Foster Care
What is Foster Care
The child(ren) return to their parent or caregiver
What is Reunification
Case mangers should always try to connect children with......when possible
What is Kin
An interactive, face to face between a child and his or her parents, siblings or other family members
What is Visitation
The parallel pursuit of an alternative permanency goal (e.g., adoption) that would best serve the child in the event reunification cannot occur
What is Concurrent Planning
Smooth the Transition
Terminates the former legal parents rights, child supports obligations and adoptive parents are awarded all legal rights
What is Adoptions
Prohibits agencies from denying any person the opportunity to become an adoptive or a foster parent on the basis of race, color, or national originof the adoptive parent, foster parent, or of the child involved
What is MEPA
This must be created within 30 days of a child entering foster care
What is a Visitation Plan
Parents and foster parents working together for the safety and well-being of the child toward the goal of reunification.
What is Shared Parenting
A federal class action lawsuit brought against the state of South Carolina and South Carolina Department of Social Services in 2015 alleging violations of Class Members’ constitutional and statutory rights. Class Members in this lawsuit were defined as all children in foster care either now or in the future.
What is the Michelle H. Lawsuit
Parents rights remain intact. Parents can reclaim custody of the child
What is Guardianship
A federal law that seeks to keep Native American children with Native American families.
What is ICWA
Facilitated by an adult pre-approved by SCDSS. This level of visitation supervision involves intermittent observation of the visit due to current risks and warrants a necessary assessment of parental capacity.
What is Monitored Visitation
The standard that allows foster parents have the right to make decisions related to the day-to-day activities of foster children under their care
What is the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
Strengthen intake and investigative practices related to reports of abuse/neglect of foster children in foster homes and group homes
What is OHAN (Out of Home Abuse and Neglect)
What is APPLA (Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement)
Foster children who have a documented mental health diagnosis may qualify for support from
What is the Interagency System of Caring for Emotionally Disturbed Children (ISCEDC)
Facilitated by a SCDSS case manager due to safety concerns and the necessary assessment of parental capacity by SCDSS during the visit
What is Supervised Visitation
True or False. A child has the right to refuse Visitation
What is True
The 5 different foster care placement settings are....
In Foster Care, case mangers must keep focus on long term and short term goals. Define what is achieved during the long-term and short-term goal
What is Long-term is for the child to achieve permanency
Short-term is to find a safe environment that will foster the child's well-being
What is Placement Notification Form, Placement Exception Request form and the Universal Application
The Primary Goals of Visitation are
What is to meet the child's developmental need for maintaining and enhancing relationships with family members and to reduce the child's sense of loss due to removal are
This model can be used when encountering resistance during many points in the case.
What is SHER (surfacing the resistance, Honoring the resistance, exploring the resistance and rechecking)