Miscellaneous
Child Maltreatment
Documentation
Elder/Dependent Adult Abuse
100

The new name for Munchausen's by Proxy is:

 What is Factitious Disorder by proxy?

100

Confidentiality should be broken and a report to CWS made if a therapist has a ___________ that a child is being abused.

What is reasonable suspicion?
100

If you find yourself in court, the general rule is if you {BLANK} it, then it happened.

What is document?
100

This is the term for the individuals who go to long-term care facilities and retirement homes to see how the older adults there are being treated. They speak with the older adults and keep their eye out for elder abuse.

What is an Ombudsman?

Long-Term Care Ombudsman is also an acceptable answer.

200

In California, a therapist now has a duty to _____, meaning that they must take steps to warn an individual if they learn they are in danger. This means breaking confidentiality.

What is protect?

Not duty to warn; warning can be a part of taking steps to protect the individual but is not always necessary. Calling the police is usually enough to protect you from liability and fulfill your duty to protect.

200

CANRA defines child neglect as: 

What is: the negligent treatment, lack of treatment, or the maltreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare under circumstances indicating harm or threatened harm to the child's health or welfare.

(A variation of this is ok)

200

After filing a mandated report, you must keep a copy of the report or at least the __________ ______ in the client's file.

What is confirmation number?

200

If a mandated reporter has a  ______________________ that dependent adult abuse has occurred, confidentiality should be broken and a report to the appropriate agency.

What is reasonable suspicion?

300

This theory of human development is influenced by multiple layers of interconnected systems, from immediate environments to broader cultural context. It is called __________ _______ theory and was created by ______________ in 1979. 

(Last name only is ok but guess the first name too.)

What is ecological systems theory created by Urie Bronfenbrenner? 

(Bioecological model is also acceptable). 

300

Mothers are more likely to be reported as neglectful than fathers. What two reasons does the text list  suggest this may be?

1) A reflection of the fact that single-parent households tend to be headed by women

2) A reflection of the stereotypes that women are responsible for childcare. (Even in two-parent families, it is not uncommon for only the mother to be labeled neglectful.)

300

___________ is the bedrock of therapy. It ensures public trust in our profession and allows for emotional safety patient's and clients can't get elsewhere. Without this, patients will not feel comfortable sharing.  

What is confidentiality?

300

This type of abuse is at the core of all other types of elder abuse.

What is psychological abuse?

400

IPV is a _______, rarely a one-time event.

What is process?

400

Overall, neglected children tend to have poor _________ and _________ language skills, as well as emotional, social, or cognitive dysfunctions and academic difficulties.

What is expressive and receptive?

400

When a therapist has to break confidentiality to protect another individual or file a mandate report, what amount of information should they provide to the police or protective services?

What is the minimum necessary and relevant information?

400

A “dependent adult” means an adult who has a physical or mental condition that greatly: 

(full sentence)

What is weakens their ability to adequately provide for their daily needs? or What is impairs functioning?


A dependent adult includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: (more info not part of the answer)

  • someone who lives in a nursing home;someone who lives in an assisted living facility
  • someone who is unable to care for themselves because of advanced age or physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect
  • someone who is wholly or partially dependent upon one or more other people for care due to significant limitation in mobility, vision, hearing or emotional or mental functioning.
500

This exosystem factor is consistently listed in the text as a specific predictor of IPV, child maltreatment, and elder adult abuse.

What is social isolation?

500

This type of program aims to prevent re-abuse in families already substantiated for abuse, and are the most common type of prevention/intervention.

What is tertiary?

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