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Child Welfare Terms, English to Spanish
Child Welfare Terms:
In the interest of better serving the needs of Spanish-speaking families and professionals who work with them, Child Welfare Information Gateway developed this glossary to ensure consistency and cultural relevance in our publications. By making this document available to others, we hope to support other organizations that are also striving to improve their communications and to promote, where possible, consistency throughout the child welfare field. (read more...)
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| English Child Welfare Term | Corresponding Spanish Term (primary term in bold) |
|---|---|
| abandonment | abandono descuido |
| access | acceso |
| accessible | accesible |
| adjudicatory hearing | audiencia de adjudicación |
| Administration for Children and Families | Administración Para los Niños y las Familias |
| Administration on Children, Youth and Families | Administración Para los Niños, los Jóvenes y la Familia |
| adopted adults | adultos adoptados |
| adoption | adopción |
| adoption assistance | subsidio de adopción asistencia de adopción |
| adoption plan | plan de adopción |
| adoption triad | triangulo de adopción (El grupo conformado por los padres biólogicos, los padres adoptivos y el niño adoptado.) |
| adoptive parents | padres adoptivos |
| advocate (noun) | representante del apoyo de menores representante (del niño, de los padres) abogado |
| advocate (verb) | defender apoyar abogar |
| African-Americans | afroamericanos |
| age out | pasado de edad tener más de la edad permitida para permanecer en el sistema |
| alcohol and drug abuse | abuso de alcohol y drogas |
| alternative care | cuidado alternativo |
| another planned permanent living arrangement (APPLA) | arreglo alternativo permanente |
| appeal process | proceso de apelación |
| approval | aprobación |
| assessment | asesoramiento evaluación |
| background check | investigación del expediente personal investigación de antecedentes |
| background of an agency | antecedentes de un agencia historial de una agencia |
| behavior | comportamiento conducta |
| birth certificate | certificado de nacimiento acta de nacimiento |
| birth record | registro de nacimiento |
