The relationship between child disability and living arrangement in child welfare.
The influence of disabilities on placement outcomes was examined for 277 children who were removed from their biological parents due to substantiated maltreatment. Results indicated that children with a disability were less likely to reunify and more likely to reside in nonkin foster care two years later than typical children. Children with cognitive, emotional /behavioral, and physical disabilities were over four times more likely to be permanently living in nonkin foster care than to be reunified.
Romney
Stephanie C
SC
Department of Child and Family Studies, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Litrownik
Alan J
AJ
Newton
Rae R
RR
Lau
Anna
A
D000300:Adoption; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010287:Parent-Child Relations