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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...)

Child Welfare Terms, English to Spanish (PDF - 178 KB)

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English Child Welfare Term
Corresponding Spanish Term
(primary term in bold)
access acceso
accessible accesible
adjudicatory hearing audiencia de adjudicación
adoption adopción
adoption assistance subsidio de adopción
adoptive parents padres adoptivos
advocate (verb) defender, apoyar
abogar
advocate (noun)

representante del apoyo de menores
representante (del niño, de los padres)
abogado

African Americans afroamericanos
alcohol and drug abuse abuso de alcohol y drogas
alternative care otros tipos de cuidado
cuidado alternativo
appeal process proceso de apelación
assessment evaluación
background of an agency antecedentes de un agencia
historial de una agencia
behavior comportamiento
conducta

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