Competing Influences? How Children’s Adoption and Disability Statuses Relate to Family Structure

Gibby, Ashley Larsen; Thomas, Kevin J. A.; Jensen, Alexander C.

doi:10.1007/s10826-022-02464-1

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“…Foster and adoptive families of children with IDD present similar family adjustment scores to normative families of typical children (Glidden & Cahill 1998;Glidden 2000), evidencing these advantages. In addition, adoption may be a protective factor against the family and couple instability found in families with IDD children (Gibby et al 2022). Perry and Henry (2009) highlight that prior knowledge of the disability, which occurs in adoptions and special foster care, is advantageous in becoming a family in the following aspects.…”

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Family Quality of Life in Foster and Adoptive Families of People with IDD

García-Sanjuán,

Berástegui,

Mota

2023

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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The aim of this study is to examine the family quality of life (FQoL) in foster and adoptive families of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Adoption or foster care and IDD can have a specific impact on families, creating particular support needs. This study assesses self-reported parent FQoL and its relations with placement and disability factors in a convenience snowball sample of 62 foster and adoptive families of children, adolescents, and young adults with IDD in Spain. The FQoL ranged between moderate and entirely satisfactory (M = 92.2; SD = 16.9). Families of people with Down Syndrome (DS) and in special placements showed higher FQoL scores than those without other diagnoses or in ordinary placements. In contrast, increased mental health needs can explain a decrease in FQoL (β = -0.337, t = -2.729, p = 0.008). These families also show specific support needs essential for FQoL, including accurate information and training processes, and particular attention and support when a disability is identified after placement.

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