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CALIFORNIA CODES
CALIFORNIA WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODEDivision 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICESPart 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONSChapter 12 - THE MAXINE WATERS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION TRAINING ACT OF
Article 2 - PRIMARY PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Section 18976 - Included in program

Cal. Welf. and Inst. Code § 18976

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Section 18976 - Included in program

A primary prevention program shall include all of the following:

(a) Parent, teacher, and children's workshops which provide all of the following:
(1) Information, provided in a clear, age-appropriate, nonthreatening manner, delineating the problem and the range of possible solutions.
(2) Workshops which are culturally and linguistically appropriate to the population served and which are staffed by people with cultural and linguistic backgrounds representing the diversity of the population in the service area.
(3) Workshops which are appropriate to the geographic area served.
(4) Workshops which are designed to help counteract common stereotypes about victims and offenders.
(b) Parent and school staff workshops presented prior to the presentation of children's workshops, which include information and training concerning all of the following:
(1) Physical and behavioral indicators of abuse.
(2) Postworkshop session techniques.
(3) Community resources.
(4) Rights and responsibilities regarding reporting.
(5) School district procedures to facilitate reporting and apprise supervisors and administrators of reports.
(6) Caring for a child's needs after a report is made.
(c) Children's workshops shall contain information and training concerning all of the following:
(1) The right of every child to live free of abuse.
(2) How to disclose incidents of abuse.
(3) The availability of support resources and how to obtain help.
(4) Child safety training and age-appropriate self-defense techniques.
(5) A period for postworkshop sessions in a school setting which maximizes the child's privacy and sense of safety and provide a period of time following each child's workshop, or a reasonable time thereafter, for any child who on a voluntary basis may want to individually talk with classroom presenters. Reports and referrals to appropriate child protective services agencies shall be made pursuant to state law. These sessions shall not provide any therapy or other forms of treatment.

Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 18976

Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 920, Sec. 1. Effective September 22, 1987.