Strengths-Based Language
Behavioral Descriptors
Cross System Terms
Agency Terms
STAAND Language Shift
100

Colored or Person of Color

What is Black or African American?

100

Mentally ill or Crazy

What is mental health condition?

100

Respondent, Mom, Dad, Juvenile, Client

What is the person's first name?

100

At-Risk Families

What is Families with Potential?

100

Collateral

What is the Family Network?
200

Cultural Competence

What is Culutral Humility?

200

Handicap Parking

What is accessible parking?

200

Visually impaired

What is blind or low vision?
200

Case

What is Family?
200

Abscondence

What is absent?

300

Gay

What is LGBTQIA+ Community?

300

Cancer victim

What is a person with cancer?

300

Fragile

What is in need of specialized care?

300

Visitation

What is Family Time?

300

Emancipation

What is aging out?

400

Spanish or Hispanic

What is Latino, Latina, or Latinx?

400

Addict, Junkie, or Abuser

Who is a person with an addiction or a persona with substnace use disorder?

400

On the Spectrum

What is neurodivergent or neurodiverse?
400

Removal

What is separation?

400

Hotline Call

What is a referral?

500

Alien or Illegal Immigrant

What is an undocumented person or person seeking citizenship?

500

Dirty Drug Test

What is positive test?

500

Relapse

What is recurrence?

500

In the field

What is in the community?

500

Safe Case Closure

What is sustained well-being?

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