Flashcards in Final Deck (84)
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adoption
Currently the second choice for cps if child cannot be returned to their family.
involves legally moving a child into another family if a child isn't adopted foster care becomes the next option.
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assessment
the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something
determining the needs and concerns for clients
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Delinquency
any behavior that is illegal and could involve a child with the juvenile justice system.
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Child Welfare
most common child welfare role are CPS workers
Child welfare is designed to protect children from any form of abuse of neglect
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Family Preservation
activities designed to help alleviate a crisis that might lead to out-of-home placement of children, maintain safety of children in their own home, support families preparing to reunify or adopt.
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Foster Care
supervised care for orphaned, neglected, or delinquent children or for persons mentally ill in a substitute home or an institution on either a full-time or day-care basis
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Referral
connecting clients to other resources
referrals work to increase awareness of resources and reducing barriers to them.
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Permanency Planning
effort to achieve child welfare goal of placing children in the most stable and safe living environment
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maltreatment
ways that people are hurt by the people that are expected to care for them includes physical, mental, sexual abuse, and neglect.
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Termination
final stage of problem-solving model for treatment
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Self Determination
respected value of social worker
clients right to make choices
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neglect
not providing basic necessities such as food or medical treatment
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Duty to Report
the mandatory responsibility to report and suspicions of abuse or neglect
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Developmental Milestones
Skills such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, and waving "bye bye" are called developmental milestones. Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, behave, and move (crawling, walking, etc.).
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Gerontology
the scientific study of old age, the process of aging, and the particular problems of old people.
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Euthanasia
Common ethical debate
the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.Process is illegal in most states.
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Young-Old
65-74 years old
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Old-Old
75-84 years old
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Oldest-Old
85 and older
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Aging
the process of growing old
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Ageism
prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person's age.
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Baby Boomers/Gen X/Millennial
all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively
baby boomers- 1946-1964
Gen x- 1965-1979
Millennial 1980-2000
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Guardianship
One who is legally responsible for the care and management of the person or property of an incompetent or a minor
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Advanced Directive
a written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor
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Conservatorship
a guardian and protector appointed by a judge to protect and manage the financial affairs and/or the person's daily life due to physical or mental limitations or old age
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Living Will
a written statement detailing a person's desires regarding their medical treatment in circumstances in which they are no longer able to express informed consent,
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Longevity
length of life
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Life expectancy
the average period that a person may expect to live.
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Health Care Power of Attorney
The appointment of a health care agent to make decisions when the principal becomes unable to make or communicate decision
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