@article{ref1,
title="Children with behavioral, non-behavioral, and multiple disabilities, and the risk of out-of-home placement disruption",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2011",
author="Helton, Jesse J.",
volume="35",
number="11",
pages="956-964",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relative risk of placement disruption for 3-10 year-old children placed in out-of-home care based on the biological relatedness of the placement caregiver and child disability status: no disability, a non-behavioral disability only, a behavioral disability only, or both a non-behavioral and behavioral disability. METHODS: Data were used from the baseline and 36 month follow-up of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, a national probability study of children investigated for child abuse and neglect in the United States. Disability status was derived using several different nationally-normed measures of language development, daily-living skills, social skills, and behavioral problems. RESULTS: Around 1 in 4 children placed in out-of-home care experienced a disruption. Placement with kin decreased the likelihood of disruption for a majority of children, and children with different types of disabilities were no more or less likely to disrupt in kinship care compared to children with no disability. Older children with a behavioral disability only or both a non-behavioral and behavioral disability were more likely to disrupt compared to younger regardless of placement. CONCLUSION: The study findings suggest that maltreated children placed with kin will be afforded the same stability provided to children without a disability.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.06.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.06.004"
}