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| === RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL === for Child Protection in Ontario |
| Risk Assessment Scale Anchor Descriptions : |
| - THE THEORY - |
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| " Anchor Descriptions " ( C 1. C 2.) - > |
| Caregiver Influence - C G 5. - Physical Capacity to care for Child |
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| Incapacitated due to chronic illness or disability, resulting in inability to care for child. Acute or chronic illness or disability, or experience of severe pain critically impairs caregiver's ability to perform child caring role. Physical impairment or illness, which seriously impairs child caring capacity. Physical illness or disability, seriously restricts or interferes with caregiver's ability, to care for child. Child care may be at risk, because of communicable disease, that endangers health -or- terminal illness that will impair child caring capacity, of caregiver. Moderate physical impairment -or- illnessess, resulting in only limited impact, on child caring capacity. Generally healthy, but has one - or - more physical illnesses -or- disabilities, which have a mild impact, on child caring capacity. Very limited physical impairment - or - illness, with virtually no impact, on child caring capacity. Caregiver has limited physical illness or has a debilitating desease (MS, arthritis, diabetes, etc.) that has not progressed, to stage of, prolonged -or- sustained impairment. Limited impairment of motor functioning has little - or - no effect, on child caring capacity. Healthy, with no identifiable risk to child caring capacity. Caregiver is generally in good health, with no identifyable illnesses, disabilities - or - inadequate health habits, that would impact on child caring capability. Insufficient information to make a rating. : Consider presence, of subtance use, withdrawal symptoms such as ; insomnia, chronic fatigue, irritability, severe headaches, seizures, nausea and vomiting, in assessing presence, of physical illness or disability. |
| C G 6. - Mental / Emotional / Intellectual Capacity to Care for Child |
| Incapacitated, due to mental / emotional disturbance -or- some developmental disability resulting in inability to care for child. Caregiver has serious mental/emotional disturbance - and - behaviour may be affected by some delusions -and/or- hallucinations. Caregiver Psychological state may exhibit severe impairment in communications or judgement, (incoherent or unresponsive). Illness critically impairs ability to provide child care. Caregiver could be dangerous to self and others; suicidal preoccupations Caregiver has severe intellectual limitations, (developmental disability), emotional instability, or has very poor reasoning ability, which severely affect his/her ability to protect or care for child Serious mental / emotional disturbance - or - developmental disability, which seriously impairs child caring capacity. Symptoms may include some serious disturbances in ; judgment, thinking - or - emotions, that may frequently affect caregiver's ability, to perform child care tasks. Caregiver is not a danger to others or self. Caregiver has intellectual limitations, which adversely affect his/her ability, to care for child. Moderate mental / emotional disturbance - or - developmental disability, with limited impairment, of child caring capacity. Symptoms such as feelings of ; powerlessness, low self-esteem, anxiety attacks, mood swings which have only a mild impact, on the child caring capactiy, of caregiver. Caregiver has some intellectual limitations -or- developmental disability, which somewhat restricts ability, to protect and/or care for child. Symptoms of mental/emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, with no impact on child caring capacity. Caregiver suffers, from transient symptoms of ; psychological stress, emotional problems -or- from mental illnesess, with little - or - no impairment, of child caring capacity. Caregiver may have some intellectual limitations, which do not affect his/her ability, to care for child. No identifyable mental/emotional disturbance. Caregiver has no distinct symptoms of mental illness, psychological disturbance, or intellectual limitations. Appears to be emotionally stable. Insufficient information to make a rating. : Choose the rating that most closely approximates the description of the impact on the child. |
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