Callow Ella, Tahir Munazza, Feldman Maurice
National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Centre for Applied Disability Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2017 May;30(3):553-562. doi: 10.1111/jar.12296. Epub 2016 Nov 27.
Parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) are over-represented in child welfare cases. Although IQ per se is an invalid indicator of parenting abilities, this study examined the prevalence of judicial consideration of parental IQ test evidence in US appellate cases.
The present authors conducted Boolean searches of Westlaw Corporation's case database since 1999. The present authors used a six-question checklist to survey the 42 most recent American appellate cases involving termination of parental rights (TPR) decisions that included evidence of parental intellectual and developmental disabilities based on IQ.
In 86% of cases, parental low IQ was presented as a barrier to parenting competence. Higher courts uphold TPR decision in 81% of cases involving parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Parental IQ scores are routinely relied upon to judge parenting capacity in custody cases where parents have intellectual and developmental disabilities. The present authors recommend more comprehensive assessments examining a broader range of contextual variable that may impact on parenting abilities.
智力和发育障碍（IDD）的父母在儿童福利案件中占比过高。尽管智商本身并不是育儿能力的有效指标，但本研究调查了美国上诉案件中司法考虑父母智商测试证据的普遍性。
作者自1999年以来对汤森路透公司的案例数据库进行了布尔搜索。作者使用一份包含六个问题的清单，对42起最近的美国上诉案件进行了调查，这些案件涉及终止父母权利（TPR）的决定，其中包括基于智商的父母智力和发育障碍的证据。
在86%的案件中，父母智商低被视为育儿能力的障碍。在81%涉及智力和发育障碍父母的案件中，上级法院维持了终止父母权利的决定。
在涉及智力和发育障碍父母的监护权案件中，父母的智商分数经常被用来判断育儿能力。作者建议进行更全面的评估，考察更广泛的可能影响育儿能力的背景变量。
