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The following guides have been prepared by the DCFS Division of Clinical Services. If you have questions about these guides, direct them to Velma Williams or Mark Holzberg.
A Practice Guide for the Development and Implementation of Clinical Treatment Pathways
A Clinical Information Guide: Attention Deficit Disorder
A Clinical Information Guide: Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder
The Research in Action Newsletter was a collaborative project between IDCFS Clinical and Training Divisions and the University of Illinois' Children and Family Research Center and the Graduate School of Library Information Science. By accessing this on-line newsletter you can read research summaries on topics that relate to your everyday work. Also, the lead article is always written by DCFS staff to give you the perspective of the agency.
This is a compilation of research bibliographies prepared by staff at the Children and Family Research Center. If you would like a copy of any of the articles FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT) you may request one copy by contacting cfrc@uiuc.edu
The Research to Practice Integration Committee emerged in 1997, and was a collaborative relationship between DCFS' Quality Assurance, Clinical, Training and Best Practice Divisions, and UIUC Educational Partnership and the Children and Family Research Center. Three products have gone through a rigorous process outlined by the committee to result in practice guides that define effective worker behaviors. Two of these guides have been approved by DCFS. These practice guides are available in PDF format through the following links:
Parental Expectation's of Caseworkers
In October 2001 a decision was made to replace the Research to Practice Integration Committee with the Practice Advancement Committee (PAC). Any additional guides would be a result of the PAC initiative.
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CARA is an on-line, case-based learning environment developed as a collaborative project between the Children and Family Research Center, School of Social Work at UIUC, and IDCFS. CARA, an acronym for Child Abuse Risk Assessment, was designed to aid child protection investigators, caseworkers, and follow-up workers in thinking about the complexity of risk factors, and their interactions, related to the immediate safety and future risk of children. CARA consists of 10 cases, based on real life investigations by child protection agencies. While many of these cases feature the same assessment factors, the intention is to focus on the multiple facets of these factors, their shifting significance when co-occurring, and the need to develop flexible thinking skills for risk assessment.
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This is an alphabetical list of terms that require a legal, or more complete, definition. This list also includes acronyms.