National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center : Information & Resources : HIV

Strengthening Connections Conference Archive
This conference highlighted the unique parenting challenges among families affected by substance abuse, HIV and/or incarceration, and the importance of the parent-child relationship in a child’s development. More...

Call for Articles
The Resource Center is soliciting articles for the fall 2008 issue of The Source, which will focus on interventions that improve the physical, educational, and psychosocial well-being of infants and young children from families affected by HIV and/or substance abuse. [PDF]

2008 Teleconference Training Series
The Resource Center will host six trainings beginning in April 2008. The topics include the effects of methamphetamine, mental health services for women living with HIV and their children, and working with Latino families. More...

Assessing and Supporting Parenting in Families Affected by Substance Abuse or HIV (2007)
This guidebook provides practitioners and administrators with guidance in assessing, supporting, and strengthening parenting skills and parent-child relationships. [PDF]

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

Below is a collection of resources developed and published by the Resource Center related to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. In addition, internet links are provided to other organizations doing work in this area.

Women and Children with HIV/AIDS (April 2008) [PDF]

Standby Guardianship (December 2005) [PDF]

Information Search -- HIV Disclosure to Children (May 2005) [PDF]

Recreational Programs for HIV-Affected Children and Families (September 2003) [PDF]

Mental Health Challenges in HIV Positive Women, Adolescents and Children (The Source, Spring 2002) [PDF]

Legal Permanency Planning for HIV-Affected Families (The Source, Fall 2000) [PDF]

Delivering Culturally Competent Services to Women and Children Who Are Drug-Affected (1997) - $10.00
The publication is based upon the experiences of AIA practitioners, administrators, and researchers in their efforts to develop multicultural competencies in working with ethnically and culturally diverse families affected by perinatal substance abuse and HIV. [Order]

Additional Information

Summary of online resources [PDF]

Links to additional web sites with information about families affected by HIV [HTML]

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