Below is a collection of monographs and videos developed
and published by the Resource Center:
Expediting Permanency for Abandoned Infants: Guidelines
for State Policies and Procedures (Updated - 2007) - $10.00
This monograph reviews state laws regarding abandoned infants;
suggests legal and practice standards regarding “abandonment;” defines
permanency and suggests ways to incorporate this definition
into state law and practice; and identifies best practices
in expediting permanency for infants who are abandoned or
at risk of abandonment. [More
Information] [PDF]
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Assessing and Supporting Parenting in Families
Affected by Substance Abuse or HIV (2007) - $15.00
Based on lessons learned from AIA projects throughout the country, this guidebook provides
practitioners and administrators with guidance in assessing, supporting, and strengthening parenting skills
and parent-child relationships among families affected by substance abuse and/or HIV. This guide identifies the
parenting challenges facing this population, and provides tips on building relationships with clients, assessing parenting skills and
parent-child relationships, parenting intervention strategies, safety planning, staffing, and working with child protective services.
Throughout the document, parent quotes, and program examples illustrate the key points. Finally, an annotated list of
assessment tools and parenting curricula used by AIA projects is included. [PDF] [Order]
Literature Review: Effects of Prenatal Substance Exposure on Infant and Early Childhood Outcomes (2006) - $5.00
Substance abuse among pregnant women continues to pose a national concern for a host of reasons, not the least of which is the impact of prenatal substance exposure on their children. A thorough review of current literature reveals that in-utero substance exposure can leave children vulnerable to a number of developmental problems. However, research also suggests that the home environment in which the child is reared may have a stronger influence on developmental outcomes than prenatal drug exposure. In addition, many developmental problems are treatable and can be addressed with a variety of interventions. [PDF] [Order]
Identifying, Reporting, and Responding to Substance
Exposed Newborns: An Exploratory Study of Policies & Practices
(2005) - $5.00
The Resource Center has completed a study analyzes policies
and practices regarding the identification, reporting and
child welfare response to substance exposed newborns (SEN)
in eight cities throughout the United States.This research
was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Research
Program. [PDF] [Order]
Guide to Future Care and Custody Planning for Children
with Recommendations for State Legislation (2005)-
$15.00
Parents facing illness, or other events that alter family
stability, must make choices about the future care of
their children. This monograph examines a variety of
approaches to voluntary permanency planning, including
innovative tools (e.g., standby guardianship and standby
adoption), and offers specific recommendations to advance
the development and implementation of these planning
tools. Legislators and service providers who want to
improve future care and custody planning options for
children will find this document to be an essential resource.
[PDF] [Order]
From the Child's Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Kinship Care Placements (2005) - $5.00
This study was designed to provide a qualitative
analysis of children in kinship care. An attempt was made
to record the knowledge, feelings, and understandings of
youth to create a description of their experience. This
report is a summary of this research and a preliminary
review of the data collected. It is hoped that the child
and family-centered focus of this study will be useful
in informing policy and practice in the area of kinship
care. [PDF]
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Discarded Infants and Neonaticide: A Review of the
Literature (2004) - $5.00
To better understand the problem of women who kill
and/or discard their newborn infants, this document reviews
the existing scholarly literature to provide a description
of the life circumstances of mothers who discard their infants,
including demographics, emotional characteristics, and mental
health. This paper also reviews a number of possible interventions
to address this social problem. [PDF]
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AIA Best Practices: Lessons Learned from a Decade
of Service to Children and Families Affected by HIV and
Substance Abuse (2003) - $10.00
The intent of this volume is to support the application of
the lessons learned from the first decade of experiences and
cross-site evaluations of the AIA program to policy development
and program planning for drug and HIV/AIDS affected infants
and children vulnerable for abandonment and their families.
In the process, the reader will become familiar with the broad
scope of the innovative, national efforts to achieve permanence
for children and will hear from the families who benefited.
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Information] [PDF]
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Partners' Influence on Women's Addiction and Recovery:
The Connection Between Substance Abuse, Trauma, and Intimate
Relationships (2002) - $10.00
The purpose of the monograph is to: provide a better understanding
of the role that intimate partners play in women’s recovery
from substance abuse, explore strategies for helping women
to assess their past and present intimate relationships in
the context of their addiction, present strategies for safely
engaging partners in women’s recovery. [More
Information] [PDF]
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Annual Report on Shared Family Care: Progress and
Lessons Learned (2002) - $10.00
Shared family care (SFC) is an innovative approach to helping
families achieve permanency for their children and move toward
self-sufficiency. Unlike traditional child welfare services,
SFC involves the placement of whole families in the homes
of community members who mentor the families and work with
a team of professionals to help the families achieve their
goals. Over the last five years, the Resource Center has had
the opportunity to evaluate six SFC demonstration programs
in California and Colorado. The following report summarizes
cumulative, descriptive data from all these programs. [PDF]
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Voluntary Relinquishment of Parental Rights: Considerations
and Practices (1999) - $10.00
This monograph provides an in-depth look at voluntary relinquishment.
Specifically, it: addresses the role of voluntary relinquishment
in adoption practice, mediation and open adoptions, helps
prepare child welfare workers to discuss voluntary relinquishment
with their clients, describes the voluntary relinquishment
process, and responds to common concerns. [Order]
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]
Integrating Services and Permanent Housing for Families
Affected by Alcohol and Other Drugs (1997) - $10.00
The manual is intended to offer guidance and suggested ways
of integrating permanent housing and support services for
this population, and to help prevent common pitfalls. It provides
information to consider in developing various forms of permanent
housing and a range of support services for families. [More
Information] [Order]
Shared Family Care Program Guidelines (1996) - $10.00
These guidelines have been prepared for use by state and local
public organizations and private community-based agencies
that want to incorporate "shared family care" into
their standard continuum of services available for high-risk
families. [More
Information] [Order]
AIA Programs: Providing Innovative Responses on Behalf of Infants
and Young Children (1995)
Based on interviews with AlA program directors and staff,
this report reviews the strategies which constitute the core
innovative AIA services with drug-exposed and HIV/AIDS-affected
families. [More
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Report to Congress: Effective Care Methods for Responding
to the Needs of Abandoned Infants and Young Children (1994)
A report describing effective practices developed by the AIA
projects to provide services to children and families affected
by HIV and substance abuse. [Order]
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