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Illinois Child Welfare Fundamentals
Questions and Answers Exam
ACES - ANSWER>>Adverse childhood experiences
Orphan train movement - ANSWER>>Placed as many as 150,000 children from
eastern cities, orphans or children feom poor families, with midwest farm families
1.settlement movement - ANSWER>>1.settlement movement
Children's Bureau - ANSWER>>Was established in 1920. The first federal agency
comcerned with the welfare of children.
Amendment in 1939 that made federal funds avaliable for services to children -
ANSWER>>social security act titleIV-b
Department of Children and Family Services - ANSWER>>Was created in January
1, 1964 by the illinois legislature so the state assumed fundamental responsibility
for safeguarding all illinois children and families
Dual mandate - ANSWER>>Protecting children and supporting families
mission of the Department of children and family services - ANSWER>>safety, well
being, permanent families
Social Security Act Title IV-B - ANSWER>>reasonable efforts must be made to
prevent a child from entering foster care, and to reunify a child with the child's
family-parents make reasonable progress
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Safe haven law - ANSWER>>Allows an 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.
IEPA - ANSWER>>inter-ethnic placement act- prohibits any consideration of
children's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent placement will
be in the best insterest
Social Security Act Title IV-E - ANSWER>>reasonable efforts to move children to
permanency
fits vision statement - ANSWER>>partnering with families in making decisions,
setting goals,and achieving desired outcomes family importance, usable
strengths, identifying, the effects of adverse traumatic experiences
family centered, trauma informed, strength based practice fts -
ANSWER>>connected to parents use trauma lens and impact of trauma on
behavior and development strength based build strengths when planning
cftm - ANSWER>>child and family team meeting
planning for permanency - ANSWER>>is the focus of all child and family meetings
engagement
full disclosure
open participation
collaboration
planning for permanency - ANSWER>>engagement
full disclosure
open participation
collaboration
planning for permanency
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how many out of 10 kids witness violence - ANSWER>>four
a court hearing must occur no later than how many months after the date
entered foster care, best interests - ANSWER>>a court hearing must occur no
later than how many months after the date entered foster care, best interests
attachment birth to 21/2 - ANSWER>>cannot trust or expect basic needs will be
met, listless, unresponsive, irritable unable to calm, agitated, inconsolable,
looking away
consent decree - ANSWER>>have the force of law
ace separation, loss and child guilt - ANSWER>>effects or placement
joint placement for siblings must have visits for siblings four hours a month -
ANSWER>>Aristotle v mcdonald
protective factors - ANSWER>>existing strengths of the family. they help assist
families to overcome the stressors that can maybe lead to abuse
visitation weekly with parents - ANSWER>>how often do parents get to visit
children in placement
vicarious trauma - ANSWER>>occupational hazard for those working with
traumatized persons and materials Parallel those of direct trauma but less intense
dcfs must meet a standard of care protects from harm - ANSWER>>BH v
MCdonald
prevention of cruelty to children - ANSWER>>the first legal intervention into child
abuse occurred in 1874 in new york
Burgos v Suter - ANSWER>>provide Spanish services for Spanish speaking families
Illinois Child Welfare Fundamentals
Questions and Answers Exam
ACES - ANSWER>>Adverse childhood experiences
Orphan train movement - ANSWER>>Placed as many as 150,000 children from
eastern cities, orphans or children feom poor families, with midwest farm families
1.settlement movement - ANSWER>>1.settlement movement
Children's Bureau - ANSWER>>Was established in 1920. The first federal agency
comcerned with the welfare of children.
Amendment in 1939 that made federal funds avaliable for services to children -
ANSWER>>social security act titleIV-b
Department of Children and Family Services - ANSWER>>Was created in January
1, 1964 by the illinois legislature so the state assumed fundamental responsibility
for safeguarding all illinois children and families
Dual mandate - ANSWER>>Protecting children and supporting families
mission of the Department of children and family services - ANSWER>>safety, well
being, permanent families
Social Security Act Title IV-B - ANSWER>>reasonable efforts must be made to
prevent a child from entering foster care, and to reunify a child with the child's
family-parents make reasonable progress
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Safe haven law - ANSWER>>Allows an 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.
IEPA - ANSWER>>inter-ethnic placement act- prohibits any consideration of
children's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent placement will
be in the best insterest
Social Security Act Title IV-E - ANSWER>>reasonable efforts to move children to
permanency
fits vision statement - ANSWER>>partnering with families in making decisions,
setting goals,and achieving desired outcomes family importance, usable
strengths, identifying, the effects of adverse traumatic experiences
family centered, trauma informed, strength based practice fts -
ANSWER>>connected to parents use trauma lens and impact of trauma on
behavior and development strength based build strengths when planning
cftm - ANSWER>>child and family team meeting
planning for permanency - ANSWER>>is the focus of all child and family meetings
engagement
full disclosure
open participation
collaboration
planning for permanency - ANSWER>>engagement
full disclosure
open participation
collaboration
planning for permanency
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how many out of 10 kids witness violence - ANSWER>>four
a court hearing must occur no later than how many months after the date
entered foster care, best interests - ANSWER>>a court hearing must occur no
later than how many months after the date entered foster care, best interests
attachment birth to 21/2 - ANSWER>>cannot trust or expect basic needs will be
met, listless, unresponsive, irritable unable to calm, agitated, inconsolable,
looking away
consent decree - ANSWER>>have the force of law
ace separation, loss and child guilt - ANSWER>>effects or placement
joint placement for siblings must have visits for siblings four hours a month -
ANSWER>>Aristotle v mcdonald
protective factors - ANSWER>>existing strengths of the family. they help assist
families to overcome the stressors that can maybe lead to abuse
visitation weekly with parents - ANSWER>>how often do parents get to visit
children in placement
vicarious trauma - ANSWER>>occupational hazard for those working with
traumatized persons and materials Parallel those of direct trauma but less intense
dcfs must meet a standard of care protects from harm - ANSWER>>BH v
MCdonald
prevention of cruelty to children - ANSWER>>the first legal intervention into child
abuse occurred in 1874 in new york
Burgos v Suter - ANSWER>>provide Spanish services for Spanish speaking families
