CANS - Child And Adolescent Needes And Strenghts:
Questions & Solutions
1 CHILD RISK BEHAVIORS Right Ans - -suicide risk
-self-mutilation
-other self-harm
-danger to others
-sexual aggression
-runaway
-delinquency
-fire setting
-social behavior
-bullying
Q1 (suicide risk)- an 14yo boy is brougt into the emergency room after having
taken an overdose of aspirin today. Right Ans - 3
Q1 (self-mutilation)- 13yo Susana has experimented with cutting in the past,
but has not cut in 3 months. Right Ans - 1
Q1 (other self-harm)- the parents of a 12yo are concerned that their son might
be doing some dangerous activities with his friends. He denies anything.
Right Ans - 1
Q1 (danger to others)- Bryan has been in several fights recently. In one fight
last week, he broke the nose of another youth. Right Ans - 2
Q1 (sexual aggression)- Darrell has never been sexually aggressive Right
Ans - 0
Q1 (runaway)- Carmen was arrested for violating her probation by running
away from a court-ordered treatment program 2 days ago. Right Ans - 3
Q1 (delinquency)- Tracy was recently arrested for shoplifting some makeup.
This is her second arrest. Right Ans - 2
, Q1 (fire setting)- 12yo Austin is a self-described pyromaniac. He states that he
loves fire and the bigger the better. He has twice been caught trying to set
fires in a nearby park where all of the neighborhood kids play. Right Ans - 3
Q1 (social behavior)- Tracy does not have any friends at school because she
tries to fight everyone and uses language that makes her classmates
uncomfortable. Right Ans - 3
Q1 (bullying)- Darnell is a member of a gang and has been involved in
intimidating other youth using violence. Right Ans - 3
2 CHILD'S BEHAVIORAL/EMOTIONAL NEEDS Right Ans - -psychosis
-mania
-impulsivity/hyperactivity
-depression
-anxiety
-oppositional
-conduct
-adjustment to trauma
-anger control
-substance use
-eating disturbance
Q2 (psychosis)- An 8yo boy reports hearing 'thud' sounds throughout the day
that no one else can hear, and these sounds bother him. He has a number of
strange behaviors that interfere with his ability to interact with peers.
Right Ans - 2
Q2 (mania)- Julie is currently in a manic state and has not attended school at
all this week. Right Ans - 2
Q2 (impulsivity/hyperactivity)- Edith sometimes behaves in a way that
appears to be rash. Right Ans - 1
Q2 (depression)- Trish is a 17yo girl who sometimes gets blue and a bit down
on herself. She generally is able to 'snap herself out' of her funks, but
sometimes needs support. Right Ans - 1
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