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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, Office for Substance Abuse Prevention. 1992. Identifying the needs of drug-affected children: Public policy issues. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, 168 pp. (OSAP prevention monograph; 11)

Annotation: This monograph contains the papers presented at the Issue Forum on Drug-Exposed Children Ages 2 to 5 held in November, 1990. The forum was held to determine the needs of drug-exposed children between the ages 2 to 5, and to develop intervention strategies. The forum focused on their special physical and psychological needs that need attention prior to their entering the public school system. Participants brought together expertise from the medical, child welfare, psychosocial, developmental, legal, and political and advocacy disciplines; and the topics considered also ranged across these disciplines. A list of the participants and the schedule from the forum are included.

Keywords: Child development, Drug affected children, Drug affected children, Educational factors, Fetal alcohol effects, Health services, Public policy, Social consequences

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