Measuring parenting capacity for disabled children using a child protection assessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21721590 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Flynn (0000-0002-2807-0866, School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1489-1511 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-0173 • E-ISSN: 1741-296X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468017320957492 |
| OpenAlex | W3089046023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 56 |
Childhood disability can heighten risk of neglect and abuse and may also impinge upon the parenting task. Even so, a gross deficiency of published literature on social work parenting capacity assessment for disabled children is evident. This paper provides a critical commentary on approaches to assessments of the capacity of parents of disabled children. International review of literature on this subject matter is enacted across three themes. Findings Themes refer to limitations to the uptake of disability-specific parenting assessment tools, use of existing generic frameworks and supplementation of generic frameworks, respectively. Throughout, a composite conceptual frame is taken up, entailing the conventions of a seminal social model of disability, extended through an affirmative non-tragedy lens. The intention is to contest articulations of disability grounded in tragedy and melancholia, otherwise instantiated by links between disability with child maltreatment in this paper. Applications Application of insights from this paper within professional social work practice can enhance evidence-informed parenting capacity assessment
Child abuse · Child protection · CONTEST · Developmental psychology · Neglect · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Social model of disability · Child Abuse and Trauma · Disability Rights and Representation · Family and Disability Support Research · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Child abuse, child protection and disabled children
Maltreatment and disabilities
Parenting Stress Among Caregivers of Children With Chronic Illness
Social Work with Disabled People
Disabled Children's Childhood Studies
Doing qualitative research
Disability Rights and Wrongs Revisited
The New Politics of Disablement
Signs of Safety
Do parents and carers experiencing violent and challenging behaviour from their children fit with safeguarding models of support? Messages from a Facebook study
Assessing parenting capacity in child protection
Social Work with Children and Families
Decision‐making under uncertainty in child protection
Disabled children’s childhood studies
Liminal still? Unmothering disabled children
The social model of disability
Dis/entangling critical disability studies
Towards an Affirmation Model of Disability
Theorizing disability in child protection
Parental Cognitive Disabilities and Child Protection Services
Exploring the specific needs of an understudied group
Poverty, inequality, child abuse and neglect
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Working the edges of Posthuman disability studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |