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Delaney-Black, Virginia; Covington, Chandice; Templin, Thomas; Kershaw, Trace; Nordstrom-Klee, Beth; Ager, Joel; Clark, Nikilia; Surendran, Arvind; Martier, Susan; Sokol, Robert J. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
A study of 458 6-year olds (204 prenatally exposed to cocaine), found low language children (n=57) were more likely to be cocaine exposed (63.1 percent), with cocaine-exposed children 2.4 times more likely to be in the low language groups compared with control children after adjustment for covariates. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Cocaine, Data Analysis, Drug Abuse, Expressive Language

Shriver, Mark D.; Piersel, Wayne – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1994
This article reviews current research on the long-term outcomes of children exposed to alcohol, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and multiple drugs in utero. Differential intervention efforts based primarily on knowledge of a child's intrauterine exposure to drugs were unsupported by available evidence. The use of an ecological model for assessment and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Cocaine, Congenital Impairments, Drug Abuse