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?