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Service Learning as a Mechanism for Change in Attitudes and Perceptions of Human Services Students toward Substance-Dependent Mothers
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Hogan, Sean R.; Bailey, Caroline E. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2010
The purpose of the study was to explore the potential effectiveness of service learning as a pedagogical technique for providing substance abuse education to human services/social work students. Using a quasi-experimental design, the authors assigned 38 human services undergraduate students to experimental and comparison groups on the basis of…
Descriptors: Human Services, Undergraduate Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Substance Abuse
Drugs and the Juvenile Justice System. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session on Examination of the System Used by Courts in Handling Drug-Related Offenses among Juveniles (December 6, 1984, Miami, FL).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
This document contains witness statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine how the drug-addicted or drug-troubled juvenile offender is treated within the Florida juvenile justice system. Witnesses include the training director at the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association which is the association of Florida treatment centers;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Strategies against Drugs.
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Metzler, Birgit – Basis-Info, 1996
The main private organization in Germany dedicated to combatting drug addition--the DHS and the Federal Health Information Agency (BzGA) jointly estimate the number of persons addicted to "illegal" drugs in Germany at around 200,000. Yet, people may grow up immune to drug addiction if they acquire a stable basis for self-confidence and…
Descriptors: Children, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation
Developmentally Appropriate Psychosocial Care for Children Affected by Parental Chemical Dependence.
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Cunningham, Rhonda – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 1992
Discusses appropriate care for children affected prenatally or after birth by parental chemical dependence. There is increasing evidence that environmental intervention by professionals and other caring adults can alleviate these children's distress. Maximizing their development also depends on implementation of child welfare protections and the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children, Developmental Disabilities
Kids, Crack and the Community: Reclaiming Drug-Exposed Infants and Children.
Hicks, Barbara Barrett; Wilson, Gregory A., Ed. – 1993
This book examines the growing epidemic of children born to mothers who use cocaine, particularly the highly addictive version known as "crack," focusing on the health and educational needs of such children. Nine chapters address: (1) the origins of cocaine use in the United States, as well as the chemical properties and physiological…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Children, Classroom Techniques
Mothers in Recovery: Rebuilding Families in the Aftermath of Addiction.
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Carten, Alma J. – Social Work, 1996
Reports findings of qualitative, exploratory study that examined outcomes for 20 women who had successfully completed the Family Rehabilitation Program in New York City and identifies client characteristics associated with successful drug rehabilitation and practice interventions that support retention in drug treatment. (Author/FC)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Children