Parental Substance Abuse
Child & Adolescent Development
Consequences
Physical Toll
100
parental alcohol or drug use
What was the documented reason children were removed and placed in foster care in 2012?
100
A variety of negative outcomes.
What do children and youth experience due to parents substance abuse?
100
Parental substance abuse.
What interrupts a child's normal development
100
Physical toll
What parental addiction can start from before birth?
200
12 percent of children
What percentage of children in this country live with a parent who is dependent on drugs or abuses alcohol?
200
poor cognitive, depression, physical and health issues

substance use problems.

What are negative outcomes?
200
possible birth defects, anxiety and depression
what are medical and psychological consequences of parental substance abuse?
200
multiple physical defects and mental disorders.
What harm can come to a unborn child when a mother drinks and do drugs?
300
Parental substance abuse
What is recognized as a risk factor for child maltreatment and child welfare involvement?
300
For coping mechanism
Why do children turn to substance abuse themselves?
300
tired at school, low grades, behavioral problems in the classroom.
What are educational consequences due to parental substance abuse?
300
Lash out and become abusive
What intoxicated parents may due to their children while under the influence?