The U.S. Department of Justice claims that Alabama has been discriminating against children with disabilities by placing them in “segregated and inferior educational programs.”
(2013). Who Is Willing to Foster Children With Disabilities? Journal of Public Child Welfare, 7(5), 566-585.Orme, J. G., Cherry, D. J., & Krcek, T. E. (in press). Who is willing to foster children with disabilities? Journal of Public Child Welfare (in press)....
At the heart of the controversy is a practice common nationwide — state agencies taking control of Social Security benefits that are earmarked for foster children with disabilities or a deceased or disabled parent. The agencies, many of them struggling with tight budgets, say they are legally ent...
and Inclusion for All: Landscape Analysis on Children with Disabilities in Indonesia", the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) noted that 36 percent of children with disabilities in Indonesia did not receive education while only 8 percent of children without dis...
nature publishing group Review Medical foster care: what happens when children with medical complexity cannot be cared for by their families? Rebecca R. Seltzer1, Carrie M. Henderson2 and Renee D. Boss1,3 Medical interventions for life-threatening pediatric conditions often oblige ...
The Texas government isn’t pro-life — it’s pro-birth. It disgusts me that this government is trying to evade its responsibilities to children who are already born. As the writer points out in this editorial, foster children with disabilities are in danger, and Texas’ government seems to...
Children who set fires, behave destructively, or act out sexually were the least acceptable. In general, families with more resources were more willing to foster children with emotional or behavioral problems. Also, families who were more willing to foster such children were more likely to have ...
We examined the service needs of foster families with children who have disabilities. Foster parents in a large Canadian city were asked "What services or supports would be helpful to you?" The responses to this question were edited for clarity and to eliminate redundancies, and sorted into ...
Furthermore, children in foster care with intellectual disability,physical disability, and emotional disturbance had a significantly higher risk of death compared to those without disabilities. "In undertaking this study, we expected to find differential outcomes for children with disabilities," said senio...
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...