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Children With Disabilities
Resources and information about serving children with disabilities.
Children With Disabilities: Abuse, Neglect, and the Child Welfare System
Bruhn
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 8(1/2), 2003
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Discusses impact of abuse and neglect, the impact of 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.
Children With Disabilities in the Child Welfare System
Weaver, Keller, & Loyek (2005)
In Child Welfare for the Twenty-First Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs
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Explores the interdependence of disability and maltreatment, how physical abuse can result in a disability, why children with disabilities are at risk for abuse, and special aspects of foster care and adoption for children with disabilities.
Estimates of Supplemental Security Income Eligibility for Children in Out-of-Home Placements
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families (2008)
Examines Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility among children living in out-of-home care in the child welfare system, using data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Indicates that a large number of children living in foster care may be eligible for SSI. (PDF - 520 KB)
The Impact of Service Access on Out-of-Home Placement for Youth With Emotional Disabilities and Their Families
Humphrey (2002)
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Examines the experiences of six children with emotional disabilities (ED) who were in out-of-home placements, the experience of their birth parents and foster care providers, and the experience of their service providers and judges.
Out-of-Home Placement for Young Children With Developmental and Medical Conditions
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(8), 2004
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Findings indicate that developmental and health problems are associated with higher numbers of out-of-home placements, longer stays in foster care, decreased likelihood of return to parental care, and higher foster care costs.
Preparing Foster Adolescents for Independent Living: A Comparison of Disabled and Non-Disabled Youth (PDF - 312 KB)
Mech & Che-Man Fung (1998)
An analysis of more than 18,000 cases that shows disabled youth experienced more restrictive placements and twice as many placement changes as nondisabled peers.
Report of the Summit: State-Community Response to Barriers for Children With Co-occurring Developmental Disabilities and Emotional/Substance Abuse Disorders (PDF - 248 KB)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability (2005)
The summit developed recommendations in five areas: making services more accessible and family-centered, increasing capacity in the field, facilitating interagency collaboration, providing more flexible financial services, and supporting technology and research.
Transition for Youth with Disabilities: A Look at State Programs, Progress, and Promising Practices (PDF - 464 KB)
The Center for Workers with Disabilities' Task Force on Youth in Transition (2006)
Looks at state programs to help youth with disabilities with the transition to adulthood. (Word - 619 KB)
Transition Planning for Foster Youth With Disabilities: Are We Falling Short? An Awareness Document for Parents, Professionals and Youth (PDF - 32 KB)
Fostering Futures Project (2004)
Discusses the barriers to effective planning and presents strategies to improve outcomes for this population.
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