The Ann Craft Trust

Cooke, Pamela; Kitson, Deborah

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“…Whether the level of intellectual impairment influences vulnerability to sexual abuse remains unclear according to Lumley & Miltenberger (1997). However, when communications skills are lacking, behaviours indicative of abuse having occurred may be misconstrued as part of a person' s disability (eg Cooke, 2000). In addition, points out that people with intellectual disabilities often have a learning history whereby they are reinforced for compliance which may be dangerous if this means that a person may actually comply with requests that result in abuse.…”

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The efficacy of interventions designed to prevent and protect people with intellectual disabilities from sexual abuse: a review of the literature

Bruder¹,

Kroese

2005

The Journal of Adult Protection

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This paper reviews the clinical interventions used to address the vulnerability of people with intellectual disabilities to sexual abuse. Prevalence of sexual abuse for this group is discussed. Factors that are considered to put people with intellectual disabilities at an increased risk of sexual abuse are also discussed.As the teaching of protection and prevention skills to adults and children with intellectual disabilities has been put forward as an effective intervention to help avoid sexual abuse, a review of nine studies that attempted to evaluate such intervention programmes is carried out. It is concluded that adults with intellectual disabilities can successfully be taught skills to prevent and protect themselves from sexual abuse. However, issues around the generalisation and the maintenance of acquired skills have to be considered. Recommendations for future research are made. Finally, the clinical implications of the results of this review are discussed.

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The efficacy of interventions designed to prevent and protect people with intellectual disabilities from sexual abuse: a review of the literature

Bruder¹,

Kroese

2005

The Journal of Adult Protection

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“…While disabled children appear more vulnerable than others, they may be less likely to receive protection and help from child protection and therapeutic services for a number of reasons. Disabled children may be unable to communicate their experience verbally or may not be believed as a result of their impairment, and behaviours indicative of abuse may be Safeguarding Disabled Children in Residential Settings 265 misconstrued as part of their disability (Kennedy, 1992a;Marchant and Page, 1993;Cross, 1998;Cooke, 2000). Tharinger et al (1989) claimed that only one in 30 cases of sexual abuse of disabled people is reported, compared to one in five cases of non-disabled.…”

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“…In the next two decades, the involvement of disabled people in challenging models of care led to radical rethinking about services. Cooke (2000) highlighted how the endemic marginalization of disabled people promotes the acceptance of a lower standard of care for them. Cooke is one of many researchers promoting the 'social model' of disability.…”

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Safeguarding disabled children in residential settings: what we know and what we don't know

Paul

Cawson

2002

Child Abuse Review

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Research in America, Canada, Australia and Britain has revealed that disabled children are particularly vulnerable to abuse. Their likelihood of attending residential institutions, their dependency on others for personal care and the lack of opportunities for them to alert others to maltreatment or comprehend the nature of abusive acts all increase levels of risk. Over the last decade, there has been increasing public and professional concern about the abuse of children in residential establishments, resulting in a number of inquiries. However, the abuse of disabled children in residential settings has received little attention. Despite residential schools, care homes and respite care being widely used by disabled children, there is a paucity of knowledge regarding the standards of child protection in these establishments. This article 'A paucity of knowledge regarding the standards of child protection in these establishments' explores the research literature revealing the vulnerability of disabled children to abuse when living away from home, what measures can be taken to help protect them and the limitations of available data as a basis for planning child protection measures.

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“…In this country, we do not know how many disabled children have been abused, nor do we know what happens to them-what they receive in terms of service or interventions, and whether or how many of their abusers are identified and prosecuted (Cooke, 2000). Existing research, as noted by Westcott and Jones (1999) and Kelly (1992), is sparse or inadequate and government figures on child protection do not contain data on whether or not an abused child has a disability.…”

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Abuse and disabled children: hidden needs…?

Cooke

Standen

2002

Child Abuse Review

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In order to look at current practices in recording the abuse of disabled children, a questionnaire was sent out to the 121 Chairs of the Area Child Protection Committees in the United Kingdom. Of the 73 responders, over 50% claimed to identify the disability of an abused child but only 10% could given an actual figure. The lack of statistical evidence made it impossible to calculate anything except an approximation of the rate of abuse of disabled children. Schedules completed over a period of 1 year in two Social Services Departments for all disabled children who were conferenced for abuse showed that they were less likely to be put on the child protection register than a 'Disabled children less likely to be put on the child protection register' comparison group of non-disabled children. Semi-structured interviews with eight of the key workers for the disabled children revealed that they were concerned that there was a tendency 'not to see' the abuse of disabled children and they did not feel there was sufficient training regarding the interface between abuse and disabilities. Taking into account the responses to the study, a number of national and local recommendations were made.

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The efficacy of interventions designed to prevent and protect people with intellectual disabilities from sexual abuse: a review of the literature

The efficacy of interventions designed to prevent and protect people with intellectual disabilities from sexual abuse: a review of the literature

Safeguarding disabled children in residential settings: what we know and what we don't know

Abuse and disabled children: hidden needs…?

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