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Protecting Children in Substance-Abusing Families
User Manual Series (1994)

Author(s):  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Kropenske, Howard, Breitenbach, Dembo, et al.

Year Published:  1994

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Acknowledgments

All of the contributors to this manual have collaborated extensively on clinical, training, and research projects under the direction of Judy Howard, M.D. Dr. Howard, Professor of Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine, is currently head of the Developmental Studies Program at the UCLA Department of Pediatrics. Since 1982 she has chaired the Child Abuse Policy Committee at UCLA Medical Center, and from 1982 to 1989 she was Medical Director of the UCLA Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Team. She has directed the UCLA Intervention Program for Handicapped Children since 1974 and currently leads a pediatric clinic providing medical evaluations and developmental assessments for medically fragile infants. She has been Principal Investigator on a variety of service, training, and research projects related to prenatally substance-exposed infants and currently leads an ongoing training grant program promoting interdisciplinary, community-based teams to serve this population within Los Angeles County; a 5-year comprehensive child development program serving families affected by alcohol and/or other drug abuse; and a comprehensive treatment program for pregnant and parenting women who are exposed to drugs.

Vickie Kropenske, P.H.N., M.S.N., currently codirects a comprehensive child development program for families affected by alcohol and/or other drug abuse under the management of Dr. Howard. She has many years' clinical experience as a public health nurse working with high-risk infants and families in New York as well as in Los Angeles. Working with Dr. Howard at the UCLA Department of Pediatrics for the past 10 years, she has directed a model demonstration service delivery project for prenatally drug-exposed infants and their caregivers as well as a statewide outreach training project providing interdisciplinary, interagency training and technical assistance to professionals serving chemically dependent families. She has been a member of the Child Abuse Policy Committee at UCLA Medical Center since 1983.

In addition to Ms. Kropenske and Dr. Howard, the following individuals also contributed to the preparation of this manual:

Cheryl Breitenbach
University of California
Los Angeles, CA

Richard Dembo
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Susan B. Edelstein
University of California
Los Angeles, CA

Kathy McTaggart
New Start Drug Treatment Program
Santa Monica, CA

Annette Moore
University of California
Los Angeles, CA

Mary Beth Sorensen
University of California
Los Angeles, CA

Virginia Weisz
Office of the Public Counsel
Los Angeles, CA

The following were members of the Advisory Panel for Contract No. HHS-105-89-1730:

Nainan Thomas, Ph.D.
Child Welfare Division
Prince George's County
Department of Social Services
Hyattsville, MD

Shirley Davis
Child Development and Family
Guidance Center
St. Petersburg, FL

Michael Nunno
Family Life Development Center
Ithaca, NY

Peter Correia
University of Oklahoma
Tulsa, OK

Howard Davidson
American Bar Association
Washington, DC

John Holton
Greater Chicago Council for the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse
Chicago, IL

Sandra Hodge
Department of Human Services
Augusta, ME

Anthony Urquiza
University of California,
Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA

Marsha K. Salus
Chair
User Manual Advisory Panel
Alexandria, VA

Janet Hutchinson
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Judee Filip
National Resource Center
Child Abuse and Neglect
Denver, CO

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You are in section: Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1 - Introduction 2 - Identifying Alcohol and/or… 3 - Chemically Involved Parents:… 4 - Children of Chemically… 5 - Reporting Child Maltreatment… 6 - Comprehensive Family… 7 - Juvenile Court Involvement… 8 - Innovative Approaches to… Conclusion Appendix I - The Nature of… Appendix II - Sample Medical… Appendix III - Sample Interagency… Notes Glossary of Terms Selected Bibliography Other Resources Table 1 - Hospital Form For… Table 2 - Sample Interagency… Table 3 - Assessment/Intervention… Table 4 - Assessment/Intervention… Table 5 - Assessment/Intervention… Table 6 - Major Substances of…

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