Illinois CWEL Study Guide Graded A+

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 soTypes of Child Trauma - Sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, and neglect ACES - Adverse Childhood Experiences