Drugs--not here!--model of group intervention as preventative therapeutic tool for children of drug addicts.
Children of addicts suffer from emotional, cognitive, social, and behavioral problems. In view of the problems the children face, they are undoubtedly "a population at risk," in need of preventive and therapeutic intervention. The purpose of this article is to describe a model of group intervention as one of the preventive therapeutic tools for children of addicts. The project was conducted over 18 months of weekly meetings. The article will deal with the characteristics of children of addicts, the group intervention model with reference to the group framework, and the work carried out with the group, as well as its evaluation. The evaluation indicated positive effects on several psychosocial variables.
Peleg-Oren
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Bar Ilan University, School of Social Work, Ramat-Gan, Israel 52900. netap@mail.biu.ac.il
D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*