Materials either published by CWLA or Authored by CWLA Staff

Child Welfare League of America. (2001). Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Child Welfare. Washington, DC: Author.

Young, N. K., Wingfield, K., Klempner, T. (2001). Serving Children, Youth, and Families with Alcohol and Other Drug-related Problems in Child Welfare [Special issue]. Child Welfare, 80.

Raher, J. S. (1999). Seven Sensible Strategies for Drug-free Kids. Washington DC: CWLA

Child Welfare League of America. (1998). Alcohol and Other Drug Survey of State Child Welfare Agencies. Washington, DC: Author.

Child Welfare League of America. (1998). Breaking the Link between Substance Abuse and Child Maltreatment: An Issue Forum. Washington, DC: Author.

Young, N. K., Garner, S. L., & Dennis, K. (1998). Responding to Alcohol and Other Drug Problems in Child Welfare: Weaving Together Practice and Policy. Washington DC: CWLA.

Child Welfare League of America. (1997). Submitted Testimony to Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources for Hearing on Parental Substance Abuse and Child Abuse. [Oct. 28] Unpublished material.

McCreight, B. (1997). Recognizing and Managing Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects: A Guidebook. Washington, DC: CWLA

Edelstein, S. B., Howard, J., Tyler, R., Waldinger, G., & Moore, A. (1995). Children with Prenatal Alcohol and/or Other Drug Exposure: Weighing the Risks of Adoption. Washington, DC: CWLA.

Besharov, D.J. (Ed.). (1994). When Drug Addicts have Children: Reorienting Child Welfare's Response. Washington, DC: CWLA.

Child Welfare League of America, North American Commission on Chemical Dependency and Child Welfare. (1992). Children at the front: A different view of the war on alcohol and drugs. Washington, DC: Author.

Child Welfare League of America & National Association of Public Hospitals. (1992). The Youngest of the Homeless II: A Survey of Boarder Babies in Selected Hospitals in the United States. Washington, DC: CWLA.

Stump, J. (1992). Our Best Hope: Early Intervention with Prenatally Drug-exposed Infants and their Families. Washington, DC: CWLA.

Altheimer, J. (1991). The Testimony of the Child Welfare League of America Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Select Education. [May 10]. Washington, DC: CWLA.

McCullough, C. (1991). The Child Welfare Response. The Future of Children, Spring Issue, 61-71.

Child Welfare League of America. (1990). Crack and Other Addictions: Old Realities and New Challenges for Child Welfare: Proceedings of a Symposium and Policy Recommendations. [March 12-13, 1990]. Washington, DC: Author.

Training Materials

Child Welfare League of America. (1993). Act-1 alcohol & other drugs: A competency-based training. Child welfare and chemical dependency: A core curriculum and handouts. Washington DC: Author.

Act-1 consists of the following:

• Chemical Dependency Curriculum and handout
• Children of Substance Abuse Video
• Drug-Exposed Infant Video
• Multicultural Family Video
• Substance Abuse & Sexual Abuse Video
• Understanding Alcohol & Drugs Video
• Resource Workbook

Child Welfare League of America. (1993). Act-2 alcohol & other drugs: A competency-based training. Training for caregivers of AOD-exposed infants. Washington DC: Author

Act-2 consists of the following:

• Challenge of Parenting Video
• HIV Babies and AIDS Prevention Video
• Prenatal Effect of Alcohol Video
• Resource Workbook
• Special Curriculum and Handouts

Articles from CWLA’s Journal -- Child Welfare

Barth, R. P. (2001). Research outcomes of prenatal substance exposure and the need to review policies and procedures regarding child abuse reporting. Child Welfare, 80, 275-296.

Clark, H. W. (2001). Residential substance abuse treatment for pregnant and postpartum women and their children: Treatment and policy implications. Child Welfare, 80, 179-198.

DiLorenzo, P., Johnson, R., & Bussey, M. (2001). The role of spirituality in the recovery process. Child Welfare, 80, 257-273.

Gregoire, K. A., & Schultz, D. J. (2001). Substance-abusing child welfare parents: Treatment and child placement outcomes. Child Welfare, 80, 433-452.

McAlpine, C., Courts-Marshall, C., & Harper-Doran, N. (2001). Combining child welfare and substance abuse services: A blended model of intervention. Child Welfare, 80, 129-149.

McNichol, T., & Tash, C. (2001). Parental substance abuse and the development of children in family foster care. Child Welfare, 80, 239-256.

Metsch, L. R., Wolfe, H. P., Fewell, R., McCoy, C. B., Elwood, W. N., Wohler-Torres, B., Petersen-Baston, P., & Haskins, H. V. (2001). Treating substance-using women and their children in public housing: Preliminary evaluation findings. Child Welfare, 80, 199-220.

Moore, J., & Finkelstein, N. (2001). Parenting services for families affected by substance abuse. Child Welfare, 80, 221-238.

Semidei, J., Feig-Radel, L., & Nolan, C. (2001). Substance abuse and child welfare: Clear linkages and promising responses. Child Welfare, 80, 109-128.

Sun, A., Shillington, A. M., Hohman, M., & Jones, L. (2001). Caregiver aod use, case substantiation, and aod treatment: Studies based on two southwestern counties. Child Welfare, 80, 151-177.

Young, N. K., Wingfield, K., & Gardner, S. (2001). Assessing progress against the size of the problem. Child Welfare, 80, 297-302.

Young, N. K., Wingfield, K., & Klempner, T. (2001). Serving children, youth, and families with alcohol and other drug-related problems in child welfare. Child Welfare, 80, 103-107.

Besinger, B. A., Garland, A. F., Litrownik, A. J., & Landsverk, J. A. (1999). Caregiver substance abuse among maltreated children placed in out-of-home care. Child Welfare, 78, 221-239.

Burry, C. L. (1999). Evaluation of a training program for foster parents of infants with prenatal substance effects. Child Welfare, 78, 197-214.

McNichol, T. (1999). The impact of drug-exposed children on family foster care. Child Welfare, 78, 184-196.

Hohman, M. M. (1998). Motivational interviewing: An intervention tool for child welfare case workers working with substance-abusing parents. Child Welfare, 77, 275-289.

Poitier, V. L., Niliwaambieni, M., & Rowe, C. L. (1997). A rite of passage approach designed to preserve the families of substance-abusing african american women. Child Welfare, 76, 173-195.

Franck, E. J. (1996). Prenatally drug-exposed children in out-of-home care: Are we looking at the whole picture. Child Welfare, 75, 19-34.

Blau, G. M., Whewell, M. C., Gullota, T. P., & Bloom, M. (1994). The prevention and treatment of child abuse in households of substance abusers: A research demonstration progress report. Child Welfare, 73, 83-94.

Gregoire, T. K. (1994). Assessing the benefits and increasing the utility of addiction training for public child welfare workers: A pilot study. Child Welfare, 73, 69-81.

Tracey, E. M., & Farkas, K. J. (1994). Preparing practitioners for child welfare practice with substance-abusing families. Child Welfare, 73, 57-68.

Curtis, P. & McCullough, C. (1993). The impact of alcohol and other drugs on the child welfare system. Child Welfare, 72, 533-542.

Madden, R. G. (1993). State actions to control fetal abuse: Ramifications for child welfare practice. Child Welfare, 72, 129-41.

Meyers, C. & Moss, I. (1992). Residential treatment: Linkage with community drug treatment programs. Child Welfare, 71, 537-545.

Wightman, M. (1991). Criteria for placement decisions with cocaine-exposed infants. Child Welfare, 70, 653-663.

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