Sample CEU fft

Sample CEU Quiz

Learning Objective: to increase foster and/or adoptive parents' ability to apply and respond to new information and conceptual frameworks to their work with children in their care and families.

Each QUIZ is an "open-book" exam. After reading the articles in each issue, you should be able to answer the questions based on them. Photocopy or tear out the CEU quiz from your issue of FFT and mail it, along with a check for $5 made out to FFT to cover scoring and processing.
CEU Quiz Monitor, 541 E. Garden Dr. Unit N
Windsor, CO 80550

A Certificate of Credit like the card to the right will be mailed to you. The open-ended response is optional.

Check with your county or private agency to verify that they will grant you credit toward your foster care license.

You will be asked to rate the contents of each issue at the bottom of you QUIZ as shown below:

Please rate the following on a scale of 1-4 (1 is poor, 4 is excellent):
The information was informative: ( 1-2-3-4 )
The information was useful / helpful in my role as a foster or adoptive parent: ( 1-2-3-4 )
The information was thought-provoking, ( 1-2-3-4 ) especially to story on page(s) _______________________
Would you read FFT if it helped you meet your state's licensing objectives? ( 1-2-3-4 )
I would be interested in reading more on the topic(s) of:

Ready?

"Rejoice in What Unites Us: Creating Kinship Systems" (Pg. 12)
In an adoptive or foster family in which kinship is a priority, the main person or person to benefit will be:
a. the birthparents
b. the child
c. the adoptive/foster parents

"Finding the Key to Post-Adoption Services" (Pg. 6)
According to the article, the services that are offered families often
a. Are based on the research of what is needed
b. Depend primarily on what a given organization can fund and staff
c. Inaccessible

"Violence and Childhood" (Pg. 20)
The implication of Dr. Perry's work for foster and adoptive parents is that
a. Protecting children from daily domestic, community and media violence will lessen the chance that they will grow up to become violent adults
b. the legal mandate to "do something" often results in solutions that are short-term and limited
c. the decision to decrease the violence in our children's lives is out of our control

"Control and Victimization" (Pg. 22)
The author believes that
a. adopted children are more likely to bully than non-adopted children
b. bullies are seeking control
c. bullying behavior has its roots in exposure to drugs and alcohol abuse in families

"The Potential Downside of Adopting Siblings" (Pg. 26)
Which statement does NOT reflect the author's thinking?
a. siblings must be kept together because they share a common past
b. sibling groups carry a collective memory of their past trauma that is easily triggered
c. children who are not bonded to a single, loving adult are at greater risk for serious emotional, behavioral and psychological problems as they grow

"Everyday Heroes" (Pg. 8)
The author makes a strong case for:
a. providing time for a child to make the transition to a new home
b. making a clean break with the past to strengthen a child's bond to the new caregiver
c. taking advantage of a child's positive connection with his earlier caregiver to provide a connection to his past

"Who is my brother? Who is my sister?" (Pg. 30)
The author argues that
a. While blood ties must be honored, bonds formed to a foster family are usually a child's best chance at permanency and should be the deciding factor when a child becomes available for adoption
b. There is rarely any justification for separating siblings
c. The word "sibling" applies only to a blood relationship

"Legal Standing for Long-Term Foster Parents" (Pg. 15)
According to the authors of this article, legal standing for long-term foster parents
a. will allow them to file appropriate motions, present evidence, call witnesses and cross-examine others in court on behalf of children in their care
b. is designed to help children find permanent homes within one year of placement
c. will give them the right to appear in court as advocates for the youngster in their care but not call witnesses or cross examine others

"Abby's Story" (Pg. 36) AN OPEN-ENDED RESPONSE for 1 extra credit
The author reminds us that while an adult's journey through the legal system is often straightforward and fast, that is often not the case for children. Why do you think this is so? How would you change the system or like to see it improved?