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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
04/28/2008

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Term
Four different types of psychological maltreatment
Definition

1.) Spurning-- belittling, degrading, singling out

2.) Terrorizing--threatening to hurt, kill, abandon a child

3.) Isolating-- confining the child or placing limitations on the child's freedom

4.) Exloiting/corrupting-- modeling, permitting, encouraging antisocial behavior such as prostitution, etc. 

Term
Kinship care: Benefits and difficulties
Definition

Benefits: promote a sense of belonging

minimizes risk of foster care drift from placement to placement

 

Downsides: No formal training for family members

May have close ties to abusing parents 

Term
Concurrent planning....why?
Definition
Concurrent planning is when they are trying to reunite the child with their parents but they are also trying to find a potential adoption--> back up plan, so the child has somewhere safe to go.
Term
Strengths-based psych. What and how?
Definition

What: The idea of building on strengths rather than treating and diagnosing the illness

 

How: Identify talents and strengths, engage person in activities, teach them to be contributing members of the community, make them feel about some stuff that doesnt suck

Term
List three of interventions with nonchronic juvenile offenders.
Definition

1.) Parenting programs- teach parents how to better direct the behaviors of their children

2.) Early education programs-- academic achievement helps reduce problem behaviors...gives children headstart in cognitive learning

3.) Specific interventions- focus on juveniles who have committted nonserious offenses...teaching them about their offenses.  

Term
WHAT ARE THE 4 components necessary to qualify a court as Family court?
Definition

1.) comprehensive jurisdiction

2.) one family, one team

3.) broad cross training (understanding the roles of all people involved)

4.) comprehensive services 

Term
What are 5 guidelines for testimony
Definition

no emotions

no elaboration unless asked

look objective

admit when you dont know

state facts, not assumptions 

Term
Discuss some of the common elements that family preservation includes
Definition

Committment to maintaining children in the home

Family system work

serving only families at risk of out of home placement

no waiting lists

in home services

small caseload

flex funds

teach skills 

Term
Discuss the differences between the types of foster care. Who goes to them?
Definition

Public: state of federal paid homes...lower needs children

Private nonprofit: dont get paid for taking children

private for profit: make money for taking in children....usually higher needs children/criminals 

Term
Between 1990 and 1999 there was an increase in aggravated assault from females but a decrease in males? Possible cause.
Definition
In the past, the focus has always been in helping boys
Term
6 core values NASW code are based on
Definition
(1) Service
    (2) Social Justice
    (3) Dignity and Worth of the Person
    (4) Importance of Human Relationships
    (5) Integrity
    (6) Competence
Term
Compare and contrast forensic and therapeutic interviewing
Definition

forensic: gathering facts, used for child abuse, custody, social work, plan compliance...uses simple open-ended questions

therapeutic: help figure out what is wrong and deal with individuals emotions/ how do fix the problem 

Term
Define child maltreatment
Definition
any recent act of failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an immanent risk of serious harm
Term
three basic family preservation principles
Definition

1.) childen need permanency to develop best

2.) families should be primary caretakers of their own child

3.) social services should SUPPORT families in this function 

Term
The difference between juvenile and adult court
Definition

Expectations. Adults should have known better...emphasis on punishment

Juveniles...focused on needs rather than offense...emphasis on rehabilitation 

Term
Why may foster care be better than adoption at-risk children
Definition

• Children may just need to be placed out of home while their parents get special skills training

• The goal is to keep the children with their own families

• Least restrictive environment

•Harder for children to be placed in adoptive homes

Term
Explain the logic behind staid sentences
Definition
• It allows the child to make one mistake and have the opportunity to learn from the mistake and if they dont...they know what sentence is laid out for them
Term
What are due process rights for parties in juvenile court matters?
Definition

•Right to notice and opportunity to be heard

• Right to representation

• Right to remain silent or privilege against self-incrimination

•Right to confront and cross-examine 

Term
What type of training does a person or couples need to become foster parents?
Definition

Emotional development of children

Working with biological parents

How to handle the destructive behavior of the children

fostering sexually abused children

working as a part of the team 

Term
What is the difference between a statute violation and a statutory violation.
Definition

a statute violation is something that is illegal no matter what the age.

 a statutory violation is something that is illegal only when you are a minor or under a certain age. 

Term
Steps to foster care
Definition

1.) Kinship care

2.) Nonrelative foster care

3.) Treatment foster care w/program

4.) Small group home

5.) Large residential facility 

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