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Transformation Teams - CORRECT ANSWERS -A multi-disciplinary group of
stakeholders and include child welfare professionals, lawyers, judges, court personnel,
health providers, school personnel, parents, former youth in care and advocates. The
team is charged with examining the role that institutional racism contributes to the over
representation of children of color in the child welfare system
Four Stages of Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS -Information gathering,
information analysis, drawing conclusions, decision-making
Illinois Model of Integrated Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS -Developed to improve
the capacity to address not only critical safety and risk factors, but also the medical,
developmental, behavioral and emotional needs of children
Minimum Parenting Standards - CORRECT ANSWERS -The parent must see to it that
the children are: adequately fed, clothed appropriately for the weather, provided with
adequate shelter, protected from severe physical, mental, and emotional harm, and
provided with necessary medical care and education as required by law
Safety - CORRECT ANSWERS -When a child in the household is not in immediate
danger of moderate to severe harm
Safety Concern - CORRECT ANSWERS -The potential harm to the child which could
be immediate or in the very near future and moderate to severe if an invention is not
made to control the situation
Risk - CORRECT ANSWERS -The likelihood of any degree of longer-term future
harm/maltreatment
Ecomap - CORRECT ANSWERS -A pictorial representation of family connections
Genogram - CORRECT ANSWERS -A visual, inter-generational presentation of the
family, like a family tree
Home Safety Checklist - CORRECT ANSWERS -Identifies common household dangers
that can cause unintentional injury or death to children
Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol (CERAP) - CORRECT ANSWERS -A
structured approach to decision-making designed to guide, support, and document FTS
- CORRECT ANSWERS -Family Centered, Trauma Informed, and Strength Based
Child and Family Team Meeting (CFTM) - CORRECT ANSWERS -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 - CORRECT ANSWERS -Providing family members with all of the
information available
Open Participation - CORRECT ANSWERS -Parents select who they want to be a part
of their child & family team
Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWERS -Involving the family in all aspects of case
planning
Planning for permanency - CORRECT ANSWERS -The focus of all CFTM
Trauma - CORRECT ANSWERS -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) - CORRECT ANSWERS -Assists with reducing initial
distress, fostering short term adaptive functioning, and fostering long term adaptive
functioning
Sexual Abuse - CORRECT ANSWERS -A wide range of sexual behaviors that take
place between a child and an older person
Physical Abuse - CORRECT ANSWERS -Actual or attempted infliction of bodily pain
and/or injury
Psychological Maltreatment - CORRECT ANSWERS -Acts or omissions by parents or
caregivers that caused, or could cause, serious behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or
mental disorders
Neglect - CORRECT ANSWERS -The failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care
although financially able to do so
Types of Child Trauma - CORRECT ANSWERS -Sexual abuse, physical abuse,
psychological maltreatment, and neglect
ACES - CORRECT ANSWERS -Adverse Childhood Experiences
Three Types of Stress - CORRECT ANSWERS -Positive stress, tolerable stress, and
toxic stress
Positive Stress - CORRECT ANSWERS -Moderate, short-lived stress responses
Tolerable Stress - CORRECT ANSWERS -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 - CORRECT ANSWERS -Strong, frequent or prolonged activation of the
body's stress management system, without access to supportive adults
Isolated Trauma (Acute) - CORRECT ANSWERS -Traumatic incidents that tend to
produce discrete conditioned behavioral and biological responses to reminders of the
trauma
Complex Trauma (Chronic) - CORRECT ANSWERS -Interferes with neurobiological
development and the capacity to integrate sensory, emotional, and cognitive information
into a cohesive whole
Examples of Protective Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS -Parental resilience, social
connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, social and emotional
competence of children, parent-child relationship
Orphan Train Movement - CORRECT ANSWERS -Placed orphans from eastern cities
with Midwestern farm families
Children's Bureau - CORRECT ANSWERS -The first federal agency concerned with the
welfare of children
DCFS - CORRECT ANSWERS -Department of Children and Family Services
Dual Mandate - CORRECT ANSWERS -Protecting children and supporting families
Statutes - CORRECT ANSWERS -The legislative mandates that prescribe the manner
in which government will use its powers
Case Law - CORRECT ANSWERS -Based on court decisions and interpretations
Social Security Act Title IV-B - CORRECT ANSWERS -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 - CORRECT ANSWERS -Allows eligible children to
receive foster care reimbursement to achieve permanent living arrangements
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) - CORRECT ANSWERS -A federal statute that
governs state court child custody cases involving Indian children.
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS -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) - CORRECT ANSWERS -A federal statute that
requires states to take specific placement action on behalf of children in foster care,
Transformation Teams - CORRECT ANSWERS -A multi-disciplinary group of
stakeholders and include child welfare professionals, lawyers, judges, court personnel,
health providers, school personnel, parents, former youth in care and advocates. The
team is charged with examining the role that institutional racism contributes to the over
representation of children of color in the child welfare system
Four Stages of Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS -Information gathering,
information analysis, drawing conclusions, decision-making
Illinois Model of Integrated Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS -Developed to improve
the capacity to address not only critical safety and risk factors, but also the medical,
developmental, behavioral and emotional needs of children
Minimum Parenting Standards - CORRECT ANSWERS -The parent must see to it that
the children are: adequately fed, clothed appropriately for the weather, provided with
adequate shelter, protected from severe physical, mental, and emotional harm, and
provided with necessary medical care and education as required by law
Safety - CORRECT ANSWERS -When a child in the household is not in immediate
danger of moderate to severe harm
Safety Concern - CORRECT ANSWERS -The potential harm to the child which could
be immediate or in the very near future and moderate to severe if an invention is not
made to control the situation
Risk - CORRECT ANSWERS -The likelihood of any degree of longer-term future
harm/maltreatment
Ecomap - CORRECT ANSWERS -A pictorial representation of family connections
Genogram - CORRECT ANSWERS -A visual, inter-generational presentation of the
family, like a family tree
Home Safety Checklist - CORRECT ANSWERS -Identifies common household dangers
that can cause unintentional injury or death to children
Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol (CERAP) - CORRECT ANSWERS -A
structured approach to decision-making designed to guide, support, and document FTS
- CORRECT ANSWERS -Family Centered, Trauma Informed, and Strength Based
Child and Family Team Meeting (CFTM) - CORRECT ANSWERS -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 - CORRECT ANSWERS -Providing family members with all of the
information available
Open Participation - CORRECT ANSWERS -Parents select who they want to be a part
of their child & family team
Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWERS -Involving the family in all aspects of case
planning
Planning for permanency - CORRECT ANSWERS -The focus of all CFTM
Trauma - CORRECT ANSWERS -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) - CORRECT ANSWERS -Assists with reducing initial
distress, fostering short term adaptive functioning, and fostering long term adaptive
functioning
Sexual Abuse - CORRECT ANSWERS -A wide range of sexual behaviors that take
place between a child and an older person
Physical Abuse - CORRECT ANSWERS -Actual or attempted infliction of bodily pain
and/or injury
Psychological Maltreatment - CORRECT ANSWERS -Acts or omissions by parents or
caregivers that caused, or could cause, serious behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or
mental disorders
Neglect - CORRECT ANSWERS -The failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care
although financially able to do so
Types of Child Trauma - CORRECT ANSWERS -Sexual abuse, physical abuse,
psychological maltreatment, and neglect
ACES - CORRECT ANSWERS -Adverse Childhood Experiences
Three Types of Stress - CORRECT ANSWERS -Positive stress, tolerable stress, and
toxic stress
Positive Stress - CORRECT ANSWERS -Moderate, short-lived stress responses
Tolerable Stress - CORRECT ANSWERS -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 - CORRECT ANSWERS -Strong, frequent or prolonged activation of the
body's stress management system, without access to supportive adults
Isolated Trauma (Acute) - CORRECT ANSWERS -Traumatic incidents that tend to
produce discrete conditioned behavioral and biological responses to reminders of the
trauma
Complex Trauma (Chronic) - CORRECT ANSWERS -Interferes with neurobiological
development and the capacity to integrate sensory, emotional, and cognitive information
into a cohesive whole
Examples of Protective Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS -Parental resilience, social
connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, social and emotional
competence of children, parent-child relationship
Orphan Train Movement - CORRECT ANSWERS -Placed orphans from eastern cities
with Midwestern farm families
Children's Bureau - CORRECT ANSWERS -The first federal agency concerned with the
welfare of children
DCFS - CORRECT ANSWERS -Department of Children and Family Services
Dual Mandate - CORRECT ANSWERS -Protecting children and supporting families
Statutes - CORRECT ANSWERS -The legislative mandates that prescribe the manner
in which government will use its powers
Case Law - CORRECT ANSWERS -Based on court decisions and interpretations
Social Security Act Title IV-B - CORRECT ANSWERS -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 - CORRECT ANSWERS -Allows eligible children to
receive foster care reimbursement to achieve permanent living arrangements
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) - CORRECT ANSWERS -A federal statute that
governs state court child custody cases involving Indian children.
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS -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) - CORRECT ANSWERS -A federal statute that
requires states to take specific placement action on behalf of children in foster care,
