Child Mortality Review Training

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Keeping Kids Alive
Child Mortality/Near Fatality Review Video Conference Training*

For County and Tribal Child Protection Staff, Law Enforcement, County Attorneys, Medical Examiners/Coroners, and Other Members of the County's Multidisciplinary Child Mortality Review Teams

Each session will cover different topics related to child mortality review. Each Session will be broadcast via VPC to 16 sites in the morning and repeated at 16 different sites in the afternoon. Child protection staff and members of the county review teams are encouraged to attend all three sessions.

Session I - Child Mortality and Near Fatality Review

• Orientation to prevention of future deaths
• Review requirements and procedures

Date:

Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.* OR Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. *You will be able to register for the time and location you prefer.

Session II - Multidisciplinary Child Mortality Review Teams

• Importance and authority of multidisciplinary teams
• Inter-agency communication
• Regional child abuse consultants/other resources
• Review process

Date:

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. OR 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.* * You will be able to register for the time and location you prefer.

Session III - Death Scene Investigation and Medical Evidence

• Importance of thorough death scene investigations, careful evaluation of medical evidence and cooperative relationships between agencies that work to protect children in order to accurately determine how a child died and whether maltreatment was involved.
• Provided from the perspective of a child abuse expert, physician, law enforcement, medical examiner/coroner and county attorney.

Date:

Tuesday, November 1, 2005 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. OR 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.* * You will be able to register for the time and location you prefer.

*Training sites and registration information will be available on August 15, 2005:

• For county child protection/social services staff at the www.dhs.state.mn.us website.

Developed and presented in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Department of Human Services and the Minnesota Child Welfare Training System.