Collaboration between child welfare and substance-abuse fields: combined treatment programs for mothers.

Substance abuse interventions for parents involved in the child welfare system: evidence and implications.

As child welfare systems across the country face the problem of parental substance abuse, there is an increasing need to understand the types of treatment approaches that are most effective for substance-abusing parents in the child welfare system-the majority of whom are mothers. This structured review of the literature focuses on evidence related to two areas: (1) individual-level interventio...

Pathways to collaboration: exploring values and collaborative practice between child welfare and substance abuse treatment fields.

Although recent research has highlighted the importance of "bridging the gap" between child welfare and substance abuse treatment delivery systems, few studies examine specific factors that may facilitate such collaboration. This study examined similarities and differences in values and perceived capacity for collaboration between substance abuse and child welfare fields based on survey data fr...

Effects of Family Treatment Drug Courts on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Outcomes

This paper presents results from the first large-scale outcome study of American Family Treatment Drug Courts (FTDCs)—specialised courts designed to work with substance-abusing parents involved with the child welfare system. The paper examines whether court, child welfare and treatment outcomes differed for 301 families served through three FTDCs as compared to a matched sample of 1,220 familie...

Relationship Between Child Behavior Problems, Parental Stress, Child Abuse Potential, and Substance Use Among Mothers in the Child Welfare System

The role of interagency collaboration for substance-abusing families involved with child welfare.

Meeting the needs of families involved with the child welfare system because of a substance abuse issue remains a challenge for child welfare practitioners. In order to improve services to these families, there has been an increasing focus on improving collaboration between child welfare, treatment providers, and the court systems. This paper presents the results from qualitative interviews wit...