People & Places
This person is the attorney for the child(ren).
What is the GAL (Guardian Ad Litem)?
The case management software used by CASA volunteers and supervisors.
What is Optima?
Under IDEA, a student who fits at least 1 of the 13 defined categories can be eligible for this educational plan.
What is an IEP (Individualized Education Plan)?
This document should be sent to the Case Supervisor at least 3 weeks before a court hearing.
What is a court report?
This is an approach/lens/point of view that you can choose to use when communicating with and speaking about families. This approach looks for positive aspects, empowers families, and acknowledges progress.
Resource Lens or Strengths-Based Approach
This is the agency that the caseworker works for.
What is/are: DCFS, The Baby Fold, CYFS
Legally, Personally, Educationally, and Medically
What are the 4 ways that a CASA advocate for a child?
This is the guiding concept that all children deserve to find safe homes, permanent homes, as quickly as possible.
What is the Best Interest Principle?
This document grants you access to all documents related to the child and/or the case.
What is a court order?
The federal legislation that allows Indigenous Tribes the right to be involved in placement decisions.
What is ICWA?
This placement type involves placing a child with an adult whom the child knows but is not related to.
What is Fictive Kin?
Active CASAs complete at least 12 hours of ______ per calendar year.
What is Continuing Education or In-Service Training?
This is the term often used when a child leaves foster care without ever finding a permanent home.
What is "aging out"?
This is the name of the presiding judge in my courtroom!
Judge Brian Goldrick (McLean) OR Judge John Wright (Logan)
This demographic population is over-represented in the foster care system.
Accepting either answer:
-People of color / African American Children & Indigenous Children
-LGBTQ Children
This person is your partner in crime as a CASA. They will go make a game plan when you start a case, go to hearings & meetings with you, and they will help you write your court reports.
Who are Taylor, Amber, Jeff & Liz?
This is a CASA's initial permanency goal when assigned to a case, and is the most common permanency outcome in our CASA program.
What is reunification?
This is the name of a function in Optima. You will use this function to take notes each time you communicate with a child or adult involved in a case.
What is a "contact log"?
This is the process of pursuing multiple placement options at one time.
What is concurrent planning?
This concept occurs when a child develops high levels of maturity and responsibility, often inappropriate for their age.
What is Parentification?
This person is required to provide a foster child with the Foster Youth Bill of Rights.
This is the hearing/stage of a case in which CASAs are usually appointed by the judge.
What is the dispositional hearing?
This document is created by the child protection agency after a child is removed from the home. The document outlines the circumstances that caused the child to be removed, the family's needs at this time, and the services each person needs to complete before reunification can be achieved.
What is a Family Service Plan?
This court process specific to the McLean County Juvenile Abuse/Neglect Court provides specialized services to families struggling with substance use disorders, and supports parents in making healthy life changes.
What is Family Treatment Court (FTC)?
SUD
IPV
(What do these acronyms stand for?)
What is... a Substance Use Disorder
What is... Intimate Partner Violence