title: Cherish the family: A program model of strengths and attachment in reunifying substance-abusing mothers with their children.
abstract: The Cherish the Family (CTF) program targets mothers with children (age 0-3) engaged in the child welfare system, and provide services to strengthen a mother's ability to care for her child. A multimodal design was used with data collected at three points of time. Program results revealed positive changes in the areas of child well-being, parental capabilities, family interactions, family safety, caregiver/child ambivalence, and readiness for reunification among the treatment group.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Ruby
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Natale
authors.forename: Stephanie H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Stephanie T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Camejo
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Omayra
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sellas-Lamberty
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009769:Object Attachment; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D055815:Young Adult