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Featured technical report

TCU Women & Children Residential Treatment Forms

Manual: Partners in Parenting

Web Poster Presentation: Correlates of Retention in a Women and Children's Drug Treatment Program

TCU Magazine featured article (Fall, 2000): "First Choice, Last Chance"

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Current Project Period: October 2000 to September 2004
Title: Social Stress among Mothers in Treatment
Principal Investigator: Danica Kalling Knight, Ph.D.
Funded by: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Previous Project Period: October 1995 to September 2000
Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Residential Treatment Program for Women and Children
Principal Investigator: Danica Kalling Knight, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Lois R. Chatham, Ph.D.
Contract with: The Salvation Army First Choice Program
Funded by: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), through the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA)

Women & Children Project Summary

The focus of the Women and Children Project was to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment services provided to substance abusing women and their dependent children at the Salvation Army’s First Choice Program in Fort Worth. Women entering this 12-month residential program lived with their children in small apartments on the First Choice campus and participated in a comprehensive treatment program. They received individual, group, and family therapy, special assistance in relapse prevention, nutrition, and vocational training, and were connected with a variety of local agencies designed to assist them in securing housing, employment, and health care following graduation from the program. Children also received special services and were integrated into the treatment program through special activities, play therapy, and family therapy. Child care was provided for children younger than school age.

The original research project, funded by CSAT, focused on evaluating services provided by the agency and examining individual, family, and treatment-related factors that impact substance abuse problems and facilitate recovery. During the period between April 1996 and September 2000, a variety of data collection instruments were administered at intake, regular intervals during treatment, and follow-up interviews were conducted at 6 and 12 months after discharge.
Evaluation of treatment services included documenting the type and intensity of services received by women and children, and evaluating the effectiveness of several specialized interventions, including a specially developed IBR module entitled Partners in Parenting.

The project yielded useful information about women and children as they enter treatment. Alcohol and crack/cocaine were the primary drugs of choice among these women. A large percentage had psychosocial problems and nearly all reported a history of victimization.

Approximately half of the children also had a history of victimization and a large percentage exhibited behavior problems. A study of social relationships documented significant positive change in family relationships during the first 3 months of treatment, and even greater change among peer relationships during that period, particularly with regard to deviance and the development of supportive relationships with fellow residents. Other studies examining factors related to treatment participation indicated that various aspects of social relationships differentially impact treatment retention and completion. Specifically, clients with a greater number of children in treatment and those with a lack of partner support were more likely to leave treatment prematurely. Additionally, clients reporting higher levels of social deviance (i.e., recent arrests, association with deviant peers) were less likely to complete treatment requirements.

In an effort to more fully explore the role of social relationships in women’s treatment engagement and recovery, the women and children’s project was extended through September, 2004. Funds from NIDA enabled us to examine the impact of women’s social systems on their ability to engage in and profit from treatment. Changes in social networks, the inability to fulfill responsibilities in various roles, and a lack of support from family members and peers, were used to define a measure of “social stress.”

2005 Related Training Activities

In April, Danica Knight presented Parent training using “Partners in Parenting” and Partners in Parenting: Skill enhancements for parents in treatment at the Parenting Skills Symposium, co-sponsored by the Clinical Trials Network Mid-Atlantic Node, Mid-Atlantic ATTC, and Central East ATTC, Baltimore, MD.

Norma Bartholomew conducted Trainer training for “Partners in Parenting” in June at the Washington Department of Corrections, Tacoma, WA.

Women & Children Project Publications

Knight, D. K., Hood, P. E., Logan, S. M., & Chatham, L. R. (1999). Residential treatment for women with dependent child: One agency's approach. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 31(4), 339-351. [Abstract]

Knight, D. K., Logan, S. M., & Simpson, D. D. (2001). Predictors of program completion for women in residential substance abuse treatment. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 27(l), 1-18. [Abstract]

Knight, D. K., Wallace, G. L., Joe, G. W., & Logan, S. M. (2001). Change in psychosocial functioning and social relations among women in residential substance abuse treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse, 13, 533-547. [Abstract]

Hood., P., Knight, D. K., & Logan, S. M. (2003). Mutually beneficial collaboration: Using evaluation to improve service delivery. Lessons learned: Residential substance abuse treatment for women and their children (DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3787). Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. [Technical Report (Oct. 1999): PDF; 88K/26 pages]

Knight, D. K., & Wallace, G. (2003). Where are the children? An examination of children’s living arrangements when mothers enter residential drug treatment. Journal of Drug Issues, 33(2), 305-324. [Abstract]

Women & Children Project Newsletter Stories

Parenting study underway (link to Research Roundup, Summer 2001 issue; also in PDF, 285KB / page 2)
Partners in research (link to Research Roundup, Summer 1997 issue; PDF, 107KB / pages 1-3)
First Choice Program meeting needs (link to Research Roundup, Spring 1997 issue)