IL CHILD WELFARE FUNDAMENTALS
9 core child welfare practices - correct answer 1. agent of change
2. relationship
3. assessment
4. trauma-focused education
5. advocate
6. behavioral support
7. linkage
8. coordinated care
9. cultural
What is Family-Centered Practice? - correct answer helping children remain
connected to their parents, extended family and others who are significant in
their lives.
1. Agent of change definition? - correct answer Child welfare professionals have
such a prominent role in lives of children and families, it is essential that s/he be
aware of the impact of trauma.
2. Relationships definition? - correct answer Relationship-based interventions
require engagement, empathy, and ongoing support to achieve goals established
collaboratively with the family. Harnessing the natural relationships within the
family to support interventions is also essential to accomplishing goals and must
be emphasized at every phase in the life of the case.
3. Assessment definition? - correct answer Trauma-informed assessments
continually seek to identify the nature of traumatic events, determine the effects
of those events on the child and family's functioning, and assesses the systems
that surround them for the ability of those key systems to support the well being
of the child and family. Assessment is not limited to case opening but continues
throughout the life of the case.
,4. Trauma-focused education definition? - correct answer Children and families
that have experienced trauma need basic information on the identification of
trauma, and understanding of trauma-related responses and coping (Source:
NCTSN). It is critical that caseworkers and clinicians provide education about
trauma to empower the child, caregivers and families and to support their coping
after trauma exposure. Education is essential to helping the family become
collaborators in our problem solving efforts as we intervene with trauma-related
emotional and behavioral problems.
5. Advocacy definition? - correct answer Child welfare professionals are essential
to identifying and removing barriers that impede the goals established within the
service plan for children and families who have experienced trauma in order to
promote the well being of youth across systems.
6. behavioral support definition? - correct answer Caseworkers need strategies
that assist in problem solving with all parties within a case in order to provide
support for challenging behaviors resulting from trauma. Emphasis on
developing the protective factors of children and families is essential to
strengths-based behavioral support
7. Linkage definition? - correct answer builds the capacity of the system to link
children and families to holistic, appropriate services.
8. coordinated care definition? - correct answer Multidisciplinary care is essential
in achieving service plan goals and providing ongoing support to children and
families served by multiple providers.
9. cultural competence definition? - correct answer Cultural identity and cultural
references significantly influence the ways that children and families make sense
of threats, traumatic experiences and adopt coping strategies
What does PFA stand for? - correct answer psychological first aid
the PFA approach will assist with: - correct answer 1. reducing initial distress
2. fostering short term adaptive functioning
, 3. fostering long term adaptive functioning
Types of Child Trauma? - correct answer - sexual abuse
- physical abuse
- psychological maltreatment
- neglect
- community violence
- school violence
- domestic violence
- traumatic grief
- natural or man-made disaster
- terrorism
- medical trauma
- refugee trauma
INFANTS (BIRTH - 2 1/2 YRS)
responses to trauma throughout development - correct answer - eating
disturbance
- irritable, difficult to soothe
- developmental regression
- language delay
- attachment disorder
- failure to thrive
- sleep disturbance
YOUNG CHILDREN (2 1/2 - 6 YRS)
responses to trauma throughout development - correct answer - helplessness
and passivity
- generalized fear
9 core child welfare practices - correct answer 1. agent of change
2. relationship
3. assessment
4. trauma-focused education
5. advocate
6. behavioral support
7. linkage
8. coordinated care
9. cultural
What is Family-Centered Practice? - correct answer helping children remain
connected to their parents, extended family and others who are significant in
their lives.
1. Agent of change definition? - correct answer Child welfare professionals have
such a prominent role in lives of children and families, it is essential that s/he be
aware of the impact of trauma.
2. Relationships definition? - correct answer Relationship-based interventions
require engagement, empathy, and ongoing support to achieve goals established
collaboratively with the family. Harnessing the natural relationships within the
family to support interventions is also essential to accomplishing goals and must
be emphasized at every phase in the life of the case.
3. Assessment definition? - correct answer Trauma-informed assessments
continually seek to identify the nature of traumatic events, determine the effects
of those events on the child and family's functioning, and assesses the systems
that surround them for the ability of those key systems to support the well being
of the child and family. Assessment is not limited to case opening but continues
throughout the life of the case.
,4. Trauma-focused education definition? - correct answer Children and families
that have experienced trauma need basic information on the identification of
trauma, and understanding of trauma-related responses and coping (Source:
NCTSN). It is critical that caseworkers and clinicians provide education about
trauma to empower the child, caregivers and families and to support their coping
after trauma exposure. Education is essential to helping the family become
collaborators in our problem solving efforts as we intervene with trauma-related
emotional and behavioral problems.
5. Advocacy definition? - correct answer Child welfare professionals are essential
to identifying and removing barriers that impede the goals established within the
service plan for children and families who have experienced trauma in order to
promote the well being of youth across systems.
6. behavioral support definition? - correct answer Caseworkers need strategies
that assist in problem solving with all parties within a case in order to provide
support for challenging behaviors resulting from trauma. Emphasis on
developing the protective factors of children and families is essential to
strengths-based behavioral support
7. Linkage definition? - correct answer builds the capacity of the system to link
children and families to holistic, appropriate services.
8. coordinated care definition? - correct answer Multidisciplinary care is essential
in achieving service plan goals and providing ongoing support to children and
families served by multiple providers.
9. cultural competence definition? - correct answer Cultural identity and cultural
references significantly influence the ways that children and families make sense
of threats, traumatic experiences and adopt coping strategies
What does PFA stand for? - correct answer psychological first aid
the PFA approach will assist with: - correct answer 1. reducing initial distress
2. fostering short term adaptive functioning
, 3. fostering long term adaptive functioning
Types of Child Trauma? - correct answer - sexual abuse
- physical abuse
- psychological maltreatment
- neglect
- community violence
- school violence
- domestic violence
- traumatic grief
- natural or man-made disaster
- terrorism
- medical trauma
- refugee trauma
INFANTS (BIRTH - 2 1/2 YRS)
responses to trauma throughout development - correct answer - eating
disturbance
- irritable, difficult to soothe
- developmental regression
- language delay
- attachment disorder
- failure to thrive
- sleep disturbance
YOUNG CHILDREN (2 1/2 - 6 YRS)
responses to trauma throughout development - correct answer - helplessness
and passivity
- generalized fear
