Top Ten Reasonable and Prudent Parenting Questions

  1. What is the child's age and maturity level?
  2. What is the child's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development level?
  3. What is the child’s history of behavior and ability to safely participate in proposed activity?
  4. What are the child’s overall abilities?
  5. Is the activity normal activity for a child of that age and maturity level?
  6. Does the child want to do the activity?
  7. What are the circumstances, hazards, and risks?
  8. What is the outside supervision of the activity, if available and appropriate?
  9. What are the supervision instructions in the child’s service plan?
  10. How important is the activity to giving the child the most normal family-like living experience possible?

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Reasonable and Prudent Parenting