Permanence
An agency approved, certified, or licensed home for a planned, temporary period of time
What is Foster Care?
Indicated by unexplained bruises, welts, burns, fractures, etc.
What is Physical abuse?
What is Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)?
Addressed and best responds to the needs of a child who has been maltreated and traumatized
What is Trauma Informed Care?
The policy limiting information that may be discussed about children and their families
What is Confidentiality?
A permanent legal relationship involving the complete severance of all parental rights of the birth parents.
What is Adoption?
Typically indicated by difficulty walking, sitting, torn/stained underclothing, pain, swelling or itching in genital area, pain when urinating.
What is Sexual Abuse?
The legal intervention of a child welfare agency through the judicial system to protect children and families
What is Child Protective Services (CPS)?
People, places, activities, internal sensations, or other things that trigger memories of a traumatic experience.
What are Trauma Reminders?
The state agency of Connecticut providing family services
What is DCF?
Birth parents no longer have right to make decisions for the child, but maintain certain parental rights. Birth parents can petition the court to regain custody of the child.
What is Transfer of Guardianship?
Indicated by children who are underweight, have poor growth patterns, are consistently hungry, have poor hygiene, are inappropriately dressed, lack of supervision, unattended medical needs, who are abandoned, beg or steal food.
What is Neglect?
The assurance of a family for a child intended to last a lifetime
What is Permanence?
A situation, interaction, or environmental factor that replicates events, or dynamics of prior traumas and triggers feelings & reactions associated with those original traumas
What is Retraumatization?
Agency providing therapeutic services to foster child and foster family
What is Boys & Girls Village?
Provides services and supports to youth for a successful transition to self-sufficiency and adulthood.
What is Independent Living?
Indicated by a combination of behavioral indicators including speech disorder, lags in physical development, failure to thrive, hyperactive/disruptive behaviors, empty facial appearance, habit disorders, learning disorders, neurotic traits and behavioral extremes.
What is Emotional Maltreatment?
The formulation of methods to provide services to children & their families to help keep children with their parents if at all possible.
What is Permanency Planning?
When helping a child in crisis, a foster parent should pay attention to their own ____
What is Body Language? (Tone of voice, eye contact, etc)
ACR (Administrative Case Review)
Youth can remain in foster care until age ___ if they are working or going to school full time
What is 23?
DCF always tries to place children with ____ before placing them in a foster home
What is Family?
The development of 2 permanency goals at the same time.
What is Concurrent Planning?
The best way for a foster parent to understand their childs behaviors and needs is to attend ____ with them weekly
Therapy
Meeting in which foster parents learn everything BGV and DCF know about a case prior to accepting placement.