CAAN-Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect EXAM PREP
2024/2025 with 100% correct answers
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? - ✔✔1/3
Three children die as a result of child abuse in the home in the U.S each___________ - ✔✔Day
what is the single, leading cause of death for children ages four and younger? - ✔✔child abuse
and neglect
on average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the U.S every________ - ✔✔10 seconds
T/F Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to children. - ✔✔False, most sexual abuse is
by someone the victim knows
T/F Child molesters get their sexual gratification only from children. - ✔✔False
The average age that a child molesters first attack a child is when the molesters are: - ✔✔in their
teens
Which of the following actions can help stop child abuse and neglect? - ✔✔-helping a stressed-
out parents by baby-sitting, making a meal for the family, or lending an understanding ear
-learning the sings and symptoms of child abuse so you can recognize them when you see the
"red flags"
-reporting known or suspected child abuse to the police or local child protective services agency
-ANSWER IS ALL OF THE ABOVE
child abuse - ✔✔any willful act or threatened act that results in any physical, mental, or sexual
abuse, injury, or harm that causes or is likely to cause the child's physical, mental, or emotional
health to be significantly impaired.
, Physical abuse - ✔✔the mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare
that results in injury or harm to the child.
Sexual abuse - ✔✔Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child.
Including indecent exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy,
exploitation, and showing pornography.
verbal abuse - ✔✔a form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling,
and /or teasing of a child
Institution child abuse - ✔✔situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect that occur at
a private school, public or private child care center, residential home, institution, facility, or
agency where the alleged perpetrator is an employee or any other person at such institution
responsible for the child's care
child neglect - ✔✔failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision, and
normal living experiences for a child.
emotional neglect - ✔✔Failure to provide support, acceptance, attention, warmth, supervision
and normal living experiences for a child to the extent that the child is impaired in ability to
function normally in performance and behavior.
examples of neglect - ✔✔-leaving a child alone
-leaving the child in a place that is unsafe
-lack of attention
-not providing food, clothing/ shelter
-not providing necessary medical attention
-not providing appropriate schooling
-not providing protection from hazards
Harm - ✔✔Anything to a child's health or welfare that can occur when any person:
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