FTS - ANSWER Family Centered, Trauma Informed, and Strength Based
Child and Family Team Meeting (CFTM) - ANSWER 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...
FTS - ANSWER Family Centered, Trauma Informed, and Strength Based
Child and Family Team Meeting (CFTM) - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Providing family members with all of the information available
Open Participation - ANSWER Parents select who they want to be a part of their child & family team
Collaboration - ANSWER Involving the family in all aspects of case planning
Planning for permanency - ANSWER The focus of all CFTM
Trauma - ANSWER 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) - ANSWER Assists with reducing initial distress, fostering short term
adaptive functioning, and fostering long term adaptive functioning
Sexual Abuse - ANSWER A wide range of sexual behaviors that take place between a child and an
older person
Physical Abuse - ANSWER Actual or attempted infliction of bodily pain and/or injury
Psychological Maltreatment - ANSWER Acts or omissions by parents or caregivers that caused, or
could cause, serious behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorders
,Neglect - ANSWER The failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care although financially able to
do so
Types of Child Trauma - ANSWER Sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, and
neglect
ACES - ANSWER Adverse Childhood Experiences
Three Types of Stress - ANSWER Positive stress, tolerable stress, and toxic stress
Tolerable Stress - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Strong, frequent or prolonged activation of the body's stress management
system, without access to supportive adults
Isolated Trauma (Acute) - ANSWER Traumatic incidents that tend to produce discrete conditioned
behavioral and biological responses to reminders of the trauma
Complex Trauma (Chronic) - ANSWER Interferes with neurobiological development and the capacity
to integrate sensory, emotional, and cognitive information into a cohesive whole
Examples of Protective Factors - ANSWER Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of
parenting and child development, social and emotional competence of children, parent-child
relationship
Orphan Train Movement - ANSWER Placed orphans from eastern cities with Midwestern farm
families
Children's Bureau - ANSWER The first federal agency concerned with the welfare of children
DCFS - ANSWER Department of Children and Family Services
, Dual Mandate - ANSWER Protecting children and supporting families
Statutes - ANSWER The legislative mandates that prescribe the manner in which government will
use its powers
Case Law - ANSWER Based on court decisions and interpretations
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER specifies the general duties and responsibilities of DCFS
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (ANCRA) - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER people who are required to report suspected or observed abuse or
neglect due to their regular contact with vulnerable populations
Juvenile Court Act - ANSWER Establishes the authority of Juvenile Court to intervene in the lives of
children and families
Adoption Act - ANSWER Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures governing
adoption of children
Child Care Act - ANSWER Establishes the licensing regulations governing child welfare agencies,
foster family homes, group homes, child care institutions, day care agencies, and individual day care
providers
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children - ANSWER Governs the provision of care for
children in foster care from one state to another
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