ERIC Number: EJ1247760
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
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Maltreatment Profiles of Child Welfare-Involved Children in Special Education: Classification and Behavioral Consequences
Exceptional Children, v86 n3 p237-254 Apr 2020
In this study, I investigated the maltreatment profiles of child welfare-involved children in special education and examined how those profiles influenced their internalizing and externalizing behaviors. I analyzed data on a sample of 290 children (63% male, 37% female, M[subscript age] = 11 years) from the National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being II. When weighted, this sample represented approximately 233,000 children involved in the child welfare system and in special education. Results from latent class analyses revealed four maltreatment classes, listed by predominance: supervisory neglect, physical abuse, other forms of maltreatment, and sexual abuse. Relative to children in the sexual abuse class, children had higher teacher-reported internalizing problem behaviors if their predominate maltreatment class was either supervisory neglect or physical abuse. Understanding maltreatment and its consequences for child welfare-involved children in special education can help better inform ways to promote their educational success.
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Special Education, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Child Neglect, Supervision, Sexual Abuse, Incidence, Students with Disabilities, Caregivers, Individual Characteristics, Well Being
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS)
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