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Guidance Article on Protective Capacities

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Category: Assessing Safety
Published on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 16:25
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The concept of protective capacities refers to parental (caretaker) capacities and is concerned with whether or not parents can adequately care for and protect their children.  An assessment of the parents’ capacity to meet the safety needs of their children is a critical component in the assessment of child safety.