Drug-exposed infant cases in juvenile court: risk factors and court outcomes

Sagatun-Edwards, Inger; Saylor, Coleen

doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(00)00145-9

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“…Although a comparison group was not included in several studies, results highlight the heterogeneity of the SMdP population (see Table 1). Studies demonstrate differences in the choice of drugs by ethnic groups, the nature of drugs used on child placement (Sun et al 2007), the importance of the mother's ability and willingness to comply with court orders (Sagatun-Edwards & Saylor 2000) as well as the use of illicit drug treatment programs (McGlade et al 2009). Although the primary purpose of these studies may not have been to determine the link between SMdP and negative child protection outcomes, additional and useful information was learned.…”

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Linking illicit substance misuse during pregnancy and child abuse: what is the quality of the evidence?

Bortoli

Coles

Dolan

2012

Child & Family Social Work

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In most Australian states, legislation makes provision for professionals to report their concerns about the future welfare of an unborn child to appropriate authorities. The legislation establishes guidance for the implementation of family supports to minimize future child protection involvement. Given the legislation and the potential benefits, empirical research linking substance misuse during pregnancy and child protection involvement is relatively limited. We review 21 original studies linking substance misuse during pregnancy with child protection outcomes and the potential generalizability of results to the Australian context. The majority of studies reviewed were conducted in the USA and were mostly retrospective. Other differences between studies include sample sizes, comparison groups, study setting, participants’ ethnicity and pattern of drug use. In the postnatal literature, it is well established that child abuse is associated with a complex array of factors including partner, as well as broader family factors and yet, the studies reviewed focus upon maternal substance abuse without including the wider context. Given the available evidence‐based literature, it is difficult to come to definitive conclusions that can assist clinicians involved in frontline decision‐making for early intervention. Well‐designed research, accessible by antenatal health‐care professionals, is needed to adopt an evidence‐based approach to risk assessment in the prenatal context.

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“…Studies demonstrate differences in the choice of drugs by ethnic groups, the nature of drugs used on child placement (Sun et al . ), the importance of the mother's ability and willingness to comply with court orders (Sagatun‐Edwards & Saylor ) as well as the use of illicit drug treatment programs (McGlade et al . ).…”

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Linking illicit substance misuse during pregnancy and child abuse: what is the quality of the evidence?

Bortoli

Coles

Dolan

2012

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Between 1986 and 1989, there was a 30% nationwide increase in demand for foster care placement due largely to a rise in substance-abusing families (U.S. General Accounting Office, 1990 as cited in Kelly, 1992). A federal study found that the number of young foster children who had been prenatally exposed to drugs had grown from 17% in 1986 to 55% in 1991 (United States General Accounting Office, 1994 as cited in Sagatun-Edwards & Saylor, 2000). These increases in drug exposure point to the fact that the punitive policies might be ineffective in reducing substance abuse.…”

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“…Incarceration as opposed to treatment is the assumption that substance-abusing women are incapable of mothering and that they lack emotional and financial resources to provide the child with a safe environment (Sagatun-Edwards & Saylor, 2000). Such a perspective leaves little room for hope that these mothers can recover from their substance abuse problems, learn parenting skills, and eventually provide a nurturing environment for their children.…”

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Substance-Abusing Women and Their Children: A Cost-Effective Treatment Option to Incarceration

d'Arlach¹,

Curtis²,

Ferrari³

et al. 2006

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

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Low-level drug offenses are presently the top reason women are sent to jail. Because more than 70% of these incarcerated women are the primary caretakers of children, incarceration has resulted in a sharp rise in foster care demand. Research suggests that incarcerated women who remain with their children are more likely to enter and complete treatment. This paper reviews the effects of incarceration and the available treatment options for substance-abusing women with children. A self-supported, self-run, alternative treatment model known as Oxford Lucia d'Arlach and Carmen E. Curtis were affiliated with Department of Psychology, DePaul University at the time of submission of the manuscript.

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“…Engaging in behavior that is held to be self-injurious and injurious to the fetus is cause for the harsh consequence of being marked as unfit to care for one's child. The antipathy for perinatal substance users extended to their being charged as criminals up until the mid-1990s (Carter & Larson, 1997;Humphries et al, 1992;Kasinsky, 1994;Sagatun-Edwards & Saylor, 2000). While punitive approaches to women who use substances during pregnancy have been challenged and replaced with more therapeutic alternatives, there are a plethora of tactics that are used in assessing and determining what qualifies them for the right to assume responsibility for raising their children.…”

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Permanency planning and social service systems: A comparison of two families with prenatally substance exposed infants

Twomey

Gil

Lester

2005

Infant Ment. Health J.

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An innovative program developed to work with families in which substance use during pregnancy leads to Child Protective Services involvement is introduced in this article. The Vulnerable Infants Program of Rhode Island (VIP-RI) was established to facilitate permanency planning for substance-exposed infants by focusing on the interface of social service systems with one another and with the families affected by perinatal substance use. Permanent placement within the time frame mandated by federal legislation places increased pressures on parents and the social service systems designed to provide them with assistance. The Vulnerable Infants Program of Rhode Island promotes collaboration, coordination, and communication among social service systems engaged with families of substance-exposed infants. The Vulnerable Infants Program of Rhode Island works to increase the efficacy of social service systems in order to optimize the resources that are available to a family in their attempts at reunification with their infant. Case examples illustrate the complexities of the families of substance-exposed infants, the breadth of social service systems that become involved with these families, and the vastly different placement outcomes that substance-exposed infants may experience.

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Drug-exposed infant cases in juvenile court: risk factors and court outcomes

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

Linking illicit substance misuse during pregnancy and child abuse: what is the quality of the evidence?

Linking illicit substance misuse during pregnancy and child abuse: what is the quality of the evidence?

Substance-Abusing Women and Their Children: A Cost-Effective Treatment Option to Incarceration

Permanency planning and social service systems: A comparison of two families with prenatally substance exposed infants

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