The ADA, coupled with federal and state child welfare laws, provides broad brush strokes for advocates of parents with mental disabilities and their children. To effectuate parents’ rights, child welfare professionals must work with the parents themselves, as well as with other state departments, to form service plans that are tailored for the success of each individual family
In this introductory essay to the Special Issue, I argue that both family law and disability rights ...
The purpose of this study is to better understand the experiences of individuals with disabilities a...
Child welfare cases involving mental illness suffered either by a child or his parent can be among t...
Many families include at least one parent with a disability. These parents become involved in the ch...
Parents with disabilities are more likely than other parents to become involved in the child welfare...
Parents with disabilities, particularly those with intellectual disability and/or mental illness, ar...
Parents with severe mental illness are at greater risk than others of becoming involved in the child...
The child protection legal system is supposed to work towards the reunification of parents and child...
Holding that an order reversing termination of parental rights was improper; proof of reasonable ef...
A mother in New York was in the middle of divorcing her violent husband and caring for her two young...
A sizable body of scholarship indicates parents with disabilities – including physical, intellectual...
Objectives: All 50 states and the District of Columbia have statutes outlining the grounds for term...
Parents with disabilities are disproportionately involved in the child welfare system. This is in vi...
This chapter examines the legal framework applicable when child maltreatment and disability intersec...
TOPIC: This paper describes an intervention targeting states that list a parental mental illness/dis...
In this introductory essay to the Special Issue, I argue that both family law and disability rights ...
The purpose of this study is to better understand the experiences of individuals with disabilities a...
Child welfare cases involving mental illness suffered either by a child or his parent can be among t...
Many families include at least one parent with a disability. These parents become involved in the ch...
Parents with disabilities are more likely than other parents to become involved in the child welfare...
Parents with disabilities, particularly those with intellectual disability and/or mental illness, ar...
Parents with severe mental illness are at greater risk than others of becoming involved in the child...
The child protection legal system is supposed to work towards the reunification of parents and child...
Holding that an order reversing termination of parental rights was improper; proof of reasonable ef...
A mother in New York was in the middle of divorcing her violent husband and caring for her two young...
A sizable body of scholarship indicates parents with disabilities – including physical, intellectual...
Objectives: All 50 states and the District of Columbia have statutes outlining the grounds for term...
Parents with disabilities are disproportionately involved in the child welfare system. This is in vi...
This chapter examines the legal framework applicable when child maltreatment and disability intersec...
TOPIC: This paper describes an intervention targeting states that list a parental mental illness/dis...
In this introductory essay to the Special Issue, I argue that both family law and disability rights ...
The purpose of this study is to better understand the experiences of individuals with disabilities a...
Child welfare cases involving mental illness suffered either by a child or his parent can be among t...