Santa Clara County Children's Death Review Team: An Attempt to Save Lives -- July 2001
Acknowledgment
- This report is dedicated to the Children.
- Special thanks to all members of the Santa Clara County Death Review Team for their professional contributions and commitment to the team and for their assistance with this report.
- A very special thank you to Dr. Saul Wasserman, Child Psychiatrist, for writing this report and for his tireless dedication to the Santa Clara County Death Review Team.
Table of Contents (report -- PDF 171K)
- Background
- Recommendations - Six priority areas
- Priority One-Prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal care education
- Priority Two-Interagency cooperation and communication
- Priority Three-Protecting child protection
- Priority Four-Adolescent needs
- Priority Five-Training for law enforcement
- Priority Six-Group home staff training
- Trends In Children's Deaths
- Accidental deaths
- SIDS cases
- Suicides
- Teen homicides
- Maltreatment Deaths
- Appendixes
- Child Death Criteria
- Classifications of Death
- Child Death Review Team Members
- Past Contributing Members of the Death Review Team
Statistics (file -- PDF 18K)
Quick Links
- Santa Clara County Child Death Review Team (CDRT) Annual Report
- Cost of Child Abuse in Santa Clara County Infographic
- It's Child Abuse, Not Immigration Policy: A statement by the Greater Bay Area Child Abuse Prevention Councils Coalition
- Reporting Child Abuse
- Mandated Reporter Resources
- Calendar and Meeting Schedule
- Link to SCC Boards and Commissions Page (Find commission schedules, past meeting agendas and minutes here)
- Greater Bay Area - Child Abuse Prevention Council Coalition
- Application for Community Advisory Membership
- Application for Voting Membership/ Commission Appointment
- Child Abuse Prevention Council Fact Sheet
- April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month