Offering Hope, Recovery and Resilience to Children of Addicted Parents: The Children's Program Kit

Often, the people hurt most by alcohol and drug use disorders don’t drink or use drugs; they are the children of alcohol- or drug-dependent parents. These children are more likely to experience mental and physical problems and are at increased risk of being neglected or abused. They are also at much greater risk to become addicted themselves. In this program we will explore effective strategies for improving the lives of children of alcohol- and drug-dependent parents and examine the new Children’s Program Kit developed to encourage appropriate programs and services to help these children.

Host:
Ivette Torres, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Panelists:
Charles G. Curie is Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, SAMHSA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Beverly Watts Davis is Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention within SAMHSA.

Sis Wenger is the Executive Director of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, also known by the acronym NACoA.

Don Coyhis is Founder and President of White Bison, an organization that offers addiction prevention, and Wellbriety resources to the Native American community nationwide.

Request a free printed copy of the Children's Program Kit online from SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information (NCADI) by visiting http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/order.aspx?ID=16569. To order by phone, call SAMHSA's NCADI at (800) 729-6686 and ask for inventory number CPKIT.