CAASP System Coordination 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which CASSP principle requires that services be sensitive to the unique cultural and linguistic needs of each child and family?
- Culturally competent (Correct answer)
- Individualized
- Community-based
- Least restrictive
Correct answer: Culturally competent
Cultural competence requires that services respect and incorporate each family's cultural values, language, and traditions.
Question 2: A youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) is transitioning out of residential care. System coordination at this stage should prioritize:
- Establishing community-based supports before discharge (Correct answer)
- Closing the case once residential treatment ends
- Transferring full responsibility to the family immediately
- Waiting for the youth to request services
Correct answer: Establishing community-based supports before discharge
Transition planning must ensure community supports are in place before discharge to prevent re-hospitalization or system re-entry.
Question 3: In CASSP, 'unconditional care' means that:
- Services are not withdrawn when a child's behavior deteriorates (Correct answer)
- All services are provided at no cost to families
- Providers must accept any referral without screening
- Care continues indefinitely regardless of outcomes
Correct answer: Services are not withdrawn when a child's behavior deteriorates
Unconditional care commits the system to maintaining services even when a child's behavior worsens, rather than discharging the child for non-compliance.
Question 4: Which role is responsible for helping families navigate multiple agencies and ensuring service plan implementation in a system of care?
- Care coordinator or case manager (Correct answer)
- Psychiatrist
- School principal
- Medicaid billing specialist
Correct answer: Care coordinator or case manager
The care coordinator or case manager serves as the primary navigator, ensuring families access services and that providers communicate effectively.
Question 5: The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) tool is used in system coordination primarily to:
- Guide service planning by documenting needs and strengths across life domains (Correct answer)
- Assign a DSM diagnosis to the child
- Determine Medicaid eligibility
- Evaluate provider agency performance
Correct answer: Guide service planning by documenting needs and strengths across life domains
CANS provides a standardized framework for identifying a child's needs and strengths to inform individualized care plans.
Question 6: A system of care's Management Information System (MIS) is most critical for:
- Tracking service utilization and outcomes across agencies (Correct answer)
- Generating clinical notes for individual providers
- Replacing face-to-face case conferences
- Billing Medicaid for direct services
Correct answer: Tracking service utilization and outcomes across agencies
An MIS enables cross-agency tracking of who is being served, what services are used, and whether outcomes improve over time.
Question 7: Which of the following best describes 'blended funding' in a system of care?
- Combining dollars from multiple sources into a flexible pool to serve children holistically (Correct answer)
- Restricting each funding stream to its legislatively mandated purpose only
- Using federal grants exclusively to fund all services
- Allocating a fixed per-capita amount to each enrolled child
Correct answer: Combining dollars from multiple sources into a flexible pool to serve children holistically
Blended funding pools resources from Medicaid, education, child welfare, and other sources to allow flexible, individualized service delivery.
CAASP System Coordination 3
Which CASSP principle requires that services be sensitive to the unique cultural and linguistic needs of each child and family?