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McConnell, David; Feldman, Maurice; Aunos, Marjorie; Prasad, Narasimha – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of parental cognitive impairment in cases opened for child maltreatment investigation in Canada, and to examine the relationship between parental cognitive impairment and maltreatment investigation outcomes including substantiation, case disposition and court application. Methods:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents with Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Child Abuse
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Lindblad, Ida; Billstedt, Eva; Gillberg, Christopher; Fernell, Elisabeth – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
A group of 10 young adults from a population-based series in Sweden, of originally 42 individuals, born to mothers with mild intellectual disability (ID), were interviewed with regard to their experiences during childhood, adolescence, and their current situation. The interview revealed that 6 of the 10 individuals had been removed from their…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Mothers, Mild Intellectual Disability, Parents with Disabilities
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Azar, Sandra T.; Robinson, Lara R.; Proctor, Stephon N. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Child neglect has negative effects throughout the life span. Although an argument for a link between intellectual disabilities and neglectful parenting can be made, this article argues for a more fine-grained view of the cognitive problems that underlie child neglect perpetration and provides evidence for a social information processing model of…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Mental Retardation, Prevention, Etiology
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Gaskin, Emily H.; Lutzker, John R.; Crimmins, Daniel B.; Robinson, Lara – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Parents with intellectual disabilities (ID) are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system. Parents with ID can be better served by developing curricula that support various modes of learning. Technology offers a potentially effective tool because it is visual, interactive, and self-instructional. SafeCare[R] is an evidence-based…
Descriptors: Mothers, Mental Retardation, Child Welfare, Infants
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Lightfoot, Elizabeth; Hill, Katharine; LaLiberte, Traci – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: All 50 states and the District of Columbia have statutes outlining the grounds for terminating parental rights (TPR) in relation to child abuse and neglect. Although recent research has found that parents with disabilities are not more likely to maltreat their children than parents without disabilities ([Glaun and Brown, 1999] and…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Parent Rights, Child Abuse, Child Rearing
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Azar, Sandra T.; Stevenson, Michael T.; Johnson, David R. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Parents with intellectual disabilities (PID) are overrepresented in the child protective services (CPS) system. This study examined a more nuanced view of the role of cognition in parenting risk. Its goal was to validate a social information processing (SIP) model of child neglect that draws on social cognition research and advances in…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Mothers, Mental Retardation, Child Rearing
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Mayes, Rachel; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
It is unlikely that every parent with intellectual disability comes under the scrutiny of the care and protection system. That many do is evident in the figures from a number of countries that report between 30 and 40% of the children of parents with intellectual disability are removed from their parents' care and placed in protective custody, in…
Descriptors: Placement, Child Neglect, Mental Retardation, Parents with Disabilities
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McGaw, Sue; Scully, Tamara; Pritchard, Colin – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: This study set out to identify risk factors affecting parents with intellectual disabilities (IDs) by determining: (i) whether perception of family support differs between parents with IDs, referring professionals, and a specialist parenting service; (ii) whether multivariate familial and demographic factors differentiates "high-risk"…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Mental Retardation, Family Programs, Child Rearing