Helping children of rural, methamphetamine-involved families
Subtitle: the case of rural Illinois
By: Wendy Haight ... [et al.].
Contributors: Haight, Wendy L., 1958-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780195326055
Subjects: Methamphetamine abuse -- Illinois; Drug addicts -- Family relationships -- Illinois; Rural children -- Illinois -- Social conditions; Rural children -- Services for -- Illinois; Children of drug addicts -- Illinois -- Social conditions; Methamphetamine -- Illinois
Description: "This book examines the case of rural Illinois, where in the mid-1990s methamphetamine production and misuse became a significant problem and, as a result, child welfare professionals saw an influx onto their caseloads of children whose parents were involved with the drug. The authors' account of the problems the children face, and of the efforts to help them, sheds useful light on possibilities for many other situations."

"Social work and child welfare professors and students, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers will find inspiration in this account of the success that can result, with this issue and others, when practitioners and researchers join forces to understand complex social phenomena and design, implement, and assess effective interventions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.