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Residential Child and Youth Care Professional | PRE/POST TEST

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Culture of care refers to _________________________.

a)
Promoting a toxic work culture where competition is encouraged over collaboration.
b)
Encouraging a hostile environment where individuals are not supported or respected.
c)
Creating an environment where individuals feel neglected and unappreciated.
d)

The atmosphere particular to the system that cares for children and the youth.

2.

Residential Child Care is not considered a profession

a)

True

b)

False

3.

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

a)

Policies

b)

Procedures

c)

Written and unwritten rules

d)

What the facilities look like

4.

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

a)

True

b)

False

5.

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

professional to focus on

a)

True

b)

False

6.

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

staying on the therapeutic side of the continuum

a)

True

b)

False

7.

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

a)

Adult in control/no youth involvement

b)

Adult in control/allows youth involvement

c)

Adult/Youth partnership (shared control)

d)

Youth in control/no adult involvement

8.

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

learning

a)

True

b)

False

9.

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

__________.

a)
form secure attachments with caregivers
b)
have a pet unicorn
c)
eat only candy
d)
never sleep
10.

Children learn informally through _____________.

a)
Formal education only
b)
Isolation from their surroundings
c)
Limited exposure to new experiences
d)

Observation

11.

Children learn formally through ______________.

a)
informal education
b)

Education

c)
self-study
d)
online courses
12.

Children between ages two and six are not able to solve problems for themselves

and adults should not expect them to

a)

True

b)

False

13.

To avoid power struggles we should give children _________________.

a)
ambiguous boundaries
b)
no boundaries at all
c)
inconsistent boundaries
d)

choices

14.

The primary task of adolescent development focuses on:

a)

being with friends

b)

identity

c)

getting good grades

d)

completing household chores

15.

Meeting needs within the relationship of a youth care professional and a youth is

not reciprocal.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The most powerful tool that youth care professionals have in their work with

youth is their selves

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The key to cultural competence is to learn about other's cultures and recognize

the resources and __________ they provide.

a)
limitations
b)
strengths
c)
weaknesses
d)
challenges
18.

The conflict resolution strategy chosen should be based on the situation

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The actual words spoken can have more of an impact on the receiver than the tone

and volume in which you use them

a)

True

b)

False

20.

During a transition, the goal of celebration is to recognize that:

a)

A change is occurring

b)

The young person is taking the next steps

c)

A and B

d)

None of the above

21.

When a young person is displaying inappropriate behavior he/she is trying to meet a ________.

a)

need

b)
unfulfilled desire
c)
unresolved conflict
d)
unattainable goal
22.

Punishment and discipline are the same

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Discipline's ultimate goal is to

a)
lose control and fail
b)
achieve self-discipline and failure
c)
give up and stagnate
d)

Provide opportunities to learn new behavior

24.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs says there are ________________ basic needs

a)
two
b)
seven
c)
three
d)
five
25.

A good way to teach discipline is through

a)

Therapeutic Model

b)

Natural Model

c)

Logical Model

d)

Inapporiation model

26.

In our everyday interactions with youth we stay in the same role all the

time

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Natural and logical are the two categories for consequences

a)

True

b)

False