(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Affirm the unique strengths, needs, life experience and self-identified goals of each
child, youth, young adult, and family.
Be transparent about the role of the court and the child welfare agency.
Explore with the family how culture might affect the development of the team and the
teaming process.
Develop a shared understanding about safety, permanency, and well-being issues to be
addressed with the team.
Promote self-advocacy by providing opportunities for children, youth, young adults, and
families to actively share perspectives and goals.
Use language and body language that demonstrate an accepting and affirming approach
to understanding the family
Use a trauma-informed approach to acknowledge and validate venting, expressions of
anger, and feelings of grief and loss.
Build connections to identified services and supports by designating a team member to
follow-up with that referral
Explore the child, youth, young adult, and family’s expressed and underlying needs by
engaging them in communicating their experiences and identifying their strengths,
needs, and safety concerns.
Work quickly to establish paternity and facilitate the child or youth’s connection with
paternal relationships.
Ask the family members if they need help meeting basic needs for food, shelter, and
medication so they can focus on addressing the problems underlying their involvement
with the child welfare agency
Talk to children, youth, and young adults about their worries, wishes, where they feel
safe, where they want to live, and their ideas about permanency, and incorporate their
perspective.
Show your interest in learning about the family and their culture, community, and
tribes
Develop a shared understanding about safety, permanency, and well-being issues to be
addressed with the team.
Ask questions about relationships and significant others early and often
Facilitate critical thinking, discussion, mutual exploration of issues, and consensus
building toward the goal of shared decision-making.
Coordinate with the family’s formal and informal advocates to help the family find
solutions and provide on-going support.
Search for all family members, including fathers, mothers, and paternal and maternal
relatives through inquiry, early and ongoing Internet search, and review of records
Ask global questions followed by more descriptive questions that encourage exchange.
Adapt services and supports to meet changing family needs based on ongoing
assessment, progress toward goals, and decisions made by the family and their team
Incorporate the family’s strengths, resources, cultural perspectives, and solutions in all
casework.
Reflect what you heard so the child, youth, young adult, and family can see that you
understood.
Ask the family what is working well and what they see as the solution to the
circumstances that brought them to the attention of the child welfare agency.
Use tools and approaches that amplify the voices of children and youth.
Apply information to the assessment process using the family’s cultural lens
Be open and honest about the safety threats and circumstances that brought the family
to the attention of the agency, what information can be shared among team members,
and what information will be included in court reports
Contact family, cultural, community, and tribal connections as placement options, team
members, and sources of support.
Help the team recognize that differences will occur and assist them to work through
conflicts.
Honor the role of important cultural, community, and tribal leaders the child, youth,
young adult, and family have identified.
Show deference to Tribal leadership and their titles in written and verbal
communication.
Explain the assessment process to the child, youth, young adult, and family so they
know what to expect, and check in early and often to be sure they understand.
Work quickly to establish paternity and facilitate the child or youth’s connection with
paternal relationships.
Ask the family what is working well and what they see as the solution to the
circumstances that brought them to the attention of the child welfare agency.
Be aware of and take responsibility for your own biases, missteps, and mistakes
Ask global questions followed by more descriptive questions that encourage exchange
Explore with team members what roles they can play over time to strengthen child
safety and support the family
Ask questions about relationships and significant others early and often
Reach out to children and families in ways that are welcoming, appropriate, and
comfortable for them, and make a special effort to engage fathers and paternal relatives
to build connections and engage them as family members and team members
Express the belief that all families have the capacity to safely care for children and
youth.
Listen attentively and use language and concepts that the family has used
Show your interest in learning about the family and their culture, community, and
tribes.
Use positive motivation, encouragement, and recognition of strengths to connect with
youth and express the belief that they have the capacity to become successful adults
Ask family members what method of communication they prefer, use age-appropriate
language that everyone can understand, and confirm with family members that your
communication meets their language and literacy needs.
Incorporate the family’s strengths, resources, cultural perspectives, and solutions in all
casework.
