This practicum focused on the improvement of parent/caregiver relationships with approximately 65 children (ages birth through age 3) prenatally exposed to drugs or alcohol. The project utilized six Infant Development Instructors and local health support services. The 8-month program implementation involved Infant Development Instructor training, dissemination of information regarding available services to caregivers, pre-assessment and post-assessment of child/caregiver involvement, and implementation of a caregiver support group. Results indicated increased access by caregivers to more services; observed improvement in 3 of 11 desirable behaviors; and substantial improvement in the amount, quality, and appropriateness of these behaviors. The Infant Development Instructors showed substantial improvement in attitude, and caregiver attendance at the two support group locations remained consistent throughout the 8-month period. Extensive appendices include documentation of increased numbers of substance-exposed infants; the attitude survey of Infant Development Instructors; the parent/caregiver questionnaire on local available services; suggestions for Infant Development Instructors' home visitations; an infant developmental intake checklist; a list of curriculum model programs; and an agency referral guide. (Contains 55 references.) (DB)
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- ['Dissertations/Theses - Practicum Papers', 'Tests/Questionnaires']
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- United States of America
Table of Contents
- ABSTRACT 5
- PROGRAM 6
- Caregivers 7
- Instructors. 8
- Program. 8
- By 1990 the developmerital 11
- The 17
- Program. 19
- Many medical 30
- Chasnoff 31
- However 33
- Spires 1990. 34
- Children 35
- Program. 41
- Schneider Griffith 54
- Staff 57
- In the 73
- The 74
- Medicaid 75
- DEI 75
- DBS 76
- Deaf 76
- ICHC 76
- MMER 76
- New 76
- Overall 77
- Figure 2 Infant Development 78
- Journal 88
- Young Children 88
- Greensboro NC 89
- Conference 90
- Youth. 90
- Reston 90
- Hot Topics 91
- A. 1991. attachment. 91
- Reston VA 91
- New York Penguin. 91
- Kluwa Academic 92
- Education 92
- Reston 92
- Teaching 92
- High Risk New York 92
- Children 92
- Frederick 93
- C undecided 100
- APPENDIX G 109
- Group CHS 110
- Unit 110
- DATE 114
- ACTT Curriculum 120
- Author 121
- 1979 1981 121
- APPENDIX M 122
- SELECTED ASSESSMENT INSTRLMTNTS 123
- Author 125
- Staff 126
- N.P. Dick 126
- 3-6 years 126
- These 128
- Health 130
- ARC 130
- 287-8009 1-800-433-0010 130
- PAGE 2 131
- Treasure Coast 131
- DRUG TREATMENT 131
- 595-9495 131
- Medicaid. 133
- Hospital. 134
- FEBRUARY 4TH JUNE 2ND 136
- PRIZES 136
- SPEAKERS 136
- SUPPORT FOR PARENTS OF KIDS EXPOSED 137
- JOIN THE MEETING 137
- SPEAKERS CONVERSATION 137
