DCF Certification Test - Child Abuse and
Neglect Already Passed
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ ✔✔day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? ✔✔1/3
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DCF Certification Test - Child Abuse and
Neglect Already Passed
Three children die of child abuse in the home in the US each ___ ✔✔day
How many people report child abuse when faced with an actual situation? ✔✔1/3
What is the single leading cause of death for children ages 4 and younger? ✔✔Child Abuse &
Neglect
On average, child abuse is reported somewhere in the US every ___ ✔✔10 seconds
Any person under the age of 18 years ✔✔Child
Any non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or psychological capicaty
of a child by the parent, adult household member, or another person responsiible for the child's
welfare ✔✔Child abuse
The mistreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare that results in injury
or harm to the child. ✔✔Physical Abuse
Sexual contact or interaction between a child and an adult or older child. Includes indecent
exposure, fondling, touching sexual organs, forcible rape, sodomy, exploitation, and showing
pornography. ✔✔Sexual Abuse
A form of emotional abuse that involves excessive yelling, shaming, belittling, and/or teasing
child. ✔✔Verbal Abuse
Situations of known or suspected child abuse or neglect which occurs at the institution where the
person allegedly perpetraiting the child abuse or neglect is an employee of a private school,
public or private child care center, residential home, institution, program, or agency or any other
person at such institution responsible for the child's care. ✔✔Institutional abuse and neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care or needed supervision.
✔✔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. ✔✔Emotional neglect
When a child is left alone in a situation beyond their physical and emotional development level
or when a child is left in the care of someone who does not provide adequate supervision.
✔✔Inadequate supervision
When the child is exposed to structurally unsafe housing, exposed wiring, inadequate or unsafe
heating, or unsanitary housing conditions. ✔✔Inadequate shelter
When a child suffers or is likely to suffer, from physical or emotional health conditions resulting
from inadequate clothing, improper hygiene and uncleanness. ✔✔Inadequate clothing & good
hygiene.
When the parents deny satisfying or fulfilling relationships, thus avoiding most interactions as a
method of avoiding rejection and failure. The lack of support or emotional care or love can cause
the infant and/or child's weight to fall below the fifth percentile for age. ✔✔Failure to thrive
Florida Abuse Hotline ✔✔Operates 24/7. toll free telephone number 800-962-2873 (1800-96-
ABUSE)
Exemption from civil or criminal charges resulting from reporting "in good faith." ✔✔Immunity
Three types of child abuse ✔✔Physical, sexual, and emotional
Shaken Baby Syndrome ✔✔- Can cause permanent brain damage, paralysis, blindness, seizures,
developmental delays, broken bones, death
The difference between abuse and neglect ✔✔If an adult intentionally withholds food, shelter, or
any other neccesity as a punishment, then it is abuse, but if things are withheld by circumstance
of lack of awareness, care, or education, then it is an act of neglect. Both are crimes and
violations of children's human rights.
Four ways to Report Abuse and Neglect ✔✔- Telephone 1-800-96ABUSE
- Fax
-TDD
- Online
DCF website ✔✔dcf.state.fl.us/abuse
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