ACE
5 Domains
FAMs
The Practice Model
This and That
100

This is what ACE stands for

What is Adverse Childhood Experiences?

100

The degree to which a person has and perceives a sufficient number and diversity of relationships that allow him/her to give and receive information, emotional support and material aid; create a sense of belonging and value, and foster growth.

What is Social Connectedness?

100

The 3 columns of a Family Assessment Map

What is "What are we worried about?", "What's working well?" and "What needs to happen?"

100

Formally known as "The Practice Model", this is also informally called THIS, in honor of the director who developed it?

What is Tim's House?

100

When helping support stability, THESE are small routines/habits that help establish predictability

What are ANCHORS?

200

This is the range of scores an individual can receive on the traditional ACE scale.

What is 0 to 10?

200

The degree to which a person can expect his/her situation/status to be fundamentally the same from one day to the next, where this adequate predictability for a person to concentrate on the here and now and on the future, growth and change; and where small obstacles don’t set off big cascades.

What is Stability?

200

The three components of the Worries column on a Family Assessment Map.

What is past harm, future danger, and complicating factors?

200

The three foundational bases of the Practice Model.

What are Signs of Safety, Trauma informed practice, and the 5 Domains of Wellbeing?

200

Often as a result of THIS in their past, some people prefer a maladaptive coping mechanism because it is less anxiety provoking than the stressor.

What is TRAUMA?

300

Adults with an ACE score of 6 or more, had a life expectancy of THIS MANY years less than those without high levels of ACEs.

What is 20

300

The degree to which a person can be her/his authentic self and not be at heightened risk of physical or emotional harm.

What is SAFETY?

300

What is happening, the positive impact on the child, and how it did or is protecting the child.

What is Demonstrated Safety?

300

TDM is the abbreviation for THIS new initiative coming soon to our circuit!

What is Team Decision Making?

300

Allowing the family to be the Captain and give them as much control as safely possible, giving them choices, and celebrating progress and not just success are all ways to work with families struggling with THIS DOMAIN.

What is MASTERY?

400

Early trauma has been found to cause changes in certain structures - including this executive organ.


What is the BRAIN?

400

The degree to which a person feels in control of his/her fate and the decisions that he/she makes, and where he/she experiences some correlation between efforts and outcomes.

What is MASTERY?

400

This piece of a family assessment map helps the worker, family, and other team members rate the current situation and helps develop conversations about Next Steps.

What is the SAFETY SCALE?

400

Missouri’s child welfare system is now driven by four key policy priorities focused on increasing safety, permanency, and wellbeing; together these create the "roof" of the Practice Model.  Name one of them.

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1. Seeing families accurately through the full frame of their lives allows us to better understand behavior, emphasizes curiosity and critical thinking, minimizes tradeoffs, and moves beyond symptoms and compliance to sustainable change. 

2. Engaging children, youth, families, and communities as partners improves working relationships, which are fundamental to developing safety and wellbeing networks in families and communities. 

3. Making informed decisions through inclusive processes, data, research, and evaluation ensures decisions are based on reliable information, includes diverse perspectives, and leads to individualized and realistic goal setting and cross-system accountability. 

4. Strengthening frontline practice and supporting what works through a clear and evolving practice model based on values, principles, experience, and results. 

400

A frequently encountered concept that occurs when deciding if gaining something in one Domain is worth giving something up in another.

What are TRADEOFFS?

500

Alcoholism, chronic pulmonary disease, depression, illicit drug use, liver disease, adolescent pregnancy and many more.

What are some examples of health and behavior problems a person with a higher ACE score might experience?

500

The names of all 5 of the Domains of Wellbeing

What is safety, mastery

stability

social connectedness

Meaningful Access to Relevant Resources?

500

The 3 pieces that must be in a good "Future Danger" statement.

What is:
Who is worried?
What might happen? (possible bx offender)

Possible negative impact to the child/children?

500

The BEST specialist in the entire 30th Circuit.  :)

Recruitment/Retention, Training/Coaching, Career Ladder, and Leadership Academies are all part of THIS pillar of the Practice Model.

What is workforce and leadership development?

500

The names of our current governor, current DSS director, and current CD Interim Director

Who are MICHAEL L. PARSON, GOVERNOR • STEVE CORSI, PsyD., DIRECTOR; and Julie Lester.