Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction

• The Mother-Fetal Dyad and the Ethics of Care
• Cocaine: An Overview of Use, Actions, and Effects
• Neuromotor Outcome of Infants Exposed Prenatally to Cocaine: Issues of Assessment and Interpretation
• Clinical Considerations in the Assessment of Infants and Young Children Affected by Parental Substance Abuse
• Issues of Developmental Measurement in Clinical Research and Practice Settings with Children Who Were Prenatally Exposed to Drugs
• Motor Behavior in Children Exposed Prenatally to Drugs
• Adolescent Pregnancy and the Complications of Prenatal Substance Use
• Fetal Cocaine Exposure: Neurologic Effects and Sensory-Motor Delays
• The Relationship Between the Movement Assessment of Infants and the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence in Infants with Prenatal Cocaine Exposure
• Development of Children in Foster Care: Comparison of Battelle Screening Test Performance of Children Exposed to Cocaine and Non-Exposed Children
• Assessment of Fetal Knee Angular Velocity as a Possible Method to Determine the Effect of Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the Author

Lynette S Chandler, Shelly J Lane