Deck 10: Child Welfare

Question 1

Social workers employed at private agencies usually .

A)cannot get a job elsewhere.
B)do not want to work at a public agency.
C)have graduate training and occupy therapeutic roles.
D)None of the above.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Define "parens patria."

A)The city is the parent to all children.
B)The state is the parent to all children.
C)The state is not the parent to all children.
D)None of the above.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is a personality or social trait that may lead to a parent's maltreatment of their child?

A)Excessive dependency
B)High self esteem
C)Confidence
D)High intellectual functioning

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The mission of the New York Children's Aid Society established in 1853 was to:

A)take homeless children from the streets of New York and transport them to rural regions of the country to be placed with farm families.
B)collect money for the homeless children of New York.
C)find living family members of the homeless children in New York.
D)None of the above

Question 5

The seminal ideas of family preservation include all but:

A)the rights of parents to raise their children.
B)the family as the ideal developmental context for the child.
C)shift of focus away from identifying family psychopathology.
D)creating more supportive environments for families.

Question 6

Child maltreatment statistics are often viewed with skepticism.This is because:

A)there is not much interest in this information.
B)there is too little funding for data collection.
C)people define child maltreatment differently.
D)all of the above.

Question 7

The following condition must be met for a situation to be defined as child maltreatment:

A)physical or emotional harm to the child caused by parental behavior.
B)harm to the child which stems from parental omission of behavior.
C)social worker opinion that intervention is necessary.
D)all of the above.

Question 8

What proportion of parents involved in the child welfare system are in need of substance abuse treatment?

A)75%
B)67%
C)50%
D)33%

Question 9

An environmental factor that relates to child maltreatment would be:

A)age.
B)living in poverty.
C)being wealthy.
D)having a developmental disability.

Question 10

Parents who abuse their children often have the belief that events are determined by chance or outside forces.This concept is called:

A)external locus of control.
B)low self-esteem.
C)social isolation.
D)depression.

Question 11

As an area of social welfare and a field of social work,child welfare includes:

A)education.
B)services to children and families when parenting is deficient.
C)parks and recreation.
D)all of the above.

Question 12

As the apprenticeship system declined and the number of dependent children increased during the early nineteenth century where were children placed?

A)With other family members
B)With neighbors
C)In poorhouses
D)In villages outside of the city

Question 13

Define "child welfare."

A)The welfare of a child.
B)The way a parent takes care of their child.
C)All the aspects of society essential for the well-being of children.
D)None of the above.

Question 14

Conservatives believe that .

A)parents should be arrested and prosecuted for the maltreatment of a child.
B)child maltreatment is done by parents who choose to do it.
C)if the abuse is due to a parent's mental illness they should be given psychological services.
D)All of the above.

Question 15

Factors which interact to cause child abuse include all but the following:

A)environmental factors.
B)child factors.
C)ethnic factors.
D)individual parent factors.

Question 16

Define "family preservation services."

A)Providing services outside of the home.
B)Not letting the family members interact with the child.
C)When out-of-home placement appears to be imminent,it is possible to prevent placement by the provision of intense services delivered in the child's home over a brief,time-limited period.
D)Both A and C

Question 17

Sometimes parents consciously or unconsciously disavow the responsibilities of parenting,often because they didn't want the child.This type of problem has been termed:

A)role rejection.
B)parental incapacity
C)intrarole conflict.
D)interrole conflict.

Question 18

One of the explanations for increased reporting of child maltreatment in recent years is:

A)strengthening of State reporting laws.
B)implementation of 24-hour hot-lines.
C)increased awareness.
D)all of the above.

Question 19

What is NOT a role fuctioning problem in the child-parent network that would be likely lead to a need for child welfare services?

A)Parental role unoccupied
B)Role rejection
C)Interrole conflict
D)None of the above.

Question 20

All of the following have been found,except:

A)child maltreatment occurs about equally across all social classes.
B)more than half of children removed from their homes because of child maltreatment come from families receiving public assistance.
C)the likelihood of fatalities and serious injuries in children is highly correlated with poverty.
D)poor people may be overreported for child maltreatment.

Question 21

Among the historical factors contributing to the emergence of concern for children in the 19^th century are all but:

A)changing conceptualizations of the child.
B)breakdown of the family's and church's ability to manage child dependence.
C)the lengthening of childhood.
D)increasing tolerance of violence.

Question 22

Often,one child in a family becomes the focus for anger and aggression.Other family members "take out" their rage and aggression on the designated child.This is known as:

A)family collusion.
B)impulsivity.
C)psychopathy.
D)scapegoating.

Question 23

Changes in a family's social situation which may increase likelihood of abuse are known as:

A)chronic stressors.
B)situational stressors.
C)precipitating stressors.
D)social isolation.

Question 24

At its peak,how many children were placed in foster care per year by the Children's Aid Society?

A)9,000
B)7,500
C)4,000
D)1,000