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  • (1) "Activity" means an extracurricular, enrichment, or social activity.
  • (2) "Age-appropriate" means a type of activity that is generally accepted as suitable for a child of the same age or level of maturity, based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacity that is typical for the child's age or age group.
  • (3) "Caregiver" means a person with whom a child is placed in an out-of-home placement.
  • (4) "Division" means the Division of Child and Family Services.
  • (5) "Out-of-home placement" means the placement of a child in the division's custody outside of the child's home, including placement in a foster home, a residential treatment program, proctor care, or with kin.
  • (6) "Reasonable and prudent parent standard" means the standard characterized by careful and sensible parental decisions to maintain a child's health, safety, and best interest while at the same time encouraging the child's emotional and developmental growth.




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