A CURRICULUM & TRAINING MANUAL
Latest Version as of 02/14/2006
Table of Contents

Curriculum at a Glance
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• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• INTRODUCTION
• SECTION ONE : Orientation for the New Death Review Team Member
  • Problem and Process
  • Products from Child Fatality Review
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Expectations for Each Profession
  • What to Expect at a CDRT Meeting
  • Cases to Consider
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• SECTION TWO: Detailed for All Child Death Review Team Members
  • 1. Team Mission, Goals & Objectives
  • 2. CDR Team Membership Roles and Responsibilities
  • 3. The California State Child Death Review Council (CSCDRC)
  • 4. Developing and Maintaining the Child Death Review Team
  • 5. Confidentiality
  • 6. Cultural Issues
  • 7. Intake/Selecting Cases for Review
  • 8. Cause and Manner of Death
  • 9. Types of Reviews
  • 10. Data Collection for Child Death Review Teams
  • 11. Using Data
  • 12. Prevention
  • 13. Taking Team Recommendations to Action The Spectrum of Prevention
  • 14. Influencing Legislators for Policy Change
  • 15. Grief and Mourning for the CDR Team
  • 16. Grief and Mourning for the Client
  • 17. The Media
• SECTION THREE: Protocols for Child Death and Potentially Fatal Child abuse Investigations
  • Considerations for Surviving Siblings
  • Medical Personnel
  • Coroner
  • Law Enforcement
  • District Attorney
  • County Counsel
  • Protective Orders
  • Department of Children and Family Services
  • Follow-up Investigation and Case Management
• SECTION FOUR:  Protocols for Investigating Child Fatalities
  • Protocols for Investigating Child Fatalities
• SECTION FIVE:  Vital Reviews: Exercises for Team Participation or Individual Study
  • Virtual Reviews: Exercises for Team
  • Participation or Individual Study
• SECTION SIX: Appendices and References 
  • A. Accepted Definitions and Nomenclature
  • B. Data
  • C. Investigations
    • Minding Your Manners
    • Infant Death Investigation Guidelines
    • Investigation of Unexpected Infant and Child Deaths
    • Arizona Infant Death Investigation Checklist
    • Minnesota Minimal Investigation Checklist
  • D. Special Issues
    • Grief and Mourning
    • Youth Suicide
    • Co-sleeping
    • Death of a Child in the ER
  • E. Legal Issues
    • Confidentiality
    • Legislation
  
  
  
  Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN)
  National Center on Child Fatality Review (NCFR)
  Supported by ICAN Associates, Inc.
  
  STAFF
  
  Executive Editor: Deanne Tilton Durfee
  Senior Consultant: Michael Durfee, M.D
  Managing Editor: Valerie Doran
  Training Coordinator: Tom Jelen
  Staff Contributors: Paul Click, Tom Jelen, Edie Shulman, Tish Sleeper, Tammi Relyea, Cathy Walsh, Penny Weiss, Boratha Yeang
  Design: Paul Click, Valerie Doran
  
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