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Preventing Substance Abuse from Undermining Permanency Planning: Competencies at the Intersection of Culture, Chemical Dependency, and Child Welfare

Understanding the overlap between culture, race, substance misuse, and maltreatment is central to implementing better permanent plans for children and their families. Examines the intersection of these areas and presents a typology of five competency areas for culturally relevant substance abuse knowledge, attitudes, and skills to strengthen permanency planning and family continuity for children of color. Contains 71 references. (TD)

• Author/Creator: Bush, Irene R., Sainz, Anthony
• Journal/Secondary Title: Journal of Multicultural Social Work
• Number: 1-2
• Volume: 5
• Year: 1997

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Professional Development
• Subject: Cultural Relevance
• Subject: Minority Group Children
• Subject: Social Work
• Subject: Substance Abuse

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