Dcf Child Abuse And Neglect (Caan) Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

True or False: Strangers pose the greatest risk of sexual abuse to children. {Ans: False, most children are abused by people they know.}If things needed to survive are withheld by circumstance or lack of awareness, care, or education, then it is an act of ____. {Ans: neglect}What are the three types of child abuse? {Ans: 1. Physical 2. Sexual 3. Emotional}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. {Ans: Institutional abuse or neglect}The average age that child molesters first attack a child is when the molesters are_____. {Ans: In their teens}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. {Ans: emotional neglect}