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Direct linkBooth, Tim; Booth, Wendy; McConnell, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: Parents with learning difficulties are known to face a high risk of losing their children. This paper reports findings from a study designed to throw light on the numbers of parents with learning difficulties and their children coming before the Family Courts in Children Act proceedings and what happened to them as a result. Method:…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Placement, Mental Retardation, Disability Discrimination
Booth, Tim; Booth, Wendy – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
This report summarizes the findings of a study of court files relating to care proceedings involving parents with an intellectual disability. The authors found that 15.3% of all children subject to care applications in the year 2000 in the courts studied had at least one parent with an intellectual disability. They also found that these children…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Mental Retardation, Courts, Court Litigation
