Post on 04-Jan-2016
1300: In-Home Safety Assessment:A Closer Look At The Fourteen Safety Threats Booster Shot
1300: In-Home Safety Assessment: A Closer Look at the Fourteen Safety Threats Booster Shot
The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center
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Agenda
• Welcome and Introductions• The Fourteen Safety Threats• The Safety Threshold• Connecting the Fourteen Safety Threats and
Safety Threshold Criteria to Practice• Summary and Evaluations
1300: In-Home Safety Assessment: A Closer Look at the Fourteen Safety Threats Booster Shot
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:• Discuss the importance of gathering
information by using the six assessment domains;
• Interpret the 14 Safety Threats; and• Apply the safety threshold criteria to the 14
Safety Threats.
1300: In-Home Safety Assessment: A Closer Look at the Fourteen Safety Threats Booster Shot
The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center
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Pennsylvania Safety Threshold Criteria
Out of ControlWhen a condition is out of control, there is no apparent natural, existing means within the family network that can assure control.Observable & SpecificThe condition must be specific and observable in the form of behavior, emotion, attitude, perception, intent, or situation. The existence of condition is based on more than a gut feeling. The condition is clearly identifiable.
Vulnerable• A child’s vulnerability is based on their emotional, behavioral, and cognitive functioning; health; and ability to care for himself/herself•A vulnerable child is susceptible to the effects of danger and is unable to protection himself/herself from danger•Vulnerability is not based on age alone. A teenage youth with disabilities that affect his emotional, behavioral, or cognitive functioning may be more vulnerable to a threat of serious harm than a younger child without any disabilities.
Serious: Serious harm could include serious physical injury, significant pain, and suffering.
Imminent-A Specific Time FrameImminent means that serious harm could happen anytime within the near future-from later today, tomorrow, or up to but not exceeding 60 days.
1300: In-Home Safety Assessment: A Closer Look at the Fourteen Safety Threats Booster Shot
The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center
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Safety Threshold Criteria as Questions
• Serious: What serious harm will likely come to the child if the condition does not change?
• Observable: What is observable & specific about the condition?
• Out of Control: How is the condition out of control or how is the condition managed?
• Vulnerable: What makes the child vulnerable or not vulnerable?
• Imminent: What leads you to believe that the condition is or is not imminent?
1300: In-Home Safety Assessment: A Closer Look at the Fourteen Safety Threats Booster Shot
The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center
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Safety Threshold Documentation
• It is Serious/It is not Serious because…• It is Observable & Specific/it is not Observable
& Specific because….• It is Out of Control/It is not Out of Control
because…• Child(ren) is(are) Vulnerable/Child(ren) is (are)
not Vulnerable because…• It is Imminent/It is not Imminent because…
1300: In-Home Safety Assessment: A Closer Look at the Fourteen Safety Threats Booster Shot
The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center
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Questions?