MBI
Reporting Live
Behave Yourself
Statutue
Kitchen Sink
100
Grounds for TPR, MBI, least restrictive means
What are the elements required for TPR?
100
True/False – GAL reports should be submitted to the CAM 7 days before the scheduled hearing
False – GAL reports should be submitted to the CAM no later than 14 business days before the scheduled hearing.
100
Your honor
What is how should you address the judge?
100
Statute 39
What is the statute that governs our program?
100
30 days
What is how often a GAL must see their children on their cases.
200
True/False Only the eleven relevant factors listed under “Manifest best interests of the child” (Section 39.810) can be considered by the court in determining the best interests of the child.
What is False “The court shall consider and evaluate all relevant factors, including, but not limited to”
200
Calculated in months
What is the length of time children are in out-of-home care calculated?
200
Notes, tap on the shoulder, text
What is how can I tell the attorney something during the hearing?
200
12 months
What is the length of time the statutue indicates a child should reach permanency?
200
True/False: A GAL can openly discuss their cases with anyone
False: All records and information are confidential and should only be discussed with persons or agencies associated with the case.
300
Reviewing the GAL reports, reviewing your contact with the parents, reviewing your contact with the children, reviewing your contact with any therapists/providers/school etc., discussing the case with the CAM and TPR attorney.
What is permissible preparation for MBI testimony?
300
True/False – possible case plan goals include Reunification, Adoption, Permanent Guardianship, Fit and Willing Relative, Foster Care, or APPLA
FALSE – Foster Care and Fit and Willing Relative is not a goal
300
When another party objects
What is when should you stop testifying?
300
Any person who knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a child is abused, abdandoned or neglected by a parent, legal custodian, or caregiver, or other person responsible for the child's welfare.
What is a mandatory reporter
300
True/False: A GAL can supervise visitation.
False: A GAL can observe parental visitation but cannot supervise visitation.
400
Lack of consistent outreach to parents, bias against parents, relying on DCF info only (no independent verification).
What are areas on which parent’s attorneys will attack the GAL’s credibility.
400
True/False: If a caretaker moves, it counts as a change in placement
FALSE – number of placements is viewed in terms of number of caretakers
400
True/False – your answer to a question should never be “I don’t know”
FALSE – this is an acceptable answer if it is accurate
400
3 days
What is the time frame the department (ChildNet) must file the Judicial Review Social Services Report (JRSSR) with the court
400
True/False: A GAL should use the term "I" in their reports and notes.
False: When writing visitation reports in Optima or court reports GAL should refrain from using the term "I" and use the term "this GAL".
500
True/False Following are the eleven factors listed in 39.810: suitable permanent custody arrangement with a relative; parents’ ability to provide food, clothing, medical care or other remedial care; parents’ capacity to safely care for the child; the present mental and physical health needs of the child; the love, affection, and other emotional ties existing between the child and the child’s parent(s), siblings, and other relatives, and the degree of harm that would arise from TPR; likelihood of being retained in current grade; the child’s ability to form a significant relationship with a parental substitute and the likelihood that the child will enter into a more stable and permanent family relationship; the length of time that the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment and the desirability of maintaining continuity; the depth of the relationship between the child and the present custodian; the reasonable preferences and wishes of the child; the GAL recommendations.
False – there is no consideration of the likelihood of being retained in the current grade. The factor is the likelihood of an older child remaining in long-term foster care.
500
True/False: GAL reports should include collateral information, unbiased recommendations and observations.
True
500
dependency trials/tpr trials
What is when hearsay NOT allowed?
500
ICPC
What is Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
500
True/False: Its important to put visitation notes into Optima within 48 hours.
True
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