7.2 Learning Objectives and Key Terms
7.2.1 Learning Objectives
- Define family and the various structures it takes in the U.S.;
- Describe how systems theory applies to families;
- Describe child welfare efforts;
- Identify the developmental needs of children and adolescents that relate to having specific services for this population.
- Explain how human services in schools affect all members of the family and community using the bioecological model.
- Describe various school-based human services partnerships.
7.2.2 Key Terms
Key terms are important vocabulary for understanding the content of the chapters. They will be bolded and defined via an in-text glossary the first time that they appear in the chapter.
Key terms for this chapter are:
- Kin–People related to one another. Family
- Adolescence–the period of life following the onset of puberty, while the brain is still developing, and transitioning into adulthood
- Adoption–the social, emotional, and legal process in which children who will not be raised by their birth parents become full and permanent legal members of another family
- Child welfare–typically refers to any situation where the child’s needs are paramount and their immediate protection takes priority over the other family needs
- Foster care–a temporary placement of a child with another family while parents are resolving issues
- Socialization–process through which we learn the culture of the social groups that we belong to.
7.2.3 Licenses and Attributions for Learning Objectives and Key Terms
“Learning Objectives and Key Terms” by Terese Jones, Nora Karena and Elizabeth B. Pearce is licensed under CC BY 4.0.