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FTS
Family Centered, Trauma Informed, and Strength Based
Child and Family Team Meeting (CFTM)
Meeting between the professional helpers, family members, and community supports of
a child to discuss the case and plan for ways to help the child and family succeed. May
or may not include the child themself
Full Disclosure
Providing family members with all of the information available
Open Participation
Parents select who they want to be a part of their child & family team
Collaboration
Involving the family in all aspects of case planning
Planning for permanency
The focus of all CFTM
Trauma
a child's experience of an event that is emotionally painful, distressful, or shocking
which often results in lasting mental and physical effects
Psychological First Aid (PFA)
Assists with reducing initial distress, fostering short term adaptive functioning, and
fostering long term adaptive functioning
Sexual Abuse
A wide range of sexual behaviors that take place between a child and an older person
Physical Abuse
Actual or attempted infliction of bodily pain and/or injury
Psychological Maltreatment
Acts or omissions by parents or caregivers that caused, or could cause, serious
behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorders
Neglect
The failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care although financially able to do so
Types of Child Trauma
Sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, and neglect
ACES
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Three Types of Stress
Positive stress, tolerable stress, and toxic stress
Positive Stress
Moderate, short-lived stress responses
Tolerable Stress
More intense stress responses that allow enough time to recover, or occur in a relatively
safe environment with the presence of supportive adults
Toxic Stress
Strong, frequent or prolonged activation of the body's stress management system,
without access to supportive adults
Isolated Trauma (Acute)
, Traumatic incidents that tend to produce discrete conditioned behavioral and biological
responses to reminders of the trauma
Complex Trauma (Chronic)
Interferes with neurobiological development and the capacity to integrate sensory,
emotional, and cognitive information into a cohesive whole
Examples of Protective Factors
Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development,
social and emotional competence of children, parent-child relationship
Orphan Train Movement
Placed orphans from eastern cities with Midwestern farm families
Children's Bureau
The first federal agency concerned with the welfare of children
DCFS
Department of Children and Family Services
Dual Mandate
Protecting children and supporting families
Statutes
The legislative mandates that prescribe the manner in which government will use its
powers
Case Law
Based on court decisions and interpretations
Social Security Act Title IV-B
Establishes requirements to receive federal funding for family support services, time-
limited family reunification services, adoption promotion, and support services
Social Security Act Title IV-E
Allows eligible children to receive foster care reimbursement to achieve permanent
living arrangements
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
A federal statute that governs state court child custody cases involving Indian children.
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA)
Prohibits any consideration of children's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which
permanent placement will be in their best interest
Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)
A federal statute that requires states to take specific placement action on behalf of
children in foster care, such as terminating parental rights in order to facilitate adoption
after a designated period of time trying to reunite the child with its biological parents.
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
Extends assistance for foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, and kinship
guardianship programs to eligible youth age 18 up to age 21
Children and Family Services Act
specifies the general duties and responsibilities of DCFS
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (ANCRA)
Requires the Department to receive reports of abused and neglected children, to
investigate these reports, and to provide services necessary to prevent further harm to
children
Mandated Reporters
FTS
Family Centered, Trauma Informed, and Strength Based
Child and Family Team Meeting (CFTM)
Meeting between the professional helpers, family members, and community supports of
a child to discuss the case and plan for ways to help the child and family succeed. May
or may not include the child themself
Full Disclosure
Providing family members with all of the information available
Open Participation
Parents select who they want to be a part of their child & family team
Collaboration
Involving the family in all aspects of case planning
Planning for permanency
The focus of all CFTM
Trauma
a child's experience of an event that is emotionally painful, distressful, or shocking
which often results in lasting mental and physical effects
Psychological First Aid (PFA)
Assists with reducing initial distress, fostering short term adaptive functioning, and
fostering long term adaptive functioning
Sexual Abuse
A wide range of sexual behaviors that take place between a child and an older person
Physical Abuse
Actual or attempted infliction of bodily pain and/or injury
Psychological Maltreatment
Acts or omissions by parents or caregivers that caused, or could cause, serious
behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorders
Neglect
The failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care although financially able to do so
Types of Child Trauma
Sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, and neglect
ACES
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Three Types of Stress
Positive stress, tolerable stress, and toxic stress
Positive Stress
Moderate, short-lived stress responses
Tolerable Stress
More intense stress responses that allow enough time to recover, or occur in a relatively
safe environment with the presence of supportive adults
Toxic Stress
Strong, frequent or prolonged activation of the body's stress management system,
without access to supportive adults
Isolated Trauma (Acute)
, Traumatic incidents that tend to produce discrete conditioned behavioral and biological
responses to reminders of the trauma
Complex Trauma (Chronic)
Interferes with neurobiological development and the capacity to integrate sensory,
emotional, and cognitive information into a cohesive whole
Examples of Protective Factors
Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development,
social and emotional competence of children, parent-child relationship
Orphan Train Movement
Placed orphans from eastern cities with Midwestern farm families
Children's Bureau
The first federal agency concerned with the welfare of children
DCFS
Department of Children and Family Services
Dual Mandate
Protecting children and supporting families
Statutes
The legislative mandates that prescribe the manner in which government will use its
powers
Case Law
Based on court decisions and interpretations
Social Security Act Title IV-B
Establishes requirements to receive federal funding for family support services, time-
limited family reunification services, adoption promotion, and support services
Social Security Act Title IV-E
Allows eligible children to receive foster care reimbursement to achieve permanent
living arrangements
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
A federal statute that governs state court child custody cases involving Indian children.
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA)
Prohibits any consideration of children's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which
permanent placement will be in their best interest
Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)
A federal statute that requires states to take specific placement action on behalf of
children in foster care, such as terminating parental rights in order to facilitate adoption
after a designated period of time trying to reunite the child with its biological parents.
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
Extends assistance for foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, and kinship
guardianship programs to eligible youth age 18 up to age 21
Children and Family Services Act
specifies the general duties and responsibilities of DCFS
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (ANCRA)
Requires the Department to receive reports of abused and neglected children, to
investigate these reports, and to provide services necessary to prevent further harm to
children
Mandated Reporters
