One of the four core strategies that focus on placement issues for children involved or potentially involved in foster care. This team meeting is based on as specific model that involves not only caseworkers and their supervisors, but also birth families, community members, resource families, service providers in all placement decisions regarding children. These meeting usually last 1-2 hours.
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Team Decisionmaking Values
Team Decisionmaking -- Is Not Just Another Meeting
F2F Key Elements of TDM
Description of all elements that need to be in place for full implementation of Team Decisionmaking
Frequently Asked Questions
Core Strategies Are Linked
Implementing Team Decisionmaking
Sequencing suggestions created by AECF national Technical Assistants based on “lessons learned”.
Matrix: Family Team Models
Team Decisionmaking is different from other types of family meetings. This document compares and contrasts TDM with Family Group Decision Making (Family Conferencing) and Family Team Conferences (Wraparound).
TDM’s Unique Characteristics
Team Decisionmaking Protocol
Each county must have a protocol in place before implementing TDM. This document describes the necessary components of the protocol.
Team Decisionmaking Orientation
Preparing Staff and external partners ready to participate in TDMs.
Indicators and Outcomes
Agency Directors – 10 Tips
Supervisors and Managers – 10 Tips
Ten Tips for TDM Supervisors to Develop and Support Facilitators, 2006
Supervisors’ Attendance at Team Decisionmaking Meetings
Case Workers – 10 Tips
Social Worker's Guide to an Effective TDM Meeting
Utilizing Safety and Risk Assessment Information at a TDM
What is a Team Decisionmaking Facilitator?
Sample TDM Facilitator Job/Position Description
Scheduling a TDM
Sample Screening Questions for TDM Scheduler
Structure of a Team Decisionmaking Meeting
Strengths Based Assessment - Its role in Team Decisionmaking
Team Decisionmaking: Participant's Personal Responsibility
The Role of the Community Representatives at Team Decisionmaking Meetings
Sequencing Suggestions: Ensuring the Participation of Community Representatives at TDMs
Suggestions for Brief Orientation/Training of TDM Community Representatives
Ensuring Effective Community Participation in TDMs – 10 Tips
A Message to Caregivers about Team Decisionmaking Meetings
The Role of CASA/GAL – 10 Tips
TDM Conversation with Attorneys
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Each county participating in F2F will need to complete a quarterly report form to the Lead California TDM Technical Assistant
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Sample of CA TDM Quarterly Report form
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Reporting timeframes and deadlines
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Indicators and Outcomes Sample form for internal discussions
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AECF Team Decisionmaking Tool (34 pages)
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Other AECF TDM tools
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HIPPA and TDM
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Placement Fundamentals and TDM
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Effective Emergency Removal TDMs
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Team Decisionmaking Overview Powerpoint, San Diego County, 2007
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San Diego Mock TDM, 2007
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Team Decisionmaking Satisfaction Survey developed by San Luis Obispo
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Sharing TDM Protocol DRAFTS:
The following examples of Team Decisionmaking (TDM) protocols from the California Family to Family sites
were each created to meet the unique circumstances and nuances of their County. They may assist you in the development of your protocols. TDM protocols are not static documents but are constantly updated by the local sites.
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San Francisco County TDM Protocol
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Placer County TDM Brochure
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San Bernardino County TDM Brochure, 2007
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San Luis Obispo County TDM Brochure, 2005
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Birth Parent Involvement Models
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You Can Make a Difference
Here's a good sample of one approach to Team Decisionmaking. The attached flyer was developed by Wayne County, Michigan F2F folks to recruit community reps to their TDMs (which they call Family Case Reviews--FCRs.) They have been quite successful in getting neighborhood folks to their meetings in their first targeted area.
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