Glossary of Terms
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- FacilitationA voluntary, informal process by which a neutral third party encourages full participation, promotes mutual understanding and cultivates shared responsibility among the parties, in order to build a sustainable agreement.
- FamilyA group of individuals who are bound by ties of blood, law or affinity.
- Family EngagementA family-centered and strengths-based approach to partnering with families in making decisions, setting goals and achieving desired outcomes. It is founded on the principle of communicating openly and honestly with families in a way that supports disclosure of culture, family dynamics and personal experiences to meet the individual needs of every family and every child.
- Family Finding ©A model developed by Kevin Campbell to locate and engage relatives of children in out-of-home care with a goal of providing those children with a permanent placement or lifelong connections. True family finding includes ongoing diligent searches for relatives and kin and then engaging and including those family and kin in the permanency process.
- FF ©A model developed by Kevin Campbell to locate and engage relatives of children in out-of-home care with a goal of providing those children with a permanent placement or lifelong connections. True family finding includes ongoing diligent searches for relatives and kin and then engaging and including those family and kin in the permanency process.
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