Children with disabilities in foster care are extremely vulnerable, facing risks of maltreatment and removal from their homes and greater need for health care services. New research suggests that children with specific disabilities in foster care are less likely to find a permanent home and have a ...
Children with disabilities are a particularly vulnerable subset of this already vulnerable population. What are the implications of conceptual and methodological issues in theories of disability for estimates of children with disabilities in foster care? To what extent do children in the foster care ...
Growing Up in Foster Care : Carolyn ’ s Story Supporting Family Life for Children with Disabilities : What We Know and Don ’ t KnowGrowing Up in Foster Care : Carolyn ’ s Story Supporting Family Life for Children with Disabilities : What We Know and Don ’ t Know...
doi:10.1001/jama.2015.12912 Children with disabilities are at increased risk for maltreatment,1,2 and neglect accounts for the majority of such cases.3 Although most cases of suspected neglect are unsubstantiated at the time of the initial report to child protective services (CPS),4 meaning there...
Adoption in the U.S.: children receiving specific post-adoption services 2011 Minors with disabilities in foster families by gender in Spain 2022 Number of children in foster families by age in Spain 2017 Minors under child protection in care homes in Spain 2017 Number of c...
Disentangling over-representation of parents with disabilities in the child welfare system: Exploring child maltreatment risk factors of parents with disabilities The study explores the risk factors for child maltreatment and self-reported child maltreatment among a population-based sample of parents with ...
children with disabilities may be alone with adults providing transportation, intimate personal care, occupational therapy, special education, and a host of other services. Offenders of youth with disabilities are often service providers (Sullivan and Knutson, 2000;Reiter et al., 2007). Institutionalize...
Historically, in addition to low-income criteria, Medicaid eligibility was generally limited to certain groups (or categories) of individuals, including those with disabilities, the elderly, children, adults in families with dependent children, and pregnant women. However, with enactment of the ACA, ...
The study found that children with a range of intellectual and multiple disabilities were being referred to the program and the eligibility and acceptance criteria used within the foster care agencies did not restrict access. Potential restrictions in accessibility of the service were noted in relation...
“They’re already going through all kinds of traumatic experiences,” said Randi Turner, who used to serve on the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities. “To be placed into a setting where there’s no communication access just adds to the trauma.” ...