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Terms in this set (257)
Family Centered, Trauma Informed, and Strength
FTS
Based
Meeting between the professional helpers, family
members, and community supports of a child to
Child and Family Team
discuss the case and plan for ways to help the child
Meeting (CFTM)
and family succeed. May or may not include the child
themself
Providing family members with all of the information
Full Disclosure
available
Parents select who they want to be a part of their
Open Participation
child & family team
Collaboration Involving the family in all aspects of case planning
Planning for permanency The focus of all CFTM
a child's experience of an event that is emotionally
Trauma painful, distressful, or shocking which often results in
lasting mental and physical effects
Assists with reducing initial distress, fostering short
Psychological First Aid
term adaptive functioning, and fostering long term
(PFA)
adaptive functioning
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A wide range of sexual behaviors that take place
Sexual Abuse
between a child and an older person
Actual or attempted infliction of bodily pain and/or
Physical Abuse
injury
Acts or omissions by parents or caregivers that
Psychological
caused, or could cause, serious behavioral, cognitive,
Maltreatment
emotional, or mental disorders
The failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care
Neglect
although financially able to do so
Sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological
Types of Child Trauma
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
More intense stress responses that allow enough time
Tolerable Stress to recover, or occur in a relatively safe environment
with the presence of supportive adults
Strong, frequent or prolonged activation of the
Toxic Stress body's stress management system, without access to
supportive adults
Traumatic incidents that tend to produce discrete
Isolated Trauma (Acute) conditioned behavioral and biological responses to
reminders of the trauma
Interferes with neurobiological development and the
Complex Trauma (Chronic) capacity to integrate sensory, emotional, and
cognitive information into a cohesive whole
Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of
Examples of Protective parenting and child development, social and
Factors emotional competence of children, parent-child
relationship
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Placed orphans from eastern cities with Midwestern
Orphan Train Movement
farm families
The first federal agency concerned with the welfare of
Children's Bureau
children
DCFS Department of Children and Family Services
Dual Mandate Protecting children and supporting families
The legislative mandates that prescribe the manner in
Statutes
which government will use its powers
Case Law Based on court decisions and interpretations
Establishes requirements to receive federal funding
Social Security Act Title for family support services, time-limited family
IV-B reunification services, adoption promotion, and
support services
Allows eligible children to receive foster care
Social Security Act Title
reimbursement to achieve permanent living
IV-E
arrangements
Indian Child Welfare Act A federal statute that governs state court child
(ICWA) custody cases involving Indian children.
Prohibits any consideration of children's race or
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act
ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent
(IEPA)
placement will be in their best interest
A federal statute that requires states to take specific
placement action on behalf of children in foster care,
Adoption and Safe
such as terminating parental rights in order to
Families Act (ASFA)
facilitate adoption after a designated period of time
trying to reunite the child with its biological parents.
Fostering Connections to Extends assistance for foster care maintenance,
Success and Increasing adoption assistance, and kinship guardianship
Adoptions Act of 2008 programs to eligible youth age 18 up to age 21
Children and Family specifies the general duties and responsibilities of
Services Act DCFS
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COMPLETE EXAM Questions and Answers
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Terms in this set (257)
Family Centered, Trauma Informed, and Strength
FTS
Based
Meeting between the professional helpers, family
members, and community supports of a child to
Child and Family Team
discuss the case and plan for ways to help the child
Meeting (CFTM)
and family succeed. May or may not include the child
themself
Providing family members with all of the information
Full Disclosure
available
Parents select who they want to be a part of their
Open Participation
child & family team
Collaboration Involving the family in all aspects of case planning
Planning for permanency The focus of all CFTM
a child's experience of an event that is emotionally
Trauma painful, distressful, or shocking which often results in
lasting mental and physical effects
Assists with reducing initial distress, fostering short
Psychological First Aid
term adaptive functioning, and fostering long term
(PFA)
adaptive functioning
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A wide range of sexual behaviors that take place
Sexual Abuse
between a child and an older person
Actual or attempted infliction of bodily pain and/or
Physical Abuse
injury
Acts or omissions by parents or caregivers that
Psychological
caused, or could cause, serious behavioral, cognitive,
Maltreatment
emotional, or mental disorders
The failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care
Neglect
although financially able to do so
Sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological
Types of Child Trauma
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
More intense stress responses that allow enough time
Tolerable Stress to recover, or occur in a relatively safe environment
with the presence of supportive adults
Strong, frequent or prolonged activation of the
Toxic Stress body's stress management system, without access to
supportive adults
Traumatic incidents that tend to produce discrete
Isolated Trauma (Acute) conditioned behavioral and biological responses to
reminders of the trauma
Interferes with neurobiological development and the
Complex Trauma (Chronic) capacity to integrate sensory, emotional, and
cognitive information into a cohesive whole
Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of
Examples of Protective parenting and child development, social and
Factors emotional competence of children, parent-child
relationship
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Placed orphans from eastern cities with Midwestern
Orphan Train Movement
farm families
The first federal agency concerned with the welfare of
Children's Bureau
children
DCFS Department of Children and Family Services
Dual Mandate Protecting children and supporting families
The legislative mandates that prescribe the manner in
Statutes
which government will use its powers
Case Law Based on court decisions and interpretations
Establishes requirements to receive federal funding
Social Security Act Title for family support services, time-limited family
IV-B reunification services, adoption promotion, and
support services
Allows eligible children to receive foster care
Social Security Act Title
reimbursement to achieve permanent living
IV-E
arrangements
Indian Child Welfare Act A federal statute that governs state court child
(ICWA) custody cases involving Indian children.
Prohibits any consideration of children's race or
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act
ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent
(IEPA)
placement will be in their best interest
A federal statute that requires states to take specific
placement action on behalf of children in foster care,
Adoption and Safe
such as terminating parental rights in order to
Families Act (ASFA)
facilitate adoption after a designated period of time
trying to reunite the child with its biological parents.
Fostering Connections to Extends assistance for foster care maintenance,
Success and Increasing adoption assistance, and kinship guardianship
Adoptions Act of 2008 programs to eligible youth age 18 up to age 21
Children and Family specifies the general duties and responsibilities of
Services Act DCFS
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