Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure on Special Education in School-Aged Children
This study found that prenatal cocaine use increases the likelihood of a child requiring an individual education plan and support services.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• American Academy of Pediatrics • July 2008

Promising Strategies to Reduce Substance Abuse
This report provides an overview of strategies that have been successful in reducing substance abuse in the American population.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• U.S Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs • September 2000

Children of Incarcerated Parents: Cumulative Risk and Children’s Living Arrangements
This paper reviews existing literature on the living arrangements and well-being of children with incarcerated parents, the risk factors that they face, and the relationship between the risk factors and specific living arrangements.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • July 17, 2002

Family Violence and Substance Abuse
This paper briefly explores the association between substance abuse and family violence and the effect that the one can have on the other.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Health Canada • 1994

A National Survey of Canadian's Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs: Prevalence of Use and Related Harms
This paper identifies the prevalence and consequences of drug and alcohol use and addiction in Canada.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse • November 2004

Depression, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence
This paper summarizes research on the occurrence of depression, domestic violence, and substance abuse among low-income women and the effects these factors have on women and their children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• National Center for Children in Poverty • June 2004

Promoting Resilience: Helping Young Children and Parents Affected by Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Depression in the Context of Welfare Reform
This paper explores how unemployed parents are impacted by domestic violence, substance abuse, and/or mental illness on young children in the home.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• National Center for Children in Poverty • February 2000

Why Marriage Matters: 21 Conclusions From the Social Sciences
This paper discusses the economic, educational, psychological, health-related, and developmental benefits of marriage and the negative consequences of divorce.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Centre of the American Experiment • 2002

Impact of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure on Child Behavior Problems Through School Age
The study examined the impact of high prenatal cocaine exposure on the trajectory of behaviour problems in young children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• American Academy of Pediatrics • February 2007

Grandmother and Parent Influences on Child Self-esteem
This paper proposes an intergenerational link between a grandmother’s drug use and a grandchild’s low self-esteem.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• American Academy of Pediatrics • February 2007

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Gender Differences in Childhood Mental Health Problems: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study
This preliminary study examines the effects of low level alcohol consumption during pregnancy on the mental health of children between 4 and 8 years of age.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• American Academy of Pediatrics • February 2007

Statement on Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)
This paper discusses the prevalence and health effects of fetal alcohol effect and syndrome in Canada.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse • February 22, 1992

Alcohol and Pregnancy
This paper discusses frequently asked questions regarding alchohol concumption during pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum disorder.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Health Canada • c 2006

Smoking and Reproductive Life: The Impact of Smoking on Sexual, Reproductive and Child Health
This report examines the effects of smoking on sexual, reproductive and child health, including issues of fertility, breastfeeding, and physical illness.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• British Medical Association • February 2004

Drug-Exposed Kids Thrive in Adoptive Homes
This paper explores the effects of prenatal exposure to drugs and looks at how these children fare in adoptive families.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Adoptive Families Association of British Columbia • 1999

Risk and Resilience in Six- and Ten-Year-Old Children
This study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to create an “index of adversity” to enable researchers to identify children whose development is most at risk due to various stress factors in their lives.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Creating Solutions: Women Preventing FAS, Understanding Women's Substance Misuse
This paper presents findings from a participatory action research group which examined how women recover from substance misuse and thus prevent fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Creating Solutions Participatory Action Research • 2001

Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings
This report presents comprehensive information about the prevalence and frequency of drug, alcohol and tobacco use, the number of users, the characteristics of users, and the types of substances used.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• SAMHSA: Office of Applied Studies • 2003

Fact Sheet: The Relationship Between Parental Alcohol or Other Drug Problems and Child Maltreatment
This brief fact sheet looks at the relationship between parental substance use and child maltreatment, and finds that many cases of child abuse are caused or exacerbated by parental use of alcohol or drugs.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Prevent Child Abuse America • c. 1996

Complex Developmental Issues of Pre-Natal Drug Exposure
This article presents research findings suggesting that pre-natal exposure to drugs is not a primary contributor to developmental problems after birth.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• The Future of Children • Spring 1991

Parental Influences on Adolescent Marijuana Use and the Baby Boom Generation
This paper explores trends in drug consumption, and looks specifically at how the marijuana and substance abuse of parents influences the drug abuse outcomes of their adolescent children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration • January 02, 2004

Inhalents
This fact sheet describes inhalant substances that produce psychoactive effects.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• National Institute on Drug Abuse • December 2004

Heroin
This fact sheet describes heroin, the effects of heroin, possible treatments for heroin addiction, and the extent of this drugs use in the US.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• National Institute on Drug Abuse • February 2005

LSD
This fact sheet describes LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), a hallucinogenic drug.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• National Institute on Drug Abuse • February 2005

Methamphetamine
This fact sheet describes methamphetamine, an addictive stimulant drug.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse
• National Institute on Drug Abuse • May 2005

Parenting Influences on the Development of Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
This article discusses the influence of alcohol-specifc and non-alcohol specific parenting characteristics on children.
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