Recording disabled children within Scotland's child protection system : a test collection

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McTier, Alexander and Ingram, Jillian and Morrison, Jennifer and Brown, Sarah (2026) Recording disabled children within Scotland's child protection system : a test collection. Child Abuse Review, 35 (2). e70124. ISSN 0952-9136 (https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70124)

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Abstract

Key Practitioner Messages - Disabled children are at increased risk of harm and abuse, yet disability among children is under-recorded in Scotland's children's social work statistics. - This data improvement project has developed and tested a set of disability indicators and definitions that support practitioners to identify and record disability - Using the indicators, 37% of children subject to a joint investigative interview were recorded as disabled. Social interaction, mental health, learning difficulty and speech, language and communication were the conditions recorded most.

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McTier, Alexander ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3639-5214, Ingram, Jillian, Morrison, Jennifer and Brown, Sarah;
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