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Permanency Services for Children & Youth With Disabilities
Resources outlining the unique permanency planning needs of and services for children and youth with disabilities. Includes State and local examples.
Disabled Children Who Need Permanence: Barriers to Placement
Cousins
Adoption and Fostering, 29(3), 2005
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Explores barriers that make disabled children's pathways to permanency problematic.
Do We Really Mean Families for All Children? Permanency Planning for Children With Developmental Disabilities
Rosenau
Policy Research Brief, 11(2), 2000
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Explores why children with developmental disabilities should be provided the same permanency planning services as other children in foster care.
A Family to Family Model Concurrent Kinship and Foster to Adopt Family Plan for Special Needs Children (Two Ways Home): Final Report
Sanders (2004)
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Discusses a community-based program to increase and expedite the placement and subsequent adoption of children with special needs in a relative's home, and to develop a concurrent alternative plan for children for whom no relatives are identified and no permanent home has been found.
Helping Families Raise Children With Special Health Care Needs at Home
Johnson & Kastner
Pediatrics, 115(2), 2005
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Examines the philosophy of providing a permanent family environment for all children, including those with special health-care needs, and the importance of adequate and accessible community services to support and maintain the well-being of all family members.
Permanency Planning for Adolescents With Disabilities
Pineles
ABA Child Law Practice, 24(8), 2005
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Outlines practice guidelines for permanency planning for adolescents with disabilities.
Planning for Permanency for Youth in Congregate Care
Freundlich & Avery
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(2), 2005
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Examines permanency outcomes for youth in congregate care.
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State and local examples
Behavioral Rehabilitative Services Handbook (PDF - 534 KB)
Washington (State) Department of Social and Health Services & Washington (State) Children's Administration (2005)
Describes an intensive support and treatment program for children with behavioral/emotional disturbances as well as developmental disabilities, designed to assist them in transitioning to a less restrictive environment.
The Preparation for Parenting Program: Final Report, 1999-2003
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2003)
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Promotes the adoption of foster children who have developmental disabilities in Hamilton County, Ohio.
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