Attachment and Implications For Foster care In Early Childhood (Nv)

1. In order for a young child to sustain an attachment they need:

Regular, ongoing and substantial contact

Occasional contact

Rare contact

Minimal contact

2. Transitions from foster care placements should be designed to:

Minimize harm to the child

Make the child uncomfortable

Increase funding for the foster care system

Make permanency harder to achieve

3. Disruptive placements are harmful, in part because children have no way of understanding why changes in their placements are occurring.

True

False

4. Which is a level of discrimination between infants and caregivers

All options are correct

Recognition

Comfort

Reliance

5. The core components of the Extended Respite Foster Care Model is:

All options are correct

Safety is Essential

Children must be provided with food, clothing and shelter

The foster parent acts as a “place holder” for the child’s biological parents

6. Placing a child with a relative should occur:

At the time of removal

3 months after removal

At the permanency hearing

When termination of parental rights have been achieved

7. _______of maltreated children have disorganized attachments to their mothers

80%

50%

25%

10%

8. The effects of disrupting a placement and/or relationships after 6-7 months is significantly greater than disruption in the 1^st 6-7 months of life

True

False

9. Children less than 3 or 4 years old should be accompanied to and from parental visits by:

An attachment figure

An unrelated transporter

A case manager who has never met the child

The foster parent only

10. Attachments typically occur at:

7-9 months of age

1-2 months of age

12 months of age

24 months of age