Child Advocacy Center
CAC is the acronym for what?
See the child victim, see parent;
Allegations regarding environmental neglect or inadequate
... [Show More] supervision - see the shelter and the environment
Who and/or what needs to be seen within 24 hours?
A witness
Who should be present when CPI is observing the child for injuries?
Decision Tab - Generate Handoff Document
Where in SACWIS would you print all of your documentation?
The Liver
What is the most commonly injured internal organ?
Attending
Who is the highest-ranking MD at a hospital?
Cruise and Bruise
"If you don't _____________, you don't ___________"
Partial thickness extends to the dermis with pain and blistering
What is a second degree burn also known as?
Every 24 hours until the child is seen, including weekends and holidays
How often are Good Faith Attempts supposed to be made?
Changing histories/explanation and Explanation does not fit/match the injury
What are some red flags during an interview?
Genuineness, Empathy and Respect
What are the Core Helping Conditions?
Documentation completed during the Observation of the Environment
What is the Home Safety Checklist?
Joining, Summarization and Setting Boundaries
What are skills used in managing resistance?
Shelter Care or Temporary Custody Hearing
What is the first hearing that is held after taking protective custody?
Adjudication Hearing
What is the hearing to determine if Abuse or Neglect occurred?
Urgent/Immediate necessity to remove a child & Reasonable Efforts
What are two things the Court needs the CPI to show at the Shelter Care Hearing?
48 hours excluding holidays and weekends
How much time is there from time of PC to Shelter care hearing?
Hearsay Evidence
What special type of evidence is allowed at the Shelter Care hearing?
A report where there is some evidence of abuse or neglect
What is a Good Faith Report?
Safety Plan or Protective Custody
What are the only two options on an Unsafe CERAP?
Neglect
What accounts for 75% of all reports to the Hotline?
Children, family members or friends
Who cannot be used as interpreters?
Agree with the Safety Plan, it is voluntary
What must parents do for a Safety Plan to be put in place?
Corroborating Evidence
What type of evidence supports someone's prior statement?
Inculpatory Evidence
What type of evidence shows that a person is responsible for an act of abuse or neglect?
Sufficient to lead a reasonable person to believe
What type of evidence is needed to indicate an allegation?
An instrument used when a person refuses to sign a Release of information for CPI to get additional information
What is an Administrative Subpoena?
The State's Attorney
Who must be contacted when a family has a second indicated report of abuse/neglect?
Victim Sensitive Interview
What does the acronym VSI stand for?
Every 5 working days
How often does a Safety Plan need to be reassessed?
Substance abuse, Domestic violence, Mental illness & Developmental disabilities
What are the Four Underlying Conditions?
A voluntary, short-term plan designed to control serious and immediate threats to a child's safety
What is a Safety Plan?
Contact law enforcement or the State's Attorney
What options does a CPI have if a parent refuses to allow the CPI to observe the child victim? (300.50, Initiate Report, Section D)
Mitigation/Mitigating Factors
What are family strengths or actions that can control a safety threat?
Safety, Strengths, Needs and Accurate Final Finding
What do we look for in every interview?
Organic Failure to Thrive
What is a medical condition that causes a child not to gain weight or grow properly?
A Blood Disorder
What does a CPI need to rule out if a parent says their child bruises easily?
Stomach or abdomen
What area of the body is unlikely to bruise?
The Willingness and Capacity to Protect
What does the CPI look for in non-offending caregivers?
Statements and Observations
What should our evidence be based on?
A request when a person(s) needs to be seen outside of your service area
What is a Parallel Investigation?
Developing trust and the balance of power
What is a fiduciary relationship?
Protective Custody
What is ruled out when a child 6 months or younger has a physical injury?
Body Chart, photographs and an explanation
What is needed for every physical injury to a child?
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
Who must be contacted when a professional person is licensed by the State of Illinois is indicated on a report?
Administrative Law Judge
Who presides over an Appeals Hearing of an indicated report?
A motion where the Court has a party take some sort of action
What is a Motion to Compel?
A subpoena
What is issued by the Court that requires a person to testify or produce evidence?
A meeting held when the investigator, caseworker and their supervisors discuss the case information regarding a case that the CPI is opening/requesting Intact or Placement services
What is a Handoff Staffing?
This is when the investigator takes the caseworker out to meet the family
What is a Transitional Visit?
A Risk Assessment
What assessment tool is used to determine a family's strengths and needs?
Inculpatory and Exculpatory
What are the two categories of evidence that CPIs use to determine an accurate finding?
Norman
What Consent Decree has to deal with Poverty?
DuPuy
What Consent Decree has to deal with anyone that works with children?
Burgos
What Consent Decree has to deal with working with Spanish speaking clients?
Guardian ad Litem
Who is contacted when a Youth in Care (foster child) is a child victim or an alleged perpetrator?
Teachers-tenured
What type of child care worker can confront their accuser?
Age 6 and older/above
What age must the child be for a CPI of the same sex to observe the child?
The same day as the child or within 24 hours
When must a CPI see the parent/caregiver of the alleged child victim?
Ages 5-8
What age do most accidental injuries occur in children?
Throughout the entire state
Where are the allegations standardized?
The head of the agency/director and licensing worker
Who does the CPI need to contact on a report involving a DCFS licensed facility?
Final determination when caregiver fails to make reasonable efforts to stop someone from harming a child
What does Indicated Allowed mean?
48 hours
What is the length of time a timeline should be?
1. Shaken baby syndrome
What is likely to cause a Subdural Hematoma?
Law enforcement and the medical examiner
Who can the scene investigation be delegated to?
Weekly or when circumstances warrant (know the different milestones of supervision)
When should supervision occur?
Requires consultation and approval by your supervisor (Know some examples of Critical Decisions)
What is a critical decision?
Both can change quickly, both can predict future harm, and both can be addressed with interventions
What are the similarities between safety and risk?
It is a mechanism for quickly assessing safety and risk
What is a CERAP?
It is the likelihood of any degree of longer-term future harm/maltreatment
What is Risk?
Until the investigation is completed, or the safety threat is no longer a threat
How long is the CPI responsible for monitoring a safety plan?
Time, degree of harm and interventions
What are the differences between safety and risk?
A caregiver exposes a child to a danger without exercising precautionary measures
What is blatant disregard? [Show Less]