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National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children's (NADEC) Newsletter
In This Issue
Angels in Adoption
Message from the Director
Too Many Children At-Risk of Substance Abuse
Drug Endangered Children: Wrapping Up the First Decade
First Response: A Portal into the Realm of Safety
A Look into NADEC's Work Groups
 
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Dear Readers,
Welcome to the first edition of the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children's (NADEC) newsletter. We are a Resource Center funded by the Office for Victims of Crime and the Bureau of Justice Assistance.  Our goal is to work with the State DEC Alliances and to provide training and technical assistance to those in the field and  community who assist and care for drug endangered children. 

Thanks for taking the time to read our newsletter. We hope you enjoy it and we look forward to sending you more information in the future.

Susannah Carroll
Resource Center Manager 

Newsletter Introduction
Who is a Drug Endangered Child?
How Can We Help a Drug Endangered Child?
Questions?
Who's Who at NADEC
 
Angels in Adoption 
In their local community in Kansas, Nick and Jennifer Keller are known as the "Angels in Adoption."  Over the last three years, the Kellers, along with their daughter Brooke, have opened their hearts and their home to six children, all of whom were pre-natally exposed to methamphetamine.  More
 
Message from the Director: No Turning Back

It is so fun watching children learn: It's innocence in action.  I remember when my niece was two years old and I was carrying her through a store when something caught her eye.  As she started to reach for the object, I pulled her back and asked what she was doing.  With no hesitation she said, "I want to see that with my hands." More
  
Too Many Children At-Risk of Substance Abuse 

Most of us cannot imagine neglecting or abusing a child -it breaks our heart and makes us angry at the same time.   Unfortunately, parents and other caregivers who abuse drugs or alcohol, and especially those in the grips of addiction, often lose their instincts and ability to care for and nurture children.  More
 
Drug Endangered Children: Wrapping Up The First Decade

Although my memory has somewhat faded from the early 90's, I still see bits and pieces of hundred of children's dirty little faces, amid little snippets of the homes they came from, too many to describe and most so insidious I want to forget.  My memories don't go away.  More
 
First Response: A Portal Into the Realm of Safety
The DEC Mission as a gateway to safety
A portal, as often conceptualized in fantasy literature, is akin to a magical gateway linking worlds separated by distance or fate.  Often the portal we see in fiction is an avenue to escape some dark force of evil thereby allowing the hero to reach a realm of safety.  More
 
A Look into NADEC's Work Groups 
NationalAlliance for Drug Endangered Children (NADEC) developed work groups to better meet the goals of providing training and technical assistance to the field.  Each work group is headed by a chair and has 10-12 participants comprised of different disciplines.  More
 
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