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Prevention Programs for Families Affected by Substance Abuse

Find programs and strategies to improve parenting skills and reduce risk factors for child abuse and neglect in families affected by substance abuse.

Parenting and Substance Abuse (PDF - 357 KB) Price (Ed.) The Source: Newsletter of the National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center, 12(2), 2003 Focuses on improving parenting skills in households impacted by substance abuse, including information on several exemplary programs for caregivers with substance abuse problems and their families. Assessing and Supporting Parenting in Families Affected by Substance Abuse and HIV: Lessons Learned (PDF - 1540 KB) National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (2007) Identifies challenges facing families affected by substance abuse and HIV, and provides tips on building relationships with clients, assessing parenting skills and parent-child relationships, parenting intervention strategies, safety planning, staffing, and working with child protective services.

Best Beginnings Plus: Reducing Risk Factors Among Families Affected by Substance Abuse (PDF - 614 KB)
Stauffer
The Source: Newsletter of the National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center, 14(1), 2005
Discusses interventions with parents, children, and families designed to support positive parent-child relationships, promote optimal child health and development, enhance parental self-sufficiency, and prevent child abuse and neglect among families who abuse substances.

Family Reclaim: A Community-Based Collaborative to Strengthen Families With Substance Abuse and Neglect Issues
Family Support Services of the Bay Area (2002)
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Describes a family preservation program in Oakland, California offering culturally sensitive services to families that might experience child abuse and neglect due to substance abuse.

The Lowdown on Families Who Get High: Successful Parenting for Families Affected by Addiction
Child Welfare League of America (2004)
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Reframes the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program to address parental responsibilities and provides specific strategies for parenting children at various developmental stages.

Nurturing Families Affected by Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, and Trauma: A Parenting Curriculum for Women and Children (PDF - 187 KB)
Women, Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence Coordinating Center (2002)
This program for women in recovery helps repair parent-child relationships by providing information on the impact of substance abuse, mental illness, and trauma on parents and families and the subsequent emotions and behavior of children.

Parenting in Dependency Drug Court (PDF - 120 KB)
Dice, Claussen, Katz, & Cohen
Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 55, 2004
Discusses the process of adapting a parenting program to meet the needs of families in dependency drug court.

Parenting Services for Families Affected by Substance Abuse
Moore & Finkelstein
Child Welfare, 80(2), 2001
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Discusses the development and implementation of the Nurturing Program for Families in Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery, concluding that the program improves parenting, enhances parental satisfaction and competence, and reduces risk of child abuse and neglect and substance abuse.

Randomized Trial of a Statewide Home Visiting Program to Prevent Child Abuse: Impact in Reducing Parental Risk Factors
Duggan, Fuddy, Burrell, Higman, & McFarlane
Child Abuse and Neglect, 28(6), 2004
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Assesses the impact of a program in the State of Hawaii to reduce parental risk factors for child abuse and identifies the need to improve the training of home visitors to address risk factors by linking families to community resources.

Updated on February 2, 2010