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Safeguarding adults and children with disabilities against abuse
- Author:
- BROWN Hilary
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 132p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg Cedex
The report addresses abuse and mistreatment of all disabled children and adults. It draws attention to the extent and nature of this abuse and aims to ensure that people with disabilities are protected against deliberate and/or avoidable harm, at least to the same extent as other citizens, and that when they are especially vulnerable, additional measures are put in place to assure their safety.
Is home the safest place?
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.06.02, 2002, p.49.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at research in two areas where social services work in partnership with parents and children to take difficult decisions.
Abuse and disabled children: hidden needs?
- Authors:
- COOKE Pamela, STANDEN P.J.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 11(1), January 2002, pp.1-18.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a research project to examine current practices in recording the abuse of disabled children. The project aimed to identify outcomes for those disabled children who have been conferenced for abuse and to compare outcomes with a small group of children without disabilities. Postal questionnaires were sent to social services departments to estimate the incidence of abuse of disabled children, and to estimate how many children had been abused over a 1-year period. Schedules were also prepared for both abused disabled children and non-disabled children. Semi-structured interviews were also held with social workers to clarify some of the issues raised. Schedules completed over a 1 year period in two social services departments showed that they were less likely to be put on the child protection register than a comparison group of non-disabled children. Makes recommendations to increase the competence of authorities to protect disabled children from abuse.
Protecting young children: a guide to recognising and responding to child abuse
- Author:
- EDWARDS Helen
- Publisher:
- National Early Years Network,|National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 72p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The need to protect children from harm and abuse is an essential part of early years care. Anyone who works with other people's children needs basic information and awareness about child abuse, and should know how to respond if there are concerns about a child's safety. This book is a practical guide which provides answers to many questions early years practitioners will have about safeguarding children. It includes information about child abuse, advice on how to respond to concerns, details of the statutory framework, guidance on management and support, and suggestions for building a relationship with families that may help prevent child abuse.
Factfile 2002-03: facts and figures about children in the UK
- Author:
- NATIONAL CHILDRENS HOME
- Publisher:
- National Children's Home
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 284p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains statistical and other information on: population characteristics; family costs, income and poverty; children, housing and homelessness; children and disability; education and health; children at risk; crime; and children in care.
Safeguarding disabled children in residential settings: what we know and what we don't know
- Authors:
- PAUL Alina, CAWSON Pat
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 11(5), 2002, pp.262-281.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Research in America, Canada, Australia and Britain has revealed that disabled children are particularly vulnerable to abuse. Their likelihood of attending residential institutions, their dependency on others for personal care and the lack of opportunities for them to alert others to maltreatment or comprehend the nature of abusive acts all increase levels of risk. Despite residential schools, care homes and respite care being widely used by disabled children, there is a paucity of knowledge regarding the standards of child protection in these establishments. This article explores the research literature revealing the vulnerability of disabled children to abuse when living away from home, what measures can be taken to help protect them and the limitations of available data as a basis for planning child protection measures.
The state of children's rights in 2002
- Author:
- WILLOW Carolyne
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 187, June 2002, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Summarises the key points raised in a report coordinated by the Children's Rights Alliance for England, which reports on the Government's implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child. Highlights some of the major issues requiring action.