DCF Protective Intake Policy

DCF has updated its Protective Intake Policy

Protective Intake Policy 86-015 updated June 22, 2020

The DCF Protective Intake Policy, which had a major update on February 28, 2016, had some additional changes that went into effect June 22, 2020. According to CPCS Attorney Laura Bouliane and Social Worker Julianne Dowd, "Despite some changes to the format and language used, the substance of the policy is largely the same."

The Protective Intake Policy Revised 6/22/2020 may be found here: www.mass.gov/doc/dcf-protective-intake-policy-june-2020/download. I hope to get back to this post and highlight the changes soon. For the moment, my favorite change is that is is posted as a searchable and copyable pdf instead of the page view image-type pdf of most of their other policies.

Shaken Baby Syndrome debunked (again)

Catching up on my podcast listening, I finally listened to and highly recommend:

Rottin' in Denmark blog's "Shaken Baby Syndrome" episode from October 8, 2018

Mike tells Sarah how an over-simplified diagnosis, over-confident doctors and over-zealous prosecutors got thousands of innocent parents thrown in prison. Digressions include food poisoning, Sherlock Holmes and 1950s medical ethics. Mike wanted to mention Louise Woodward but he forgot. 

Links!

Rottin' in Denmark - Shaken Baby Syndrome