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Differential risks: how disability shapes risk in the transition to adulthood for youth who age out of foster care
- Author:
- MCCAULEY Erin
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 131, 2021, p.106293.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Objective: This study examines how disability is associated with risk during the transition to adulthood for youth who age out of foster care and considers how experiences in the child welfare system contribute to these associations. Background: The transition to adulthood is important for later socioeconomic standing, health, and wellbeing. Youth who age out of foster care with disabilities may require a high level of support during this transition yet may lack support. Method: This study employs linear probability models to estimate the association between disability and incarceration, homelessness, childbearing, and substance abuse between ages 17 and 21 using linked administrative data from the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (N = 5,221). Results: Having a physical or sensory disability is associated with lower risk in the transition to adulthood. Alternatively, having an emotional or mental related disability is associated with increased risk of incarceration and homelessness, but the association with homelessness is accounted for by child welfare experiences. Conclusion: Due to the importance of foster care and child protective histories in explaining some risky outcomes for youth with emotional and mental disabilities, policy makers and practitioners should include those early stages of care when seeking it improve outcomes in the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities who age out of foster care. (Edited publisher abstract)
An exploratory study of a computer-assisted abuse awareness and safety planning program for men with disabilities: the Men's Safer and Stronger Program
- Authors:
- OSCHWALD Mary, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 14(2), 2015, pp.88-109.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Interpersonal violence (IPV) is a serious and often unrecognized problem for men with disabilities (MWD). However, abuse awareness programs and outcome measures have not been systematically evaluated in MWD. This article reports findings from an exploratory study (n = 31) of the Safer and Stronger Program for Men with Disabilities (Men's SSP), an audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI) abuse awareness programme. The study aimed to examine the sensitivity of the Men's SSP ACASI and its embedded self-reflective items for measuring IPV experience of MWD, and to collect preliminary data on the reliability of a battery of safety- and abuse-related measures when completed by MWD. Most men participating in the study reported multiple disabilities, the most frequent being intellectual or cognitive disabilities, mobility or physical disabilities, and mental health disabilities. Preliminary findings suggest the programme is sensitive toward detecting abuse and it allows MWD to privately and independently self-identify IPV experiences. Preliminary psychometric data on a battery of abuse and safety awareness outcome measures suggest that they are reliable in this population. (Publisher abstract)
Disabled children, maltreatment and attachment
- Author:
- HOWE David
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 36(5), June 2006, pp.743-760.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Two bodies of literature on children with disabilities are identified and described. One recognizes an association between disability and maltreatment. The other finds an association between children with a disability and insecure attachments. The present paper seeks a theoretical integration between these two research traditions. The model generated examines the dynamics that affect a child with a disability’s attachment classification and risk of being maltreated in terms of a transaction between both parental and child factors. In the case of children with certain types of disability, unresolved parental states of mind with respect to attachment are seen as a risk factor for maltreatment. Implications for prevention, support and treatment are considered.
Development of an abuse screening tool for women with disabilties
- Authors:
- CURRY Mary Ann, POWERS Laurie E., OSCHWALD Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 8(4), 2003, pp.123-141.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Women with disabilities are at increased risk for violence, including forms of abuse that can be experienced by all women as well as forms unique to women with disabilities, such as abuse by personal assistants. The purpose of this study was to develop an abuse-screening tool unique to women with disabilities. The tool, which was based on previous research, was field-tested with 47 women who experienced physical and/or cognitive disabilities. Final refinement of the tool's wording and formatting was accomplished through focus groups and individual interviews. Women with disabilities were receptive to participating in screening, which facilitated the identification of abuse and risk factors. Recommendations for abuse screening and risk assessment with women who have disabilities are presented. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Residential care for adults
- Author:
- KELLY Des
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, April 1997, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Describes how there are practices which can protect adults in residential settings from abuse, and prevent institutions from becoming dehumanising. Looks at how despite years of inquiry reports, they are still all too rare.
A textbook of social work
- Authors:
- SHELDON Brian, MACDONALD Geraldine
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 429p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to social work practice. It strikes a balance between the need for social workers to understand the social, economic, cultural, psychological and interpersonal factors which give rise to clients' problems, and the need for them to know how best to respond with practical measures. Divided into three accessible parts, the text covers context and theory in the first part and social work skills and methods in the second part. The final part looks at the major specialisms, including, among others, chapters on: children, people with mental health problems; older people; chronic illness and physical disability; learning disability; juvenile and adult offenders; substance misusers.
Living in fear of youth
- Author:
- PRITCHARD Jacki
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.12.00, 2000, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at what can be done to help people who are being harassed by gangs of young people.
Vulnerable people as victims of crime: recent developments in England and Wales
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 1(2), November 1999, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Starting from the standpoint that adult protection has significant overlaps with a range of other areas of interest, this article considers how criminal justice systems in key countries are responding to the challenge of vulnerable adults. American, Canadian and UK legal frameworks and recent practice are examined in relation to vulnerable adults as victims, witnesses and perpetrators. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of the Crime and Disorder Act, 1988.
Family matters
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.99, 1999, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Finds out how a social worker in a children with disabilities team in Hackney tackles the difficult issue of whether the needs of a child with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties could be met at home from a vulnerable mother who lacks parenting skills, but nonetheless provides love.
Child sexual abuse and the black disabled child
- Author:
- BERNARD Claudia
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(3), June 1999, pp.325-339.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article discusses the effects of sexual abuse on black disabled children. Focusing on black children with learning disabilities, it examines how the dimensions of race, gender, and disability compound the problems they face after sexual abuse. It is argued that the way in which black disabled children and their families interpret their experience is likely to differ from other groups of disabled children. The article concludes with some reflections on the implications for making risk assessment for black disabled children.