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Direct linkMcConnell, 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
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
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
Peer reviewedWalsh, Christine; MacMillan, Harriet; Jamieson, Ellen – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2002
A study interviewed 8,548 participants in the Ontario Mental Health Supplement about parental psychiatric history and childhood physical and sexual abuse. Respondents reporting a parental history of depression, mania, or schizophrenia had a two to threefold increase in the rates of physical, sexual, or any abuse. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Depression (Psychology), Family Problems
Peer reviewedTymchuk, Alexander J.; Lang, Cathy M.; Doylniuk, Chrystina A.; Berney-Ficklin, Karen; Spitz, Rebecca – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1999
Describes a study involving 29 low-income parents with learning difficulties that validated a prescriptive home-danger and safety-precaution instrument containing 14 epidemiological categories to be used in the design and evaluation of family-tailored injury prevention and safety interventions. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Family Environment, Injuries
Peer reviewedLlewellyn, 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
