Take this review of Lesson One to check what you learned about the definitions and causes of neglect. Read the questions and click on the right answer.When you have answered all the questions, click the "Click For Correct Answers" to see how you did.
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1. On a national level, what form of maltreatment accounts for the most number of child deaths every year?
a) Physical Abuse
b) Neglect
c) Sexual Abuse
d) Abandonment
2. _______ is defined as a failure to provide appropriate and responsible care to a child and leaving children in unsafe situations such as in the care of a young sibling who is unable to provide adequate care.,
a) Physical Neglect
b) Medical Neglect
c) Emotional Neglect
d) Neglectful Supervision
3. ____________ is defined as failure to assume adequate responsibility for the child such as leaving the child with no plans for return
a) Abandonment
b) Neglectful Supervision
c) Physical Neglect
d) Medical Neglect
4. Dee Wilson talks of three different kinds of families where substance abuse is a major cause of child neglect. Which are the three groups he pairs with substance abuse related neglect?
a) Mental Retardation, Domestic Violence and Depression
b) Lack of Knowledge, Family History, Poverty
c) Depression, Anti-Social Features and Self-Destruction
d) Physical Abuse, Domestic Violence and Cocaine
5. The more chronic neglect is, the less likely that children in the family have been physically abused or sexually abused as well.
a) True
b) False
In LESSON ONE, you learned about the frequency of neglect, the definitions of different kinds of neglect, and the relationships between neglect and addiction. In LESSON TWO, you'll learn more about how children are affected by neglect.
