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Barone, Diane – Urban Education, 1995
Reviews the research on cocaine use and its effect on newborns; examines the popular misconceptions, including the background of children who are exposed; and discusses interventions. The author concludes with a discussion about looking beyond prenatal drug exposure and focusing on the child. Studies looking at these children longitudinally are…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Black Youth, Child Development, Child Health
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Rudigier, Anne F.; And Others – Children Today, 1990
Increase in number of children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and consequential developmental disabilities of these children are discussed. Families caring for HIV-infected children express four recurrent themes: psychological stress, grief and mourning, guilt and self-blame, and isolation and fear of discrimination. Flexible…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Child Welfare, Cocaine