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| Family
Trust Clinic |
The
Family Trust Clinic provides a wide range of clinical services to
maltreated children and their families, and clinical consultation
services to the agencies and professionals that serve them. The
Family Trust Clinic specializes in difficult child welfare case
assessment and consultation. With its experienced and interdisciplinary
staff, help is available for the most difficult and controversial
cases.
For information about the Family Trust Clinic,
contact: Ron Hughes,or call 614/252-0725 |
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| Assessments on Difficult Cases |
| The dynamics of physical abuse, sexual
abuse, and child neglect are varied and complex. Case decisions
often have a profound and formative impact on both child safety
and family integrity. In the most difficult case situations, it
can be helpful to have additional informed and objective consultation.
The Family Trust Clinic conducts a
comprehensive range of psychological, social work, developmental,
and psychiatric assessments, including the fundamental child welfare
risk and family assessments, and provides treatment recommendations
to promote child protection and permanence.
Family Trust Clinic staff have the prerequisite
education and experience to help you make critical child welfare
case decisions with confidence.
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| Individual and Family Counseling |
| Sometimes individual or family counseling can
be the key to maintaining family integrity or reunification. At
other times, counseling serves the best interests of children and
parents by supporting separation and placement. The Family Trust
Clinic provides a full range of child welfare, social work, and
psychological services for children served by the child welfare
system, and their biological, foster, and adoptive families. |
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| Forensic Consultation and Case Review |
| State child welfare systems, local agencies,
and individuals are increasingly becoming the target of lawsuits,
both legitimate and frivolous. Many factors can increase agency
vulnerability, including confusing or inadequate legislation, rules,
and policies; inadequate training and lack of staff skill; and ineffective
supervision. It is also true that lawsuits can be unfounded and
opportunistic. Family Trust Clinic
staff can help agencies assess their potential liability; measure
agency performance against standards of best practice; counsel
legal staff in assessing liability and identifying legal strategies;
provide expert witness defense in court; provide counsel in settlements,
where appropriate; and, help develop remedial performance improvement
plans. |
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