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A qualitative analysis of child protective services practice with children with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- SHANNON Patrick, TAPPAN Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 33(9), September 2011, pp.1469-1475.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to examine Child Protection System (CPS) practice with children with developmental disabilities in the United States. This study used an emergent design, ethnographic interviews, purposive sampling, inductive data analysis, and grounded theory building. Ethnographic interviews were conducted with foster families, administrators, intake screeners, special investigators, and workers in one local CPS office. Participants expressed concern about the ability to identify disabilities, placement options, services to meet complex needs of children with disabilities, training and support for families, collaborative arrangements with other agencies, and disability training for CPS workers. Findings suggest strategies for improving CPS practice for children with developmental disabilities.
The relationship between child disability and living arrangement in child welfare
- Authors:
- ROMNEY Stephanie C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 85(6), November 2006, pp.965-984.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
In this American study the influence of disabilities on placement outcomes was examined for 277 children who were removed from their biological parents due to substantiated maltreatment. Results indicate that children with a disability were less likely to reunify and more likely to reside in nonkin foster care two years later than typical children. Children with cognitive, emotional/behavioural, and physical disabilities were over four times more likely to be permanently living in nonkin foster care than to be reunified.
Growing up in Britain: ensuring a healthy future for our children; a study of 0-5 year olds
- Author:
- BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Board of Science and Education
- Publisher:
- BMJ Books
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 222p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report covering child health from conception to age five. Focuses on the impact of social and economic inequality on child health. Includes chapters on: inequalities in child health; childhood nutrition; abuse and injury; disability; mental health and behavioural problems; and origins of adult disease. Closes with a chapter drawing conclusions and presenting a broad range of recommendations for actions that need to be taken if the UK is to provide an environment in which children are nurtured and their health in their early years is recognised as key to the future well being of the country.