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'I Don't Think I Have Ever Worked Harder on a Case': Needs of Canadian Child Protection Workers and Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
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Munazza Tahir; Virginie Cobigo – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: The current literature has established that prejudice in child protection cases with parents with intellectual disabilities continues to persist. However, complexities of these cases are not well-understood from the perspective of child protection workers. This study aimed to identify the needs of child protection workers and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Child Care
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Social Work Practice: A Dedicated Model Syllabus for Graduate Schools of Social Work
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Sabretta Alford; Laura Graham Holmes – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2025
Most social work students receive only limited instruction about disabilities in their general coursework despite a growing need for trained social workers in this area. In this paper, we argue that coursework dedicated to the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) needs to be implemented as an essential component of a…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Social Work, Professional Education, Course Descriptions