

A) Leaving a first grader alone after school to go to work.
B) Leaving a first grader alone after school to go the grocery store.
C) Leaving a first grader alone after school to buy drugs.
D) All of the above.

Question 11

Resilient children...

A) are born with an innate trait that makes them resilient.
B) learn how to be resilient through support and protective factors.

Question 12

Family risk factors include...

A) parental mental health and substance abuse.
B) parental old age.
C) parental physical health.

Question 13

Trauma in early childhood…

A) has very little impact because young children will forget what happened.
B) can cause a variety of mental health disorders.
C) can only be caused by prolonged situations like abuse and neglect.

Question 14

If a child is being neglected, there is nothing a teacher can do.

Question 15

List and give an example of two kinds of neglect.