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Ψ Differential Response - The idea that child-maltreatment
reports should be separated into those that require immediate investigation,
possibly leading to foster care and legal prosecution, and those that
require supportive measures to encourage better parental care.
Ψ Permanency Planning - The process of finding a long-term solution to the care of a child who has been abused. The plan may involve adoption, return to restored family, or long-term foster care.
Ψ Foster Care - A legally sanctioned, publicly supported arrangement in which children are cared for by someone other than the biological parents.
Ψ Kinship Care - A form of foster care in which a relative of a maltreated child takes over from the abusive or neglectful parents.
Ψ Adoption - The final option.
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