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Annick Zijlstra; Tessel Sterenborg; Maroesjka Nieuwenhuijzen; Bram O. Castro – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Newborns of parents with intellectual disabilities face higher risks in their environment for child unsafety, despite parents' good intentions. To help parents prevent unsafe circumstances, a good understanding of the risk factors faced by these parents is needed. Methods: This casefile study examined (1) which risk factors were…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Parents with Disabilities, Pregnancy, Case Records
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Tahir, Munazza; Cobigo, Virginie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Qualitative research using published court records to examine contextual factors that contribute to child protection decisions in cases involving parents with intellectual disabilities is limited, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: The present study conducted qualitative content analysis on 10 published Ontario court…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Child Safety, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Sigurjónsdóttir, Hanna Björg; Rice, James Gordon – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: The aim was to investigate the role of measured intellectual function in framing parents as 'unfit' in child custody deprivation cases. Method: Grounded theory was used to analyse a national sample of custody deprivation cases in Iceland 2002-2014. Results: The terminology used to evaluate and describe the intellectual and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Parent Rights, Parents with Disabilities
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Tøssebro, Jan; Midjo, Turid; Paulsen, Veronika; Berg, Berit – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: This study addresses children of parents with intellectual disability in Norway. The aim was to examine: (i) the impact of definitions of intellectual disability on prevalence, (ii) whether numbers were increasing, (iii) the prevalence of motherhood and fatherhood and (iv) rates of lost custody. Methods: Analyses of national registers…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Municipalities