Chapter 1 - Working with Child Abuse and Neglect Issues
During the years 1986-1997, the reported cases of child abuse and neglect more than doubled.

A person’s risk of developing a substance abuse disorder increases as a result of childhood physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect.

What is the most prevalent type of childhood maltreatment?

Men are less likely than women to disclose childhood sexual abuse due to which of the following?

PTSD is not a common disorder among people who were abused physically or sexually as children.

The consensus panel recommends sensitivity to the cultural differences among treatment populations with childhood abuse histories, as these differences may excuse abusive or neglectful behavior by parents.

Sexual abuse has been linked to which of the following disorders?

There are four major types of child maltreatment.

Chapter 2: Screening and Assessing Adults for Childhood Abuse and Neglect
Physical abuse, among males, is difficult to evaluate because most males - due to social pressures to be strong and silent - see their abuse as normal punishment for their behaviors.

Many adults receiving treatment for substance abuse who have a history of childhood abuse and neglect will have a coexisting psychiatric disorder.

In those with PTSD, neuroimaging techniques - such as positron emission tomography (PET) scans or functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - have shown reductions in the volume of which part of the brain?

For the child trauma survivor, dissociation serves what purpose?

Any counselor or treatment provider screening for childhood trauma should receive specific training in these issues.

Adults who were abused as children are more likely to use drugs and alcohol.

Most child abuse occurs:

In order to reduce the potential barriers to successful screenings and assessments of childhood trauma, the consensus panel recommends that treatment staff: 1) be sensitive to cultural concerns 2) recognize potential language differences 3) become aware of gender issues and 4) be nonjudgmental and sensitive.

Chapter 3: Comprehensive Treatment for Adults Survivors of Child Abuse and Neglect
Statistically, those clients that received more services were less likely to stay in recovery.

According to some estimates, what percent of those referred to mental health services have histories of childhood abuse?

Many clients may find it easier to “confide” their history to a computer screen or a piece of paper than to another person.

The anxiety and feelings of pain that might surface when a client becomes more aware of past abuse are often related to:

The following treatment approach addresses dual diagnosis (substance abuse and mental health treatment):

Although traditional 12-step approaches emphasize a linear model of recovery in which abstinence takes priority over all other issues, research data are not yet available to indicate the superiority of this approach.

Chapter 4: Therapeutic Issues for Counselors
Which phenomenon is improperly matched with its definition:

Which item listed below is not mentioned in Establishing the Treatment Frame and Special Issues:

Which is not a recommendation about how agencies can support counselors:

Chapter 5: Breaking the Cycle: The Substance-Dependent Client as Parent/Caregiver
Research shows that people with adverse childhood experiences have a lower incidence of health disorders, including alcohol problems:

Which is not a characteristic of abusing parents identified by researchers:

Which is not an assessment/treatment question area set forth as a guideline for counselors to use with abused clients:

Which limitations imposed by poverty are mentioned because they might be confused with neglect when in fact they are common in poor and uneducated communities:

Which is not cited as a general area of basic knowledge and skills needed to be learned by abusing parents:

For addicted parents who do not have child custody due to abuse issues, it is critical that the counselor collaborate with a CPS professional to develop a realistic family reunification plan.

Which of the following is not a named program in the US that has integrated the ability to treat both substance and child abuse concerns under one roof:

What are barriers cited to have historically caused conflict between drug counselors and CPS workers in their attempts at collaboration:

Chapter 6: Legal Responsibilities and Recourse
Which is not consistent with the manual’s initial overview of laws and conditions surrounding reporting incidents of known or suspected child abuse or neglect:

Which of the following is not a condition the manual describes as being reportable in most states:

Which is true regarding parental substance abuse being viewed by states as child abuse/neglect:

Which is not a listed potential outcome of a CPS agency investigation:

In dealing with CPS agencies, Courts and Law Enforcement, which scenario below is not properly matched with a lawful counselor response:

Chapter 7: Emerging and Continuing Issues
Which is counter to the emerging trends cited in the final chapter:

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