title: The relationship between child disability and living arrangement in child welfare.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Family Studies, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Romney
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Litrownik
authors.forename: Rae R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lau
mesh_terms: 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