C&E - The function of Consultation and Education (C&E) services is to enhance the
ability of school staff to handle the challenges related to students with
emotional or behavioral problems and to assist those children and their
families in obtaining the community and clinical services they need. The C&E
specialist is stationed in the school.
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Case Management - While there are varied definitions of case management, there is some agreement
with the broad definition as:
“The provision for some greater continuity of care through periodic contact
between case manager and client that provider greater (or longer) coordination
and brokerage of service than the client could be expected to obtain without
case management." (Orwin et al. 1994)
Within DCBPS case management is provided by a professional social worker who
establishes helping relationships, assesses complex problems, selects
problem-solving interventions, and helps clients to function effectively. When
appropriate the social worker will also arrange, coordinate, monitor, evaluate,
and advocate for a package of multiple services to meet the specific client’s
complex needs. Each family center has at least one case manager for every 25
clients designated for case management services.
Case managers seek to accomplish the following goals:
To provide families with information and skills to promote their empowerment,
To assist parents to cope better with the challenges, stresses and problems
involved in the growth and rearing of their children,
To help parents to make the best use of available resources (including health,
social and behavioral services) for maintaining family life and carrying out
their parental responsibilities,
To prevent, correct, modify, or alleviate health, education, or social
obstacles to the child’s growth and development, and;
To help avert the separation of children from the family, or work closely with
others to return their children.
To provide culturally sensitive services by using staff that reflect or are
knowledgeable about the ethnic and racial diversity of clients.
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Closed Case - Any family whose case is already closed by DHS.
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CSAP - The Comprehensive Student Assistance Program (CSAP) is a state mandated, K-12
student support process which is designed to remove barriers to learning.
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DCBPS - The Division of Community Based Prevention Services, a division of DHS, was
established to extend a helping hand to families before their situations lead
to intensive involvement in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems, and
to link families transitioning from DHS care to the community-based supports
they need to thrive. DCBPS works in partnership with the myriad of service
systems throughout the city to reduce fragmentation and provide children and
their families seamless access to the many different services they need.
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IRSS - Internal Referral Support Services (IRSS) is the gateway to all Division of
Community Based Prevention Services. The program provides support to DHS staff
and clients by linking individuals directly to appropriate DCBPS services as
well as many services outside of the DHS system.
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Open Case - Any family that has an active case within the DHS system.
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REAAP - Reasonable Efforts at Assessment, Access and Prevention (REAAP) provides
intensive, community-based youth development programs connected with the family
court for youths at high risk of delinquency.
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Regional Truancy Courts - Specialized courts within the Philadelphia Family Court, which process cases of
youth who are reported as chronically truant by the School District of
Philadelphia.
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SCOP - The Support Community Outreach Program (SCOP) provides small grants
($1500-$10,000) to supplement community-based groups in their efforts to
provide programs and services to children and youth..
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SLCC - Small Learning Community Coordinator (SLCC) leads and coordinates the work of
several classes grouped within a school that are called a Small Learning
Community (SLC). The particular school may group classes in SLC’s by grade, by
theme, or by goal. SLC’s may have up to 400 students in several classes
depending on the school's enrollment.
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