This monograph, the product of a symposium about the provision of services to children of alcoholics, contains chapters concentrating on identification, intervention, treatment, and prevention. These concepts are delineated in terms of the needs of children of alcoholics, with a particular emphasis on barriers that inhibit the therapy process and…

Describes an approach that encourages recovering, alcohol-dependent, single parent mothers and their children to use existing strengths and resources to promote healthy family dynamics. Looks at goal identification, establishing family goals, and identifying previously successful behaviors. Program participants report increases in parenting…

This model proposes a Montessori schooling approach for the children of alcoholics because this approach helps the child develop his self-esteem and concentration; acquire a sense of order, mastery and control over his environment; and separate fact from fantasy. The model assumes that alcoholic parents, responding to the dehabilitative effects of…