Children First: Bringing disabled children within the child welfare fold

Children First: Bringing disabled children within the child welfare fold

This paper attempts to steer a modest course through the complex challenges of bringing disabled children within the child welfare fold. Three case vignettes are provided, which examine the issues in their historical and social policy contexts. Selected examples are outlined of relevant comparative...

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Veröffentlicht in:Practice (Birmingham, England) England), 1999, Vol.11 (4), p.27-36
1. Verfasser: Hardiker, Pauline
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Case studies
Child Welfare Services
Children
Disabled children
Evaluation
Handicapped
Welfare services
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Zusammenfassung:This paper attempts to steer a modest course through the complex challenges of bringing disabled children within the child welfare fold. Three case vignettes are provided, which examine the issues in their historical and social policy contexts. Selected examples are outlined of relevant comparative surveys, inspections and evaluations. The author concludes that, overall, the benefits of bringing disabled children within the child welfare fold have outweighed the disadvantages
ISSN:0950-3153
1742-4909
DOI:10.1080/09503159908415168