Illinois CWEL Study Guide
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. M...
Illinois CWEL Study Guide 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 eff ects 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 ol der 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 m anagement 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 neurob iological 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 emot ional 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 Chi ldren 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 chil dren. 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 Connec tions 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 d uties and responsibilities of DCFS
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