Disabled Youth Transitioning from Care
An International Policy Analysis
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 21559643 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Berni Kelly (0000-0002-4204-6694, Queen's University Belfast, autor de correspondencia), Gilbert Gimm (0000-0001-6361-6951, George Mason University), Oterholm Inger (VID Specialized University), Jemma Venables (0000-0002-3783-1639, The University of Queensland), Claire Baker (0000-0001-9729-6087, Coram), Ingri-Hanne Braenne Bennwik, Ingri‐Hanne Brænne Bennwik (0000-0002-0489-2339, VID Specialized University), Kathy Ellem (0000-0003-2074-9724, The University of Queensland), Joann S Lee (0000-0002-5405-910X, University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Leah P Cheatham (0000-0003-4066-615X, University of Alabama) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Volumen | 43 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 495-510 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0738-0151 • E-ISSN: 1573-2797 |
| Editorial | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10560-025-01061-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4416539077 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 38 |
Many countries across the globe have enacted leaving care policy to make provision for transition planning and aftercare support for care-leavers who face significant challenges in adulthood. However, the extent to which care-leaver policy addresses the unique needs of disabled youth leaving care is not known. This paper seeks to address this gap in knowledge by analysing care-leaver policy in four countries (United States, United Kingdom, Norway and Australia) with a specific focus on how well they address disability issues. A key finding is the lack of consistency in the explicit recognition of disabled youth in care-leaving policy and an absence of directives to guide the adaptation and implementation of policy for disabled care-leavers. There is also a fragmentation in aftercare support with an increasing individualist approach grounded in normative assumptions for independent adulthood and a medical model of disability with a parallel retraction or redirection of formal regulation that impacts on disabled youth transitions from care. The paper concludes with recommendations for developing policy to give greater recognition to the needs of disabled care-leavers and their non-normative pathways from care into adulthood that require a refocus on interdependence, youth voice, extended aftercare support and collaborative services
Disabled people · Globe · Health care · Individualism · Normative · Policy analysis · Social policy · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family Support in Illness · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Health Policy
Assessing Homelessness and Incarceration Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care, by Type of Disability
Experiences of Children and Young People with a Disability in Out‐of‐Home Care in Australia
Barriers and facilitators to healthcare access among youth transitioning out of foster care
Working Individually and Collectively
I got into a very dark place”
How do academic and career services affect employment, education, and disability benefit receipt in the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities who have aged out of foster care
Comparing Leaving-Care Policy and Practice Across the Four Nations of the United Kingdom
Beyond populism and into the state
Social Work and the political conflict in Northern Ireland
Policy values related to support for care leavers with disabilities
Moving from ‘what we know works’ to ‘what we do in practice’
Disability is not a word we use’
Ending Australia’s Status as a “Leaving Care Laggard”
Service coordination for transition-age foster youth with disabilities
Youth with disabilities transitioning from foster care
Differential risks
The needs and experiences of young people with a disability transitioning from out-of-home care
Raising the profile of care leavers with mental health and/or intellectual disabilities
Youth with disabilities in the United States Child Welfare System
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) young people leaving out-of-home care in Australia
A comparative study of child welfare systems
My disability was my own responsibility’
The most significant child welfare reform in a generation”
Disabled Children's Experience of Permanency in the Looked After System
Attention to disability in child protection policies across four liberal welfare regimes
Indigenous young people transitioning from alternative care in Australia
The Introduction of Extended Out‐of‐Home Care (Oohc) Until 21 Years in Australia
A multinational comparison of care-leaving policy and legislation
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
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| Citas por año | 2 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |