Residential Child and Youth Care Professional | PRE/POST TEST

Culture of care refers to _________________________.

• Promoting a toxic work culture where competition is encouraged over collaboration.
• Encouraging a hostile environment where individuals are not supported or respected.
• Creating an environment where individuals feel neglected and unappreciated.
• The atmosphere particular to the system that cares for children and the youth.

Residential Child Care is not considered a profession

• True

• False

Identify the four areas that are included in the culture of care

• Policies

• Procedures

• Written and unwritten rules

• What the facilities look like

When young people are involved in their care they are more likely to cause problems

• True

• False

The need for safety is one of the most important needs for the youth care

professional to focus on

• True

• False

Consistently analyzing one's use of power when interacting with youth is

staying on the therapeutic side of the continuum

• True

• False

When a young person is viewed as a Resource the attitude is:

• Adult in control/no youth involvement

• Adult in control/allows youth involvement

• Adult/Youth partnership (shared control)

• Youth in control/no adult involvement

Child development is the sum of the changes brought about by maturation and

learning

• True

• False

A significant contributor to healthy development is the child's ability to

__________.

• form secure attachments with caregivers
• have a pet unicorn
• eat only candy
• never sleep

Children learn informally through _____________.

• Formal education only
• Isolation from their surroundings
• Limited exposure to new experiences
• Observation