Child Welfare Terms, English to Spanish

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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Child Welfare Terms:

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English Child Welfare Term	Corresponding Spanish Term (primary term in bold)
facilitator	facilitador intermediario coordinador gestor
fair hearing process	proceso de audiencia imparcial proceso de audiencia equitativa
family	familia
family advocate	quien aboga por la familia representante de la familia
family-based	enfocado en la familia orientado a la familia de enfoque familiar
family-centered practice	prácticas centradas en la familia enfoque centrado en la familia enfoque orientado a la familia
family counseling	consejería familiar terapia familiar orientación familiar
family driven	dirigido por las familias impulsado por la familia
family engagement	participación familiar involucrar a la familia
family friendly	fácil de utilizar para las familias apto para las familias
family group conferencing	conferencia del grupo familiar
family group decision-making	decisión del caso tomada por un grupo familiar
family mediation	mediación familiar
family preservation services	servicios de preservación familiar servicios de preservación para familia
family therapy	terapia familiar
fatality	fallecimiento
fingerprints	huellas digitales huellas dactilares
food stamps	cupones de comida estampillas
foster care	cuidado de crianza cuidado temporal cuidado sustituto acogimiento de menores (Spain) foster care (sometimes understood in English) crianza temporal
foster family	familia de crianza familia sustituta familia de acogida
foster family home	hogar sustituto hogar de acogida
foster parent	padre/madre de crianza padre/madre sustituto(a) padre/madre de acogida
foster parents	padres de crianza padres sustitutos padres de acogida
founded	establecido/a fundado/a

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