Risk Assessment Flashcards

A child's risk assessment notes that they recently experienced the death of a close peer by suicide. This is best identified as:

Answer: A precipitating risk factor (contagion/exposure)

Exposure to a peer's suicide is a significant precipitating risk factor due to the well-documented suicide contagion effect among adolescents.

Under CAASP principles, a risk assessment for a Native American youth should prioritize:

Answer: Incorporating tribal cultural values, community supports, and historical trauma context

Cultural competence requires integrating historical trauma, tribal values, and indigenous community supports into the assessment.

Which action is MOST consistent with CASSP's 'individualized' principle when creating a risk management plan?

Answer: Tailoring the plan to the specific strengths, culture, and circumstances of the child and family

Individualization means tailoring every plan to the unique strengths, culture, and circumstances of that child and family.

A CAASP practitioner identifies that a youth's primary strengths include strong artistic talent and a mentoring relationship with a coach. In risk management, these strengths should be:

Answer: Used as coping resources and stabilizing activities in the safety plan

Identified strengths such as talents and mentoring relationships should be incorporated as coping resources in the safety plan.

During a risk reassessment, a practitioner notes that a youth's risk level has decreased. According to CAASP principles, the appropriate response is to:

Answer: Step down services to a less intensive level while monitoring for changes

Decreased risk warrants stepping down to less intensive services while continuing to monitor, consistent with CASSP's least-restrictive principle.

Which of the following best describes 'trauma-informed' risk assessment within a CAASP framework?

Answer: Recognizing that behavioral risk factors may be trauma responses and assessing accordingly

Trauma-informed assessment recognizes that many behavioral risk indicators may be trauma responses and incorporates trauma history into the overall risk picture.

A CAASP risk assessment team determines that a youth is at high risk but the family refuses all recommended services. The team's FIRST priority should be:

Answer: Exploring barriers to engagement and collaborating with the family to find acceptable alternatives

CASSP principles call for persistent engagement efforts to understand and address barriers before escalating to coercive measures.