Test 2 Flashcards

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Name the five roles of the helping practitioner

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  1. Counselor
  2. Mediator
  3. Coordinator
  4. Broker
  5. Advocate
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Name the four characteristics of the counselor

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  1. Provide encouragement
  2. Offer hope
  3. Help persons to identify and focus on goals
  4. Help person to make choices
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Name the two characteristics of a mediator

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  1. Help resolve conflicts

2. Play neutral role

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Name the two characteristics of a coordinator

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  1. Bring together various components

2. Create positive change

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Name the one characteristics of a broker

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Link persons with existing resources

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Name the one characteristics of an advocate

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Fight for rights and dignity of people in need of help

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child welfare

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social welfare programs and services at the local, state and national level designed specifically to promote the protection, care and healthy development of children

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case management

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the coordination of all helping activities on behalf of a client or a group of clients

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minor

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a person under the age of 18

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abuse

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the infliction of physical or emotional injury through beating, corporal punishment, persistent ridicule and degradation or sexual maltreatment

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physical abuse

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beating a child to a point where physical damage is done

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child neglect

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the failure of responsible persons to provide for the appropriate care of a dependent including inadequate nutrition, improper supervision and deficit health care

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in-home services

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services that are provided to assist families that have special needs to continue living together in their own home. it is intended to prevent a family break-up

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out-of-home services

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services that are provided to assist needy children and their families when parents are unable to care for their children in their home

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special education

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educational services and programs designed to meet the needs of children with special problems including physical disabilities, emotional or behavioral disturbances, speech/language problems and pregnancy

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protective services

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specialized casework services to neglected, abused exploited or rejected children. services include social medical legal residential and custodial care

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foster care

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the temporary provision of substitute care in family setting for children whose parents cant meet their needs within the home

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adoption

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the process by which a court terminantes the parental rights of the natural parents and the child is provided with a permanent home with parents who are able to provide care and who are granted legal custody of the child

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Guiding Principle of child welfare

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a child should not be deprived of the opportunity to be nurtured by the child’s natural parents

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20
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the two Keys to the guiding principle

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permanence and stability

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21
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Three agency referrals

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  1. Parental request
  2. Community complaint
  3. Right/responsibility of professionals
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Four steps for agency follow up

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  1. Investigation of complaint
  2. focus of home visit
  3. challenges to be faced
  4. action steps
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23
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Investigation of complaint in agency follow up

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scheduled of unannounced home visit

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two steps in focus of home visit in agency follow up

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  1. Nature of the complaint

2. signs of neglect/abuse

25
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three challenges to be faced in agency follow up

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  1. privacy issues
  2. perception: investigation/punishment
  3. hostility/defensiveness
26
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five action steps in agency follow up

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  1. establish relationship
  2. assess/identify needs
  3. select intervention
  4. provide/ broker services
  5. evaluate
27
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name the two agency option

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  1. in-home services

2. removal of child

28
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name the two in-home services

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  1. treatment

2. close monitoring

29
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name three examples of in-home treatment services

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  1. financial aid
  2. homemake services
  3. parental effectiveness training
30
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name the two removal of the child

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  1. methods

2. court options

31
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name the two methods of removal of the child

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  1. Voluntary consent of parents

2. Court petition

32
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name the three methods of court options

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  1. no action
  2. child remains in home under conditions
  3. assign agency legal custody
33
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name the two goals of foster care

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  1. protect the child

2. rehabilitate parents

34
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name the two challenges of foster care

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  1. nurture/ care for the child

2. avoid emotional attachment

35
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name the three changes of agency role

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  1. assessment/selection of foster parents
  2. licensing procedures
  3. support/close monitoring
36
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name the two roles in adoption

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  1. Agency2. Court
37
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name the two characteristics of the agency role in adoption

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  1. assessment; selection, preparation of adoptive parents

2. disclosure of pertinent information

38
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name the two characteristics of the court’s role in adoption

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  1. assessment

2. ratification/ finalization of proceedings

39
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Foster Care

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the provision of temporary, short-term living arrangements in a family setting for children who cannot safely remain with their natural parents

40
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name the five types of foster care

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  1. shelter home
  2. long term foster home
  3. specialized foster home
  4. therapeutic foster home
  5. group home
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shelter home

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provides temporary shelter for children requiring short-term care

42
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long-term foster home

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provides long-term care for children who are unlikely to return to their family home or be adopted

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specialized foster home

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provides care for children with special needs such as developmental disabilities

44
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therapeutic foster care

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provides intensive treatment services by specially trained foster parents, e.g. down syndrome

45
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group home

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provides homelike living environment for group of 5 to 10 children who are not suitable for traditional foster care or adoption

46
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residential treatment

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provides community-based treatment environment for children with serious emotional problems

47
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institutional care

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provides intensive treatment in large, total care facility for children exhibiting sever behavioral and emotional problems, e.g. state operated juvenile correctional facility

48
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kinship care

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the placing of child in need of care with relative or any adult who ha kinship bond with the child

49
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name the four advantages for kinship care

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  1. natural parents, kinship parents and the child share a common history
  2. kinship parents tend to perceive the child as one of their own
  3. children have easier access to their natural parents and siblings
  4. reduces the trauma of separating children from their natural parents
50
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name the two disadvantages for kinship care

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  1. there are often difficulties in establishing appropriate boundaries between the natural parents and kinship parents2. there is potential for conflicting relationship to develop between the natural parents and kinship parents
51
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name the two foster parent reimbursement

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  1. per die of up to $40 per day per child2. reimbursement for clothing, travel expenses, special needs and medical care
52
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name the two foster parent reimbursement

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  1. per diem of up to $40 per day per child2. reimbursement for clothing, travel expenses, special needs and medical care
53
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define a mandated reporter

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the following adults shall make a report of suspected child abuse if the person has reasonable cause to suspect that a child is a victim of child abuse

54
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name five mandated reporters

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  1. School employee
  2. Medical examiner
  3. law enforcement
  4. foster parent
  5. Employee of child-care service who has direct contact with children in the course of employment
55
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Define the basis to report

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a mandated reporter shall make a report if the reporter has reasonable cause to suspect that a child is a victim of child abuse

56
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name the two reporting procedure

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  1. Oral report to childline

2. Oral report within 48 ours to the department or county agency

57
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Name the five “perpetrator”

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  1. A parent of the child
  2. Spouse or former spouse of the child’s parent
  3. Paramour or former paramour of the child’s parent
  4. person 14 years of age or older and responsible of child’s welfare
  5. person 18 years of age or older who’d does not reside in the same home as the child but is related by birth or adoption
58
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Name the four primary responsibly of OYFS

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  1. receive and investigate reports of child abuse and neglect
  2. provide services to families who need assistance in the protection and care of their children
  3. when natural parents are unable to provide care, arrange for the children to live with foster families
  4. when necessary, arrange permanent adoptive homes or ID arrangements for children leaving foster care