TY - JOUR
T1 - Are We Prepared? Child Welfare Work With Parents With Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities
AU - LaLiberte, Traci L.
PY - 2013/12/24
Y1 - 2013/12/24
N2 - Despite a growing body of literature addressing the problematic interface between the child welfare system and parents with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD), efforts to better train child welfare workers to address this interface have been negligible (Booth & Booth, 1993; McConnell et al., 2011a, 2011b; McConnell & Llewellyn, 1998, 2002; Tymchuk, 1999, 2001; Tymchuk et al., 1999). This study examined child welfare worker competency in working with parents with IDD, more specifically: 1) to identify child welfare competencies workers need when managing cases involving parents with IDD, 2) personal and professional variables influencing worker competency, and 3) training needs of child welfare workers.
AB - Despite a growing body of literature addressing the problematic interface between the child welfare system and parents with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD), efforts to better train child welfare workers to address this interface have been negligible (Booth & Booth, 1993; McConnell et al., 2011a, 2011b; McConnell & Llewellyn, 1998, 2002; Tymchuk, 1999, 2001; Tymchuk et al., 1999). This study examined child welfare worker competency in working with parents with IDD, more specifically: 1) to identify child welfare competencies workers need when managing cases involving parents with IDD, 2) personal and professional variables influencing worker competency, and 3) training needs of child welfare workers.
KW - child protection
KW - child welfare
KW - disabilities
KW - policy issues
KW - training
KW - workforce issues
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U2 - 10.1080/15548732.2013.861382
DO - 10.1080/15548732.2013.861382
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890721284
SN - 1554-8732
VL - 7
SP - 633
EP - 657
JO - Journal of Public Child Welfare
JF - Journal of Public Child Welfare
IS - 5
ER -