[PART IIA.]  CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION

Cross References

  Safe place for newborns, see chapter 587D.

  Shaken baby syndrome (prevention), see §321-33.

     [§321-36]  Definitions.  For the purposes of this part:

     "Child screening for early identification and remediation of social and health problems" means routine follow up and progress checks for toddlers and preschoolers which include the location and support of isolated parents in need of assistance.

     "Department" means the department of health.

     "Education for parenthood" means programs to educate all levels of youths as to the needs and appropriate expectations for the different levels of infancy and childhood.

     "Home visitor programs" mean services utilizing paraprofessionals or community volunteers for supportive intervention services to parents from the prenatal through infancy periods.

     "Infants in need of extra services" include infants who are ill or handicapped or the result of a multiple birth.

     "Mutual aid programs" mean peer-support groups for target populations.

     "Perinatal bonding" means the process of attachment between parents and newborns around the circumstance of birth.

     "Secondary prevention programs" mean programs directed at recognizing, assessing, and achieving change in high risk situations so that abuse and neglect do not occur. [L 1984, c 212, pt of §2]