Module 3: Children and Youth Assessment Preparation Time: 13 hours Slide 3.0.1 Slide 3.0.2 Slide 3.0.3 Module Purpose: The purpose of this module is to develop participants’ skill in the areas of assessing, engaging, and preparing children for adoption, giving children the knowledge and skill to be prepared to be adopted, and writing a child study. Learning Objective: Define and explain the reasonable efforts requirement for adoption recruitment and the different types and elements of child-specific recruitment activities. List and explain key information regarding the adoption process and effective methods used to empower children /youth and prospective adoptive parents. Identify the components required in a comprehensive child assessment. Explain the 3-5-7 model. List and explain the do’s and don’ts of building effective rapport and communication with child/youth. List and explain the Seven Critical Elements of Preparing Children. From observation and assessment, describe how the child functions on a daily basis. Given various scenarios and child descriptions, talk with each child using the 3 Tasks CIA (Clarification, Integration, and Actualization). Identify ways in which adoption impacts growth and development. Given scenarios, conduct developmentally-appropriate conversations with various aged children. Discuss the types of loss and how children available for adoption may perceive, display, and process their losses. Using role play, analyze how all the elements of permanence are important in the adoption process. Identify the components of a Life Book and describe creating LifeBook pages with a child. Explain in detail the unique needs of adopted children/youth. Given a case scenario with supporting documentation, write a child study, according to the guidelines. Describe the consequences to the child of oversights in planning for all elements of
Module 3: Children and Youth Assessment Preparation Time: 13 hours Slide 3.0.1 Slide 3.0.2 Slide 3.0.3 Module Purpose: The purpose of this module is to develop participants’ skill in the areas of assessing, engaging, and preparing children for adoption, giving children the knowledge and skill to be prepared to be adopted, and writing a child study. Learning Objective: Define and explain the reasonable efforts requirement for adoption recruitment and the different types and elements of child-specific recruitment activities. List and explain key information regarding the adoption process and effective methods used to empower children /youth and prospective adoptive parents. Identify the components required in a comprehensive child assessment. Explain the 3-5-7 model. List and explain the do’s and don’ts of building effective rapport and communication with child/youth. List and explain the Seven Critical Elements of Preparing Children. From observation and assessment, describe how the child functions on a daily basis. Given various scenarios and child descriptions, talk with each child using the 3 Tasks CIA (Clarification, Integration, and Actualization). Identify ways in which adoption impacts growth and development. Given scenarios, conduct developmentally-appropriate conversations with various aged children. Discuss the types of loss and how children available for adoption may perceive, display, and process their losses. Using role play, analyze how all the elements of permanence are important in the adoption process. Identify the components of a Life Book and describe creating LifeBook pages with a child. Explain in detail the unique needs of adopted children/youth. Given a case scenario with supporting documentation, write a child study, according to the guidelines. Describe the consequences to the child of oversights in planning for all elements of
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