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CLC suggest further reforms in response to Pigot report
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 68, July 1990, p.5.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
The Children Legal Centres response to the report of the Advisory Group on Video Evidence, suggesting reforms concerned with evidence by children with disabilities and with young people's control over the use of video recordings.
Reported maltreatment in children with multiple disabilities
- Authors:
- BENEDICT M.I., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 14(2), 1990, pp.2O7-217.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
A study investigating factors which could help distinguish between maltreated children and those who were not maltreated.
Overcoming myths : the abused disabled child
- Author:
- KENNEDY Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Concern, 73, Summer 1990, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
By the founder of Keep Deaf Children Safe - a short review of statistical and research evidence.
Abuse and neglect of handicapped children
- Author:
- MORGAN Sharon R
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown and Company
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 143p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Boston, MA
Approaches to child protection case management for cases involving people with disabilities
- Authors:
- LIGHTFOOT Elizabeth B., LALIBERTE Traci L.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 30(4), April 2006, pp.381-391.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This exploratory study examines the delivery of child protection services by county child protection agencies involving cases with a family member with a disability. Telephone surveys were conducted with the directors or their designees of 89% of the child protection agencies in a Midwestern state. Respondents were asked about the policies and/or procedures for approaching cases involving a person with a disability and the barriers and strengths agencies have in serving people with disabilities. Only 6.7% of respondents reported their agency had a written policy related to serving persons with a disability. There were 18 different approaches to serving clients with a disability within child protection, with the most common being informally teaming for information, dual case assignment, and teaming with an outside consultant. Five counties had specialty workers who were experts in both child protection and disability. Barriers reported varied between rural and non-rural counties, with the most important barriers being lack of resources, lack of knowledge regarding disabilities, systems conflicts, and rural issues, such as lack of providers and lack of transportation. Strengths included accessing and coordinating services, individualizing services, good collaboration and creativity. While few county agencies had any written policies, both formal and informal collaboration is happening at the individual level. The lack of standardization in providing services indicates a need for more attention to issues regarding disability within child protection, including more training for workers, the development of models of collaborative case management and the removal of systemic barriers.
Children with disabilities: abuse, neglect, and the child welfare system
- Author:
- BRUHN Christina M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 8(1/2), 2003, pp.173-203.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Children in out-of-home care due to abuse and neglect are at disproportionately high risk for disabling conditions. The reasons for the over-representation of children with disabilities in the child welfare system are reviewed and discussed in this chapter. Factors discussed include impact of abuse and neglect, the impact risk factors such as exposure to community and domestic violence and poverty, risk of abuse or neglect associated with disability, and child welfare system factors. In addition, the need for greater efficacy in identification of disability, identification of service needs, and linkage with and delivery of services to serve the needs of children with disabilities in out-of-home care is addressed. Recommendations for policy review at State and Federal levels are offered along with direction for future research. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Maltreatment and disabilities: a population based epidemiological study
- Authors:
- SULLIVAN Patricia M., KNUTSON John F.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 24(10), October 2000, pp.1257-1273.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This American research assesses the prevalence of abuse and neglect among a population of children with disabilities, relates specific types of disabilities to specific types of abuse, and aims to determine the effect of abuse and neglect on academic achievement and attendance rates for children with and without disabilities. From the data sample used, results found children with disabilities are 3.4 times more likely to be maltreated than nondisabled peers. Concludes that school professional need to be cognizant of the high base rate of maltreatment among the children they serve. Concludes that status needs to be considered in national incidence studies of maltreatment.
Is sexual abuse of children with disabilities disclosed? A retrospective analysis of child disability and the likelihood of sexual abuse among those attending Norwegian hospitals
- Author:
- KVAM Marit Hoem
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 24(8), August 2000, pp.1073-1084.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
According to North American studies disabled children are at 2-3 times greater risk of being sexually abused than non-disabled. If the risk ratio for disabled children in Norway is similar, and the disclosure of sexual abuse is the same for disabled as for non-disabled, one should expect disabled children to constitute 2-3 times the 11% they constitute in the general populations. This research aimed to investigate if this is the case for Norwegian children, and to find characteristics within in the handicapped group suspected of being sexually assaulted. Children with disabilities make up a smaller part of children coming to paediatric hospitals with the suspicion of being sexually abused than expected. The results indicate that when a child has a severe disability, the caretakers do not seem to recognise it as sexual abuse before it is quite obvious.
Cultural issues in the relation between child disabilities and child abuse
- Author:
- BIGELOW Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5(2), May 2000, pp.227-244.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Reviews the cultural issues which should be included in the study of the relation between child disabilities and child abuse. Discusses variations in child care, parenting, discipline, and health practices are noted and examples of cultural practices that could impact the perceived relation between disabilities and abuse. Finally reviews two programmes incorporating culturally sensitive approaches in interactions with clients in an applied setting.
This far and no further: towards ending the abuse of disabled children
- Authors:
- WESTCOTT Helen, CROSS Merry
- Publisher:
- Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 171p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Challenges existing preconceptions about the vulnerability of disabled children and considers what can be changed to decrease the risk of their abuse. Includes sections on: the social setting; disability, abuse and child protection; dependency and independence; institutional abuse of disabled children; communication issues; the professional response; and moving towards change.