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Foster Care to Prison Pipeline: Cultivating Trauma-informed Practices with LGBTQ+ Youth in the Child Welfare System

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1.  Nearly ______% of LGBTQ+ youth in foster care have experiences with the criminal justice system, as compared to ____% non-LGBTQ+ youth in foster care.
  1. 10%; 5%
  2. 23%; 3%
  3. 5%; 15%
  4. None of the above
2.  Nearly 1 in _______ LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness will be approached by a trafficker with 48 hours of their first homeless experience.
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 10
3.  LGBTQ+ youth make up nearly _______% of all homeless youth and young people.
  1. 10%
  2. 30%
  3. 40%
  4. 50%
4.  LGBTQ+ are nearly 7.4 times more likely than non-LGBTQ+ youth to experience:
  1. Homelessness
  2. Foster care placement
  3. Family violence
  4. None of the above
5.  Johnny’s boyfriend threatens to tell his parents and teachers that he is gay if Johnny doesn’t return his calls or texts. This is a possible example of what grooming tactic?
  1. Creating a dynamic of distrust of others
  2. Exploiting a youth’s intimate disclosures
  3. Strategic use of trauma bonding
  4. None of the above
6.  Johnny’s boyfriend routinely tells Johnny that they are the only people who can understand each other because they have been through many of the same traumas. His boyfriend also insists that he is the only person Johnny can trust and that no one else will be there for him. Which two grooming tactics might Johnny’s boyfriend be using?
  1. Trauma bonding and creating a dynamic of distrust of others
  2. Creating a dynamic of distrust of others and financial exploitation
  3. Trauma bonding and normalizing violence
  4. Normalizing violence and financial exploitation
7.  When compared to youth in foster family placements, youth in group home placements are nearly ________ times more likely to be involved with the criminal justice system by their 18th birthday.
  1. 2.5
  2. 5
  3. 10
  4. 15
8.  ________ is defined as traumatic events that occur repeatedly over time
  1. Chronic Trauma
  2. Acute Trauma
  3. Relational Trauma
  4. None of the above
9.  LGBTQ+ youth make up approximately _________ of all teen deaths by suicide each year.
  1. half
  2. one fourth
  3. one third
  4. one sixth
10.  Compared to non-LGBTQ+ youth in care, LGBTQ+ youth experience which of the following?
  1. Better academic functioning
  2. Lower rates of substance use and abuse
  3. Better mental health outcomes
  4. Higher rates of substance use and abuse

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