SDM 3 0 Family and Child Strengths and

SDM® 3. 0 Family and Child Strengths and Needs Assessment

The SDM® Family Strengths and Needs Assessment

The SDM® FSNA Informs Case Planning

Shared Definition of Safety is: Actions of protection taken by the caregiver that mitigate the danger, demonstrated over time. Adapted from Boffa, J. , & Podesta, H. (2004). Partnership and risk assessment in child protection practice, Protecting Children, 19(2): 36– 48. Turnell, Andrew & Susie Essex Working with Denied Child Abuse, Open University Press, 2006

Click to edit Master title style The family strengths and needs assessment (FSNA) has five main sections: Cultural and Household Context Caregiver Domains Child Domains Priority Needs and Strengths of Parent(s) Case Plan

Family Strengths and Needs Assessment Domain Format A. Actively help create safety, permanency, and child/youth/young adult well-being. B. Are not strengths or barriers for safety, permanency, or child/youth/young adult well-being. C. Are barriers to safety, permanency, or child/youth/young adult well-being. D. Contribute to imminent danger of serious physical or emotional harm to the child/youth/young adult.

Visualizing the FSNA Connection to Safety PRESENCE OF SAFETY FUTURE DANGER Violent boyfriend NO CHANGE Pressure of kids’ needs Mom’s depression YOU ARE HERE

After the Plan Is Working… Focus on Safety Behavioral change • Immediate • Demonstrated over time • Impact on the child’s safety and care Use of network

Caregivers Major Change New Domain Format A. Actively help create safety, permanency, and child/youth/young adult well-being. B. Are not strengths or barriers for safety, permanency, or child/youth/young adult well-being. C. Are barriers to safety, permanency, or child/youth/young adult well-being. D. Contribute to imminent danger of serious physical or emotional harm to the child/youth/young adult.

Caregivers New Domain Format • Focused on safety, permanency, and child/youth/young adult wellbeing as a continuum. • Aimed at supporting communication of concerns and strengths in understandable terms to those who are involved with and/or care about the child. • Assists in clear case plans and measuring progress: • » Better ability to look at movement between levels. » Distinguishes between a barrier to safety permanency and well -being and a direct contributor to a safety threat. Provides continuity with other SDM assessments that emphasize behaviors and their impact on the child.

Caregivers Cultural Identity Greater focus on cultural context Consideration of whether the caregiver’s perspective of culture and cultural identity related to child/youth/young adult: • Helps to create safety, permanency, and well-being; • Is not a strength or barrier for safety, permanency, or well -being; • Is a barrier to safety, permanency, or well-being; or • Presents an imminent danger of serious physical or emotional harm.

Caregivers Major Changes • No point values – change in structure removes the need for differential points to aid in prioritization. • D choices are always a priority, while C choices may be prioritized. • D choices are equivalent to safety threat and should be identified as well. • New Domains: » Trauma » Family Violence and Domestic Violence » Cognitive/Developmental Abilities » Cultural item is removed and replaced by….

Child Major Changes Cultural and household context included • Definitions related to safety threat and risk • “Trauma” added as a domain • 11 defined domains and “other” in SDM 3. 0 • • Cultural identity removed as a domain, allowing a more thorough evaluation of culture and the child For children in placement only, “Relationship With Substitute Caregiver” added as a domain. • Independent living domain added; must be completed for youth ages 15. 5 years or older

Contact Content Assess for any change in safety (vulnerability, safety threats, protective capacity, interventions) Progress toward case plan objectives: • • Demonstration of skills Participation in services Change in needs (identification of new needs/needs reduction)