Illinois Child Welfare

ILLINOIS CHILD WELFARE FUNDAMENTALS STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% PASS Practice - Answer Means by which individuals and families are helped to change their behaviors and circumstances family centered practice - Answer working w/fams across systems, focuses on needs & welfare of children in the context of fam & comm. trauma informed practice - Answer a child's exp of an event that is emotionally painful, distressful, or shocking lasting in mental & physical effects. psychological first aid - Answer PFA- evidence informed approach 4 assisting ppl n the immediate aftermath of a loss, disaster, or exposure 2 trauma & terrorism. fosters long/short term adoptive functioning & reducing initial distress Positive Stress - Answer Moderate, short-lived stress responses. Tolerable Stress - Answer More intense stress repsonse that allow enough time 2 recover or safe envrnmnt w/supportive adults. Toxic Stress - Answer Strong, frequent, or prolonged activation of the body's stress mngmnt systm w/o access 2 supportive adults. isolated trauma - Answer acute, incidents tend 2 produce discrete conditioned behavioral & biological responses 2 reminders of the trauma(ptds). ex: witness 2 criminal act Complex Trauma - Answer Chronic, interests w/neurobiological dvlmp & the capacity 2 integrate sensory,emotional&cognitive info into a cohesive whole. failure of parent 2 protect or nurture. Ex: ongoing neglect caused by substance abusing parents. child and family team meetings - Answer CFTM, center of our casework activities, info flow 2 & from CFTM vicarious trauma - Answer change that happens because u care about othr ppl who have been hurt,and/are responsible 2 help them, result of empathetic engagement w traumatized clients. orphan train movement - Answer early foster care 1850-early 2000 placed 150,000 children from eastern cities w Midwest farm fam's, valued n terms of the labor they could provide.