Description
CWEL Review Study Guide (Illinois DCFS CWEL Study Guide) –Q’s And A’s
FTS - Answer Family Centered, Trauma Informed, and Strength Based
Child and Family Team Meeting (CFTM) - Answer Meeting between the professional
helpers, family members, and community supports of a child to discuss the case and
plan for ways to help the child and family succeed. May or may not include the child
themself
Full Disclosure - Answer Providing family members with all of the information
available
Open Participation - Answer Parents select who they want to be a part of their child
& family team
Collaboration - Answer Involving the family in all aspects of case planning
Planning for permanency - Answer The focus of all CFTM
Trauma - Answer a child's experience of an event that is emotionally painful,
distressful, or shocking which often results in lasting mental and physical effects
Psychological First Aid (PFA) - Answer Assists with reducing initial distress, fostering
short term adaptive functioning, and fostering long term adaptive functioning