Illinois CWEL Study Guide Practice Test

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 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 - people who are required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect due to their regular contact with vulnerable populations Juvenile Court Act - Establishes the authority of Juvenile Court to intervene in the lives of children and families Adoption Act - Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures governing adoption of children Child Care Act - 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 - Governs the provision of care for children in foster care from one state to another Emancipation of Mature Minors Act - Provides a means by which a mature minor who has demonstrated the ability and capacity to manage his own affairs and live independently may obtain legal status of an emancipated person Foster Parent Law - Outlines foster parent rights and responsibilities Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act - Allows and infant no more than 30 days old to be relinquished to a hospital, police station, or emergency medical facility without question or consequence to the parent Illinois Domestic Violence Act - Civil law that allows individuals to request orders of protection against individuals who are inflicting physical abuse or neglect, or exploiting family/household members or high-risk adults Probate Act - Governs guardianship of minors and adults Consent Decrees - While they are not laws, they have the force of the law and child welfare professionals must comply Aristotle P V. McDonald - Requires DCFS to make a diligent search to locate joint placement for siblings, as well as place siblings together, unless there are certain exceptions Bates V. McDonald - Requires DCFS to provide weekly parent-child visits for children in substitute care with a "return home" goal