Definition of risk assessment?

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Answer 1

risks can be lots of things: to start, they can be either biological or environmental. Biological risks are things the child is born with, a diagnosed medical decision(established risk), such as  neurological, metabolic, or genetic disorder,chromosomal anomaly,medical or other disabling condition with documented expectation of developmental delay, vision loss not corrected by medical intervention or prosthesis or, permanent hearing loss of any degree.  Environmental risks include Maternal age at child's birth less than 17 or maternal history of 3 or more births before age 20, maternal education less than or equal to 10 years, parental chronic illness or disability affecting care-giving ability, family lacking social supports, inadequate food, clothing or shelter, including homelessness, open or confirmed protective service investigation, including child is in foster care, substance abuse in the home, domestic violence in the home,

risk assessment is assessessing what risks are present to see if a child is eligible for services. Depending on the state you live in depends on what services you recieve.

I hope this helps! I'm just assuming you're asking about EI :-)

Answer 2

'The careful examination of what is in the environment that could cause harm’

Hope this helps!!