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LCSW EXAM PREP 3, Questions and
answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+. latest
Version.

Child Welfare - ✔✔-About safety. Children most vulnerable population; fewer rights; more programs



What is child welfare? - ✔✔-All aspects or components of society essential for well-being of children.

--School System

--Medical Care

--Parks & Rec

--Public Safety

--Citizenship



As Social Work Practice - ✔✔-Child welfare concerned with special needs of children & families when:

--Parental functioning impaired

--Social problems such as poverty prevent effective parentng

--Child not able to function w/in family b/c developmental, emotional, behavioral problems

**Family preservation is the goal. Do what possible to make biological home work.



Child Welfare Services - ✔✔-Social svcs provided when dependency is created by problems in
functioning in the parent-child-community network.

--Is this social justice? (fair)

--Conservative or Liberal?



Child Maltreatment - ✔✔-Physical or mental parental behavior directed towards the child, either
committed (abuse) or omitted (neglect), which causes some physical or psychological harm to the child--
which is sufficiently serious to warrant intervention.

,Dysfunctional Parent/Child Relations - ✔✔---Parental Role Unoccupied (single parent)

--Parental Incapacity (i am sam)(mental/phys disability)

--Parental Role Rejection (didnt want child)

--Intrarole Conflict (btw caregivers: who does what)

--Interrole Conflict (work stress)

--Child Incapacity/Disability (mental/phys problems)

--Deficiency of Community Resources (no daycare or mental health svcs)



Types of Parental Maltreatment - ✔✔---Neglect (55%) (omission)

--Physical Abuse (15%)

--Sexual Abuse (9%)

--Emotional Abuse (6%)

--Medical Neglect (2%)

--Other Abuse (13%) (verbal assault; tying/locking)

**Neglect secondary to other abuses in most cases

**truancy usually an indication of something else



Child Neglect - ✔✔-Lack of attention, remiss in care or treatment, or to omit through carelessness;
disregard essential needs of children or vulnerable family members.



Various Forms of Neglect - ✔✔---Inattention to physical needs (supervision; childproofing;
food/clothing/hygiene; safety)

--Inattention to educational needs (truancy; failure to enroll)

--Inattention to emotional/developmental needs (nurture/affection; permitting maladaptive behavior)

--Inattention to remedial healthcare concerns (delay/failure to seek care; refuse to provide care for
diagnosed condition)



Trends in Child Abuse Data - ✔✔---Gender: fairly even

--Social Class: occurs across all SES; poor have more risk factors; questionable #s b/c poor more likely to
be reported

,--Race: higher #s in minorities; reflection of SES not race b/c when income is controlled for minority #s
are lower than white

--Age: younger children are more vulnerable



Why does this happen? - ✔✔---Psychological (most common answer)

--Social (not always modeled but more @ risk if exposed)

--Cultural (allow violence directed toward children more than adults; part of rearing)(ruler example)



Individual Parent Factors Contributing to Abuse - ✔✔---Low self-esteem

--External Locus of Control (beyond their control; chance)

--Excessive dependency (on sys; learned helplessness)

--Impulsivity (developed superego)

--Lack of edu/knowledge abt proper parenting (development)

--Absence of conscience (lack of empathy; no remorse)

--Childhood deprivation (repeating pattern of own childhood)

--Social isolation (cut off; no participation/involvement)



Mental Illness Factors - ✔✔---Sociopathology (psychopath-no remorse)

--Depression (most common psych disorder among maltreating parents)

--Psychosis (distorted sense of reality; schiz)

--Mental Retardation (may be loving but lack some knowledge & skills necessary to parent w/out help)

--Substance Abuse (most highly correlated) (lower impulse control; greater inability to perform everyday
tasks)



Family Factors - ✔✔---Parental collusion (passive parent "permits" abuse)

--Scapegoating (one child designated as focus for anger & aggression)

--Single-parent status (lack adequate resources)

--Adolescent parents (not ready; often single-parent)

--Lack of extended family support

, --Family management problems (stress; mgmt problems)



Areas of Child Welfare: A Continuum of Care - ✔✔---Investigation & Safety Assessment (screen reports;
most important stage b/c determination of maltreatment)

--Family Preservation (keep homes together)

--Intensive case management

--Foster Care (limit 4) (1 per "therapeutic")

--Placement Development (ads; radio/tv; presentations)

--Adoption (most serious; lifelong implications)



Crime: A Simple Definition - ✔✔-Any behavior that is deemed as being against established law.



Conservative Perspective - ✔✔-Do the crime, do the time

You cannot be rehabilitated.

Punish; obey law



Liberal Perspective - ✔✔-We can rehabilitate you.

Look @ degree of crime



Radical Perspective - ✔✔-System sets up certain groups to fail



Punishment Approach - ✔✔-System should simply be to impose a penalty on the wrongdoer and to do
whatever is possible to right any wrong that has been done.



Variations of Punishment Approach - ✔✔---Retribution: imposition of penalty (eye for an eye)

--Restitution: do whatever possible to right any wrong done (pay victim back)

--Incapacitation: shield society from a criminal for as long as possible (most common)

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