Texas Licensed Child-Placing Agency Administrator (LCPAA) Set 2 Practice Exam

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• Who should oversee the agency's policies and procedures to ensure compliance with licensing rules?
• If there are four triggered reviews within a 90-day period, what must occur?
• Which two major components must the annual financial report include?
• How long must emergency behavior intervention data be maintained?
• Which action is required for the emergency behavior intervention data?
• What timeframe is required for background checks to be conducted within when updating due to transfer after branch closure?
• Are differential fees permitted, and how must they be applied?
• What ethical considerations and conflicts of interest must an LCPAA administrator manage?
• How should an LCPAA handle adoption assistance and post-adoption services?
• Where must the recommendations from the examining licensed professional be documented?
• Licensing has the authority to inspect or monitor foster homes at what times?
• What should be included in maintaining training records for staff and foster parents?
• What health and safety standards must be observed in facilities or homes used by LCPAA placements?
• When must a triggered review occur?
• When does an adoption services suicide screening occur?
• What is the role of a placement administrator in ensuring compliance with court-ordered permanency plans?
• Which fees may be collected before the home study is completed?
• Are differential fee schedules permitted, and what must be specified?
• What specific steps are required for a successful license renewal and agency-wide self-study?
• What must you do at least 30 days prior to opening a branch office?
• What are the essential components of a foster parent recruitment and retention policy aligned with safety and quality standards?
• Which of the following is an allowed type of emergency behavior intervention?
• Can a home be verified or approved by more than one child-placing agency simultaneously?
• Which type of emergency behavior intervention may you NOT administer?
• By when must emergency behavior intervention data be reported to licensing?
• What does the overall agency evaluation assess?
• Under what condition may you transfer foster homes to the main office or another branch without updating the foster home screening?
• Which of the following would constitute a medication administration violation?
• If you do not have liability insurance, when must you notify the parents that you do not carry liability insurance?
• In a case of successive emergency behavior interventions, how often must bathroom privileges and drinks of water be provided?
• Which action is uniquely required for high-risk cases but not for potential-risk cases?
• The 72-hour window for providing a parent with a PRN order applies to which scenario?
• For foster children under age 10, what triggers a suicide screening?
• How should an LCPAA investigate and address root causes of incidents or service gaps?
• What is the minimum frequency for a licensed physician to review PRN orders for emergency medication?
• If you change the legal structure of your agency or your governing body, when must you notify Licensing?
• What are the agency's mandatory incident reporting requirements, and what constitutes a reportable incident?
• In court proceedings related to a child in placement, what reports might the agency be expected to provide?
• Can a caregiver exceed the maximum length of time that an emergency behavior intervention can be administered to a child?
• The short personal restraint is used to address which situation?
• If a suicide risk screening shows the child is high risk, which actions are required?
• True or false: After an emergency intervention, the child must be observed for at least 15 minutes.
• How should confidential information about clients be handled and when may information be released without a consent?
• What provisions exist for accessibility and reasonable accommodations in service delivery?
• What is the screening schedule for foster children aged 10 and older?
• Which professionals may perform the examination when there are four triggered reviews within 90 days?
• Which document is NOT listed as an acceptable form of documenting financial status?
• What should be included in court-approved case plans and progress reports?
• When must a caregiver release a child from a personal restraint?
• What detail must the annual financial report include about expenses?
• How should an LCPAA manage finances, including use of grant funds, audits, and financial reporting to oversight authorities?
• Which roles are responsible for ensuring compliance with licensing rules in a Texas LCPAA, and what is the administrator's primary duty?
• Which document primarily guides the determination of visitation frequency and location?
• How does trauma-informed care influence policy and practice in a LCPAA?
• Which documents can be used to document the financial status of the prospective foster family?
• How should an LCPAA implement a formal internal audit and quality-improvement cycle?
• For a child over five years old, which behavior could justify a short personal restraint to prevent a safety risk?
• Which item is essential in progress reports related to permanency planning?
• What must my admission policies include?
• Can the regularly scheduled review of the child's service plan serve as the triggered review?
• Which conditions justify using a prone or supine personal restraint?
• What is an essential practice when implementing trauma-informed positive-behavior strategies and documenting plans?
• How should a LCPAA coordinate medical, dental, and mental health services for children in care?
• What steps should an agency take to prepare for annual license renewal and compliance self-audits?
• What privacy protections apply to education records and how should information be shared with schools and guardians?
• For a foster child under 10, who may request a suicide screening?
• For which scenario is written documentation specifically required to permit the use of multiple emergency interventions in sequence?
• Who are your clients?
• What are typical training requirements for LCPAA administrators and staff, including new hire and ongoing training expectations?
• What safety measures and procedures support staff and children against violence and abuse within placements?
• What circumstance triggers a review of the use of emergency medication?
• How does a Texas LCPAA implement a formal quality assurance and performance-improvement (PI) program?
• If a suicide risk screening identifies potential risk, which actions are required?
• Which technique is prohibited in a short personal restraint due to airway risk?
• If you cannot reach agreement with the adoptive parents on excess expenses, what must you do?
• How often must emergency behavior intervention data be collected?
• Besides those in the foster home, who must be interviewed?
• Adoption services screening should occur immediately under which condition?
• What transportation safety requirements must be met for transporting children in placements?
• The transitional hold duration requirement states:
• In coordinating health care for children in care, what does 'medical home' refer to?
• If one agency verifies for foster care and another approves for adoption, what must remain true?
• Are payments for adoption referrals allowed?
• What is the minimum age requirement for foster parents and caregivers?
• In addition to foster parents, who else may need a criminal background check?
• In a short personal restraint, can you place a child’s limbs behind their back?
• Which statement about services is true for a Texas child-placing agency?
• Before providing medical treatment for a child in care, the LCPAA must obtain.
• When must notice to the parent be provided if an emergency behavior intervention is used?
• What is a key component of recruiting and retaining qualified foster homes to ensure safety and stability for children?
• Which practice best ensures privacy when exchanging information among DFPS, courts, schools, and healthcare providers?
• When must you notify Licensing if you change your child-placing agency administrator or administrator vacancy, or a change in controlling person or their name or address?
• After the emergency behavior intervention ends, which follow-up actions are required?
• If you obtain PRN orders for certain emergency behavior interventions, how soon must you provide the parent with a copy of the PRN order?
• Which element is essential in a complaint and grievance process to encourage reporting and safety?
• What elements must a Texas LCPAA's child-safety and abuse-prevention policy include?
• When transferring a foster home after branch closure due to corrective action, what must be updated?
• A transitional hold is best described as:
• What must my placement policies include?
• If a prospective foster parent lacks a high school diploma or GED, what must the screening verify?
• A triggered review is conducted for what purpose?
• May PRN orders be used to restrain a child beyond the maximum length of time for personal restraint?
• How should an LCPAA address discipline and behavior management without corporal punishment?
• If a single foster parent gets married after verification, must the home be re-verified?
• If a quarter ends March 31, by what date must the emergency behavior intervention data be reported to licensing?
• Which statement best describes the primary goals of a suicide risk assessment?
• What must you do if you become aware of foster or adoptive placements that appear to have been made by someone other than the child's parents or a child-placing agency?
• Does the triggered review include a written plan for reducing the need for emergency behavior interventions?
• Which statement best describes confidentiality when communicating case information with birth families and external parties?
• How long do you have to return a child’s personal earnings, allowances, or gifts after the child’s discharge?
• What are key records-management requirements for LCPAAs, including retention periods and security?
• Where should visitation and outcomes be documented to ensure accessibility and accuracy?
• Which of the following is a required component of a medication management policy for LCPAA?
• What is required regarding accessibility and reasonable accommodations in service delivery?
• What components should be included in visitation plans for birth family or prior caregivers to ensure proper monitoring and documentation?
• If the child does not understand what the child must do to be released from the emergency behavior intervention, the caregiver must re-explain how often?
• What document is typically used to support permanency planning and is produced regularly in court proceedings?
• By when must the caregiver hold a discussion with the child after an Emergency Behavior Intervention, and in what setting?
• If a parent cannot participate at the scheduled time, what is the required approach for a triggered review?
• If the branch closure is not related to a corrective or adverse action, what may you do with the foster homes?
• What is involved in placement planning and ongoing case management to ensure appropriate and timely permanency for children?
• The requirement for personal restraints orders is that they originate from a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist. Which option best states this rule?
• Which statement best reflects consent for sharing case information?
• Who must participate in the triggered review?
• Which statement best describes the role of audits in the LCPAA's quality-improvement process?
• A caregiver may use successive emergency behavior interventions on a child only when:
• How should the agency respond to a safeguarding concern in a placement during non-business hours?
• For foster children aged 10 and older, when is the suicide screening tool administered?
• What must my conflict of interest policies include?
• How can an LCPAA ensure appropriate support for children with special needs or developmental delays?
• What is the difference between a foster home and a child-placing home, and when might each be used?
• Are parents required to participate in a triggered review?
• What strategies should an LCPAA employ to recruit and retain qualified foster homes?
• Name the two free, evidence-based suicide screening tools mentioned.
• When must the annual financial report be submitted to Licensing?
• Which weather condition would justify an emergency intervention due to safety risk?
• Which policy area requires documenting whether siblings can be kept together and maintaining sibling contact?
• Are written orders required to administer emergency behavior intervention, and if so, who can write them?
• During what times may licensing inspectors inspect the agency?
• What must my personnel policies include?
• How often must the licensed physician review PRN orders for emergency medication?
• What is the maximum duration for a standard personal restraint (non-prone/supine) applied to a child?
• How is suicide risk screening best described?
• What types of data and performance indicators should an LCPAA collect to monitor program effectiveness?
• How should an LCPAA collaborate with DFPS, courts, schools, and healthcare providers?
• In regards to emergency behavior interventions, what data must be collected?
• Who is required to have a fingerprint-based criminal history check before acting as a caregiver?
• What is the primary purpose and scope of a Texas LCPAA license?
• A caregiver may simultaneously use emergency medication with a personal restraint under which condition?
• Describe an effective complaint and grievance process for families, foster parents, and staff.
• When must a caregiver release a child from a short restraint?
• As part of operational responsibilities, what financial task must agencies perform?
• What information must be reported to licensing regardless of whether you verify a foster home?
• Before using a permitted type of emergency behavior intervention, what actions must be taken?
• In permanency planning, with which parties should the LCPAA collaborate to support the child?
• Which elements are included in a comprehensive emergency preparedness and disaster-response plan for an LCPAA?
• What is the agency’s role in court proceedings related to a child in placement, and what reports might be required?
• What is the purpose of documenting the request and release actions for records requests?
• Where must I have a main or branch office?
• If a branch office closure is related to a corrective or adverse action, what must you do with a foster home supervised by that branch?
• Which statement best describes the relationship between the triggered review and a regularly scheduled service plan review?
• How should financial assistance provided to a birth mother be documented?
• If pass-through expenses exceed the estimate by more than 10%, what must the agency obtain?
• How should an LCPAA handle medical consent and decision-making when a parent or guardian is unavailable?
• What is the process for handling records requests from courts or other authorized entities?
• What types of fees may be collected prior to completion and approval of a home study?
• Which document must an adoption agency submit annually to Licensing?
• What is required regarding education for prospective foster parents?
• For law enforcement service call information in foster home screening, what must you obtain for each prospective foster parent's addresses over the past two years?
• Describe the agency's intake and screening procedures for new referrals, including information collection and initial risk assessment.
• Which policies must be submitted for Licensing approval as part of the application process?
• What are the liability insurance requirements for a Texas child-placing agency?
• What type of background checks are required for agency staff and volunteers working with children, and what is the consequence of a failed check?
• When must a short personal restraint end?
• Which action supports compliance monitoring during a self-study process?
• What school-related responsibilities must an LCPAA ensure for children in placement?
• How soon after an incident must the child placement staff document their review of the use of the emergency behavior intervention?
• What is required for secure storage of case records to protect privacy and confidentiality?
• What must my appeal process include?
• Which statement best describes a basis for using emergency behavior intervention to administer intramuscular medication or other physician-prescribed treatments?
• Debriefing after an Emergency Behavior Intervention must include which groups?
• If a personal restraints order allows more than three restraints within a seven-day period, what must be included?
• When must you notify Licensing if you change the plans required for licensing or policies and procedures?
• Which of the following describes when offices may share the same administrator and treatment director?
• Which statement best defines a branch office for child placement oversight?
• Under what circumstances may you verify an individual spouse as a foster parent?
• What is the maximum number of foster homes that can be included in a shared caseload with a single administrator and treatment director?
• May cash payments be provided to birth mothers, and if so under what conditions?
• Which action is explicitly listed as an operational responsibility for a Texas child-placing agency?
• How should an LCPAA support permanency options, including adoption, guardianship, and relative placements?
• A child’s active attempt to run away may be considered an emergency if the child is under which age?
• What must an adoption service fee policy include?
• Under what conditions might a placement be terminated or relocated, and what agency processes govern such actions?
• Which scenario would trigger a triggered review for the use of a personal restraint as an emergency behavior intervention for a specific child?
• If a caregiver determines that a child's participation in the group is not in the best interests of the child or others, what must the caregiver do?
• How should an LCPAA coordinate for adoption-related services?
• How often must Foster parents caring for children five years or older complete suicide prevention training?
• Under what circumstances can a license be suspended or revoked, and what due-process steps are involved?
• How often must the licensed psychiatrist or psychologist review PRN orders for personal restraint?
• What time period may cash disbursements to birth mothers cover?
• Personal restraints orders must originate from which professional, and what must they include regarding seven-day usage?
• What is the purpose of the conflict of interest policy in the context of screenings and reports?
• How is suicide risk assessment defined?
• Which item is included in the annual overall agency evaluation?
• Which statement best describes who may administer an emergency behavior intervention?
• By when must a caregiver document the use of an emergency behavior intervention?
• Which item is excluded from the aggregate counts of emergency behavior interventions?
• What is required at least 30 days before opening a branch office?
• Which data metric is not typically used as a standard measure of program effectiveness?
• What rights do clients (children and families) have in services provided by an LCPAA, and how is consent obtained?
• What is the required annual suicide prevention training for employees?
• How is the maximum of 30 cases calculated when sharing a caseload across children and foster homes?
• How should an LCPAA address cultural and linguistic needs of children and families?
• What staffing requirement is explicitly mandated for a Texas child-placing agency?
• In addition to origin, what must be included in personal restraint orders?
• Which item is NOT typically included in a court-approved case plan and progress report?
• Which option demonstrates fiscal responsibility to licensing?
• Who may administer emergency behavior intervention?
• Which statement about the maximum time limit for personal restraints is correct?
• What is a triggered review of a child's unauthorized absences, and when is it triggered?
• If you previously carried liability insurance and subsequently stop carrying the liability insurance, how long do you have to notify the parents of each child in care?
• Which of the following describes the observer requirement during prone or supine holds?
• Which statement reflects requirements for staff transport and vehicle operation?