Sydney School of Education and Social Work: Recent submissions
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‘She was there if I needed to talk or to try and get my point across’: specialist advocacy for parents with intellectual disability in the Australian child protection system
Published 2018-01-01Parents with intellectual disability are overrepresented in child protection matters due to a combination of socioeconomic disadvantage and assumptions of parenting incapacity by child welfare workers and courts. Inability ...Open AccessArticle -
Intersectional Disadvantage: Exploring Differences Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Parents with Intellectual Disability in the New South Wales Child Protection System
Published 2018-01-01Background: Two parent groups overrepresented in child protection matters are those with intellectual disability and those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds. To date, no research has explored the child ...Open AccessArticle -
Benefits and limits of peer support for mothers with intellectual disability affected by domestic violence and child protection
Published 2020-01-01It is established that parents with intellectual disability raise their children in conditions of severe socioeconomic disadvantage, increasing a risk of child removal. Peer support can help vulnerable and isolated families ...Open AccessArticle -
Permanency with lifelong connections: Casework practices to support positive relationships between carer and birth families
Published 2019-01-01In Australia, the emerging model of child welfare policy and practice emphasises 'permanency and lifelong connections with birth families'. In 2014,1amidst widespread public concern about an increase in the numbers of ...Open AccessArticle -
General public perceptions and motivations to adopt children from out-of-home care in New South Wales, Australia
Published 2019-08-19Recent reforms in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, prioritise adoption over long-term foster care. While previous research has examined motivation to foster, less is known about the interest by the general public in ...Open AccessArticle