Disorder-ly
Children with this disorder struggle with low self-esteem, low performance in the classroom, and difficult relationships. Symptoms occurs the same in males and females. Symptoms include Inability to pay attention and hyperactivity.
What is ADHD?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
This will address your child's unique educational abilities and needs and describe how he/she will access the general curriculum.
What is IEP?
Individualized Education Plan
The action or fact of legally taking another's child and bringing it up as one's own. The act of joining a forever family
What is adoption?
A common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Also causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed.
What is depression?
This service is provided by licensed professionals who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination
a common condition that makes it difficult and challenging for a child to focus and concentrate. Children with this condition has a hard time completing tasks, struggles with being organized, lack of focus, forgetfulness, and social skill challenges.
What is ADD?
Attention Deficit Disorder
This is a service that improves your ability to talk and use other language skills. This can be implemented for children at a young age and is a part of programs like Babies Can't Wait and Bright from the Start.
What is Speech Therapy?
A temporary service provided by States for children who cannot live with their families. It is also the reason we are all meeting today.
What is foster care?
Can be caused by a forceful bump, blow, or jolt to the head or body, or from an object that pierces the skull and enters the brain.
What is a Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI?
Intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. Fast heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating, and feeling tired may occur.
What is Anxiety?
Starts as early as Pre-School but almost always before teenage years. Signs that you can look for in children are Anger/ Irritability, Argumentative and defiant behavior, and Vindictiveness (Spiteful & seeking revenge)
What is ODD?
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
The process of meeting with a licensed professional to resolve problematic behaviors, beliefs, feelings, relationship issues, and/or somatic responses (sensations in the body)
What is Counseling/therapy?
This is the parenting between caregivers and birth parents that is designed to keep bio-parents parenting while their children are in out-of-home placement.
What is a Partnership Parent?
A term used when a person has certain limitations in cognitive functioning and skills, including conceptual, social and practical skills, such as language, social and self-care skills. This can range from Mild, Medium to Severe.
What is Intellectual Disability (ID)
is a mental illness that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, activity levels, and concentration.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
a condition where a child doesn't form healthy emotional bonds with their caretakers (parental figures), often because of emotional neglect or abuse at an early age.
What is RAD?
Reactive Attachment Disorder
This is a form of therapy that has been shown to help kids with autism learn skills and lessen problematic behavior like hurting themselves.
What is ABA therapy?
Applied Behavior Analysis
Care coordinators. They evaluate the needs of clients (individuals, families, children, etc.), identify the services needed, and create a plan to provide that care.
Hint: You see them often
What is a case manager?
Neurological developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others. Early signs of this condition include children being sensitive to loud noises, issues with communication, avoiding eye contact, repetitive movements or speech patterns, and prefers to be alone.
Repeated moves among foster care placements, which reflect a pattern of reciprocal alienation and rejection between a child and successive caregivers.
What is Placement Disruption?
Symptoms include:
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
These services are designed to assist the youth and the family in a community-based setting. These settings can be in the youth’s home, school, or other community locations. The services are designed to meet the goals set by DJJ, the youth, and the family.
What are wraparound services?
Services like anger management, ABA services, counseling, food support.
Charged with recruiting, retaining and supporting foster, adoptive and kinship caregivers.
Hint: This is our REAL unit title. (No cheating)
Caregiver Recruitment and Retention Unit (CRRU)
is a condition is on a spectrum with generally higher functioning. People with this condition may be socially awkward and have an all-absorbing interest in specific topics.
What is Asperger's?
This is traditionally used for children who have failed to develop and grow normally. It is commonly used for any child who fails to gain weight or height according to standard medical growth charts.
What is Failure to Thrive (FTT)?