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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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Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; McConnell, David; Ferronato, Luisa – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2003
This study determined prevalence and outcome data on parents with disabilities and their children in statutory child-protection proceedings in New South Wales (Australia). Parents with disabilities (usually psychiatric or intellectual) featured in almost one-third of the cases. Court outcomes indicated a disproportionately large number of children…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Court Litigation