Keeta DeStefano Lewis et al. Designed as a guide and reference work, this book is published in support of a broad range of healthcare, educational, social service, and mental health professionals who find themselves encountering the emerging population of children with prenatal drug exposure (PDE). Includes Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effected (FAE) conditions as well as illicit street drugs such as cocaine, heroin, PCP, amphetamines, etc., this work covers a a wide range of issues from detection of maternal substance abuse to the legal rights of children with PDE. Included also are neuobehavioral characteristics of infants with PDE, motor development and communication issues, social-emotional development, nursing interventions, developmental assessments, etc. Intervention techniques and strategies are included throughout the work with an additional chapter devoted to this topic. A total of 18 highly credentialed specialists have contributed to this work and a full chapter is devoted to a comprehensive listing of publications, organizations, agencies, and support functions. 370 pgs, Sftbd. Winner of the 1995 Pediatric Nursing Book of the Year Award
KEY FEAUTRES:
Multidisciplinary approach to definition, identification, and intervention
Legal rights of children with PDE
Comprehensive references for the professional and the family
Strategies for working with children with PDE
Discussions of cognitive as well as physical aspects of PDE
Developmental assessments
Communication disorders and children with PDE
Written by Keeta DeStefano Lewis
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