Maltreatment of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Date: January 25, 2017
Time: 4:00 p.m. EST
Content Overview:
Edited
by Dr. John R. Lutzker, Dr. Kate Guastaferro, and Megan L. Benka-Coker, Maltreatment of People with Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities applies the public health approach to the issue
of maltreatment of children and adults with intellectual and developmental
disabilities across the lifespan. In this one-hour webinar, authors of three
chapters sharing a common theme around reproductive and parenting rights of
women with IDD will be featured.
Dr.
Laraine Glidden (St. Mary’s College of Maryland) will highlight her chapter
entitled “Removing Reproductive, Sexual,
and Rearing Rights of Women with Intellectual Disability: Congratulated,
Condoned, and Condemned,” which provides an historical and contemporaneous
discussion of laws and practices that impose restrictions on the reproductive,
sexual and rearing rights of persons with intellectual and development
disabilities. Dr. Kate Guastaferro (Pennsylvania State University) will then
discuss, “A story of Mothers with IDD:
Relationships and Social Networks,” a qualitative study of five mothers
with IDD highlighting the informal and formal support networks that may be
useful in interventions. Finally, Dr. Sandy Azar (Pennsylvania State
University) will discuss her chapter, “A
Blueprint for Systemic Change: Enhancing Services for Parents with Intellectual
and Other Cognitive Disabilities” which details considerations for
prevention efforts targeted towards parents with IDD. The webinar is designed
to put these chapters in conversation with one another and inspire thoughtful
conversation with the webinar audience. Collectively, the chapters discussed
here, and in this volume, are designed to inspire the evolution of research in
this area and bridge the gap between research, practice, and influence policy.