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Parenting in Dependency Drug Court
Author(s) -
DICE JAIME L.,
CLAUSSEN ANGELIKA H.,
KATZ LYNNE F.,
COHEN JUDGE JERI B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2004.tb00164.x
Subject(s) - miami , dependency (uml) , substance abuse , unit (ring theory) , psychology , process (computing) , psychiatry , engineering , computer science , environmental science , mathematics education , soil science , operating system , systems engineering
The Dependency Drug Court (DDC) in Miami, Florida, addresses the needs of families affected by substance abuse through a comprehensive and therapeutic approach. The DDC works with community agencies to provide services that effectively treat the family as a unit. This article discusses the process of adapting a parenting program to meet the needs of families in the DDC.