National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center : Direct Service Programs : Directory : Reflejos Familiares

Strengthening Connections
September 10-12, 2012
This conference is designed to increase your knowledge of parent-child attachment in families affected by HIV, substance abuse, and trauma. More...

2012 Webinar Series
The Resource Center will host four webinar trainings in 2012 on stable housing, community partnerships, HIV medication adherence, and peer workers. More...

Addressing the Needs of Parentified Children of HIV Positive Parents
The first in a series of Research-to-Practice briefs, this document addresses best practices for working with HIV negative children who have taken on a more parental role in the family due to a parent's positive HIV status. [PDF]

Engaging and Retaining Pregnant and Parenting Substance Users in Programs
This Research-to-Practice Brief details recommendations designed to increase retention and engagement when working with pregnant and parenting substance users. [PDF]

Online Tutorial: Women and Children with HIV/AIDS
This tutorial is designed as an introduction to the complex issues associated with HIV/AIDS among women and children in the United States. The tutorial can be taken for 2 CE units. More...

Online Tutorial: Substance Use During Pregnancy
This tutorial provides an overview of the prevalence and nature of substance use among pregnant women in the United States. The tutorial can be taken for 1 CE unit. More...

Webcast: School Readiness in Infants and Toddlers Affected by Substance Abuse and/or HIV
In this webcast, representatives from three agencies share what they are doing to address school readiness for young children affected by perinatal substance abuse and/or HIV. More...

National Abandoned Infants
Assistance Resource Center
University of California, Berkeley
1950 Addison Street, Suite 104 # 7402
Berkeley, CA 94720-7402
Phone: (510) 643-8390
Fax: (510) 643-7019
E-mail: aia@berkeley.edu

Reflejos Familiares (Family Reflections)
2300 Menaul Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
505-272-0325
hfreedman@salud.unm.edu
http://cdd.unm.edu/ecspd/FOCUS/

Principal Investigator
Andrew Hsi

Project Director
Harrie Freedman

Project Evaluator
Patricia Peebles

Sponsoring Organization
UNM/CDD FOCUS Program

Description:
Reflejos Familiares offers intensive case management services and group services to families affected by substance abuse. The activities supporting the objectives offer a) case management and support services to pregnant women affected by AOD use, in collaboration with the Milagro Program, a prenatal drug treatment program; b) a community-based system of services organized through the project to assist women and their families, along with kinship and foster families, by enabling access to basic needs, a family medical home, behavioral health services for themselves and their children; c) a relationship based parenting support group providing parents the opportunity to explore parenting issues and find solutions. Project goals: Engage pregnant women in services through to delivery to improve their preparation for parenting; Promote parental efficacy that supports optimal development of infants and young children; Develop and sustain an integrated, community-based system of services for infants and young children prenatally exposed to drugs and alcohol.