Child Welfare Research

Read about the Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams program and its impact on families affected by substance use and how the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics allows clinicians to use a child's developmental history and current functioning to make decisions and plan treatment.

• Study Finds That START Program Reduces Out-of-Home Care and Increases Reunification Rates
  In recent years, incidents of child maltreatment by caregivers with substance use problems have increased. An article in Child Abuse & Neglect discusses a study in Kentucky that investigated...
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• An Evaluation of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics in Tennessee
  The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) is a neurobiological approach to working with at-risk children. Rather than being a specific technique or treatment protocol, NMT is an...
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