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Guide to Effective Reviews

Effective review team meetings require team members to:

  • Come prepared with information on the deaths to be reviewed
  • Share their information openly and honest
  • Seek solutions instead of blame 

At each case review, members should seek to answer:

  • Is the investigation complete, or should we recommend further investigation? If so, what more do we need to know?
  • Are there services we should provide to family members, other children and other persons in the community as a result of this death?
  • Could this death have been prevented and if so, what risk factors were involved in this child’s death?
  • What changes in behaviors, technologies, agency systems and/or laws could minimize these risk factors and prevent another death?
  • What are our best recommendations for helping to make these changes?
  • Who should take the lead in implementing our recommendations?
  • Is our review of this case complete or do we need to discuss it at our next meeting?

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