A mandated reporter in child maltreatment situations is
a. any person who witnesses abuse according to the maltreatment laws of all
states.
b. only a social worker, primary physician, or public school teacher.
c. someone who, in a professional capacity, is required to report maltreatment.
d. someone who does not have to state his or her name when reporting.
Why can separation from a birth parent have a profound effect on children?
a. One of a child's deepest fears is abandonment.
b. Children are rarely able to adapt to new settings.
c. It is always best for a child to remain with the birth parent.
d. Foster parents are often in it for the money and don't care about the child.
How did foster care change after WWII?
a. More impoverished families were forced to place their children in foster care.
b. Foster care was used more often than institutions.
c. Fewer foster parents were available to care for children.
d. Newborns were no longer allowed to be placed in foster care directly from the
hospital.
Most victims of extra-familial abuse
a. have invited the abuse.
b. know their abusers.
c. are also being abused by siblings.
d. are teenage boys.
Children living in poverty are more likely to suffer from health problems because
a. their parents have no energy to take them to the doctor.
b. it is very difficult to become eligible for medical assistance.
c. they often do not have regular check-ups.
d. medical treatment is not a priority for their parents.
Munchausen-by-proxy is
a. manifested primarily by mothers.
b. a condition caused by extreme neglect of an infant.
c. experienced only by teens.
d. most often seen in elderly men.
Which is NOT true of children living in poverty?
a. There has been a decline in the real value of government assistance that their
families receive.
b. They and their families consistently overuse services available to the poor.
c. They may be born to absent parents who fail to contribute to their support.
d. They are more likely to be born at a low birth weight than children who are
not living in poverty.
Professionalization of foster parents seems to be a trend for the future. Why might
this be problematic?
a. Each agency defines the role of foster parents differently.
b. The quality of care will necessarily decrease.
c. Foster parents will be less qualified.
d. It will be even more difficult to match foster parents and children.
One of the greatest influences on the provision of services for abused children was
a. deMause's writings.
b. the formation of the SPCA.
c. the case of Mary Ellen.
d. the practices of Jane Adams.
One duty often not performed sufficiently by the foster care worker in the past was
to
a. prepare the children for foster care.
b. provide case management.
c. help foster parents grieve when they lost their children.
d. help parents release their children for adoption.
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