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Family Engagement to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes

1. Families are more likely to commit to achieving case goals when they help to make decisions about a plan that will affect them and their children.

A. True

B. False


2. All of the following family stressors particularly benefit from intentional collaboration across service sectors, such as behavioral health and the education system, except for:

A. Substance use

B. Single parenting

C. Mental health

D. Cultural barriers


3. Quality family engagement starts at the:

A. Practice level

B. Peer level

C. Case level

D. System level


4. When a child enters out-of-home care, a vital step in establishing communication and building a relationship with the family is the “icebreaker meeting” between birth and foster families that ideally should take place within the first month of removal.

A. True

B. False


5. All of the following are approaches that can be used to promote family engagement in daily practice, except for:

A. Balancing discussions of problems with the identification of strengths and resources.

B. Setting goals that are mutually agreed upon and may be generated primarily by the family and stated in their language.

C. Focusing on providing insights.

D. Providing family members with choices whenever possible.


6. The hallmark of family engagement practice is involving a broad team of interested family members in a child’s or a family’s case plan.

A. True

B. False


7. The family teaming strategy is part of the _____ approach to addressing family service needs.

A. Strengths-based

B. Trauma-informed

C. Strengths-based and trauma-informed

D. Family engagement


8. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 requires State agencies to identify and locate family members within 90 days of removing a child from his or her home.

A. True

B. False


9. Family finding is linked to:

A. A greater number of family supports for children in out-of-home care.

B. A higher likelihood that a child will have at least one consistent relationship with an emotionally supportive adult.

C. More adoptive placements with a relative than traditional child welfare services, resulting in greater permanency options.

D. Family finding is linked to a greater number of family supports for children in out-of-home care, a higher likelihood that a child will have at least one consistent relationship with an emotionally supportive adult, and more adoptive placements with a relative than traditional child welfare services, resulting in greater permanency options.


10. Solution-Based Casework embraces family engagement with all of the following theoretical foundations, except for:

A. Motivational interviewing theory

B. Family life cycle theory

C. Relapse prevention / cognitive behavioral therapy theory

D. Solution-focused family therapy


11. SBC has proven to be an effective partnership that results in all of the following improved outcomes, except for:

A. Greater follow through from referrals to services.

B. Increase in number of families signing their case plans - an important indicator of involvement.

C. Few recidivism referral reports for repeat maltreatment.

D. Increased admittance to substance abuse treatment.


12. A lack of cultural sensitivity may lead to assumptions and misconceptions that can result in limited family engagement, frustrated efforts, and misguided resources.

A. True

B. False


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