The Following Strategies Are Not Effective Ways to Control or Reduce

question 32

Multiple Choice

The following strategies are not effective ways to control or reduce the level of abuse in a community:

• A)banning physical punishment
• B)teaching parents how to more accurately "read" infants' social cues
• C)increasing the isolation of parents so they do not learn ineffective and potentially abusive strategies from others in the community
• D)funding more crisis nurseries and home visiting programs

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Deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that contains the genetic instructions for the development and function of living organisms.

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