Collaborative services: children experiencing neglect and the side effects of prenatal alcohol exposure.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to provide critical knowledge regarding children who are served by the child welfare system and how these children's specialized needs affect speech-language services. Specifically, the structure of social services system models is presented, with an emphasis on the cultural and systemic interactions between service providers and families. In addition, the role of special education for children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and prenatal drug or alcohol exposure is presented, with an emphasis on social service and special education legal issues.


METHODS
This article provides a critical analysis of the research literature to date regarding effective tools for providing collaborative intervention to children who are experiencing fetal alcohol syndrome disorder or abuse and/or neglect.


CONCLUSIONS
This article provides suggestions about the collaborative roles that speech-language pathologists should integrate into treatment milieu when delivering therapy to children with histories of abuse, neglect, and prenatal drug or alcohol exposure.
Rogers-Adkinson
Diana L
DL
Department of Special Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 800 Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190, USA. rogersad@uww.edu
Stuart
Shannon K
SK
D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002669:Child Welfare; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D007808:Language Therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011247:Pregnancy; D012947:Social Work; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013070:Speech Therapy