TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The Los Angeles County response to child abuse and deafness: a social movement theory analysis
JO  - American annals of the deaf
A1  - Grossman, Frank D.
A1  - Embry, Richard A.
SP  - 488
EP  - 498
VL  - 151
IS  - 5
N2  - There is increasingly strong evidence that children with disabilities are at higher risk for maltreatment when compared to children without disabilities. There is also concern about the adequacy of child welfare services for children and parents with disabilities, particularly those disabilities that result in a communication impairment. This article describes a successful community practice effort in Los Angeles County that resulted in the establishment of a comprehensive array of linguistically and culturally competent child abuse prevention and treatment services for the maltreated deaf child and for the deaf parent at risk for child abuse perpetration. Social movement theory is used to analyze a change effort that was developed and implemented by a broad coalition of members of the Deaf and hearing communities. Elements of the problem, social movement theory, the coalition, the change strategy, and the results are described.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-726X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -