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The Oklahoma Pinnacle Plan:
An Improvement Plan for Child Welfare Services
March 2012
GLOSSARY
Aging out of the system: Exiting OKDHS custody at the age of 18
Caseload: The count of actual cases (families, children) that a worker is responsible for
Child behavior checklist: The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) is a parent-report questionnaire
in which the child is rated on various behavioral and emotional problems. It was first developed
by Thomas M. Achenbach and has been one of the most widely-used standardized measures in
child psychology for evaluating maladaptive behavioral and emotional problems in preschool
subjects aged 2 to 3 or in subjects between the ages of 4 and 18.
Citations: Achenbach, T. (1992). Manual for the Child Behavior Checklist/2-3 and 1992
Profile. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont Department of Psychiatry.
Achenbach, T. (1991). Manual for the Child Behavior Checklist/4 - 18 and 1991
Profile. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont Department of Psychiatry.
Related Internet Resources
Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment
Information regarding CBCL
Comprehensive Home Based Services (CHBS): In-home and community services provided to
families on a voluntary basis or as part of a court-ordered treatment plan. Families receive
assistance covering a number of domains including child-rearing and ways to improve
parenting, housekeeping and budgeting skills.
Co-neutrals: Kathleen G. Noonan, Kevin M. Ryan, and Eileen Crummy; the three outside child
welfare experts who will review the department’s action plan and act as arbiters of any dispute
between the plaintiffs and the department.
Congregate care: Placement settings such as shelters, group homes, and residential treatment
centers. For purposes of this plan, group homes that have shift workers are the focus of the
initiatives reducing the use of these facilities for children under 13 years of age. This would not
include group homes that have house parents and a family-like setting such as Level B and
Level C facilities.
Emergency Foster care/home (EFC): Short-term substitute care for children in the custody of
OKDHS from birth through five years of age. Care is provided by a contracted agency to meet
the child’s needs through service coordination and deliver in conjunction with OKDHS
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