Assessing Restrictiveness: A Closer Look at the Foster Care Placements and Perceptions of Youth With and Without Disabilities Aging Out of Care.
The aim of the study was to examine the experience of restrictiveness among transition-aged youth with disabilities in foster care. Utilizing a sample of 207 youth, placement types were explored for differences in disability status, race and sex. Further, youth perceptions of restriction around communication, movement around one's home, and access to the community were examined for youth receiving special education services (SPED), youth receiving developmental disability services (DD), and youth without disabilities. Youth with disabilities were more likely to be placed in more restrictive placement types and had significantly higher levels of perceived restriction around communication, movement, and community when compared to youth without disabilities. Additionally, males with disabilities experienced higher levels of restrictiveness, particularly those who received DD services, while White youth with disabilities also experienced greater community restrictiveness.
Portland State University, School of Social Work, Portland, OR 97207, USA.
Jessica
J
Schmidt
Portland State University, School of Social Work, Portland, OR 97207, USA.
Miranda
M
Cunningham
Multnomah County Department of Health and Human Services, Portland, OR.
Lawrence D
LD
Dalton
Portland State University, School of Social Work, Portland, OR 97207, USA.
Laurie E
LE
Powers
Portland State University, School of Social Work, Portland, OR 97207, USA.
Sarah
S
Geenen
California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA.
Claudia Guadalupe
CG
Orozco
aging out of foster care; relative/kinship care; residential care