Early Intervention for Children Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine

Bono, Katherine E.; Sheinberg, Nurit; Scott, Keith G.; Claussen, Angelika H.

doi:10.1097/00001163-200701000-00004

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“…Rather, they should evaluate children's functioning with comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments that include measures of auditory processing. They also would do well to conduct a careful assessment in early life to help caregivers identify and minimize exposure to remediable risk factors that may undermine healthy neuropsychological outcomes, and promote access to protective factors that may contribute to children's positive development regardless of prenatal history [21]. …”

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“…Similarly, protective factors such as being raised by caregivers with higher education and less psychological distress, growing up in a higher quality home environment, receiving early interventions, and participating in high quality preschool programs are linked to more optimal child neuropsychological and general cognitive and language outcomes [13,21,48,98,124]. …”

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Level of intrauterine cocaine exposure and neuropsychological test scores in preadolescence: subtle effects on auditory attention and narrative memory

Rose-Jacobs

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Neurotoxicology and Teratology

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Neuropsychological processes such as attention and memory contribute to children's higher-level cognitive and language functioning and predict academic achievement. The goal of this analysis was to evaluate whether level of intrauterine cocaine exposure (IUCE) alters multiple aspects of preadolescents' neuropsychological functioning assessed using a single age-referenced instrument, the NEPSY: A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment (NEPSY) [71], after controlling for relevant covariates. Participants included 137 term 9.5-year-old children from low-income urban backgrounds (51% male, 90% African American/Caribbean) from an ongoing prospective longitudinal study. Level of IUCE was assessed in the newborn period using infant meconium and maternal report. 52% of the children had IUCE (65% with lighter IUCE, and 35% with heavier IUCE), and 48% were unexposed. Infants with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, HIV seropositivity, or intrauterine exposure to illicit substances other than cocaine and marijuana were excluded. At the 9.5-year follow-up visit, trained examiners masked to IUCE and background variables evaluated children's neuropsychological functioning using the NEPSY. The association between level of IUCE and NEPSY outcomes was evaluated in a series of linear regressions controlling for intrauterine exposure to other substances and relevant child, caregiver, and demographic variables. Results indicated that level of IUCE was associated with lower scores on the Auditory Attention and Narrative Memory tasks, both of which require auditory information processing and sustained attention for successful performance. However, results did not follow the expected ordinal, dose-dependent pattern. Children's neuropsychological test scores were also altered by a variety of other biological and psychosocial factors.

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Level of intrauterine cocaine exposure and neuropsychological test scores in preadolescence: subtle effects on auditory attention and narrative memory

Rose-Jacobs

Martin

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et al. 2014

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

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“…The current study focuses on children who were at risk due to prenatal exposure to cocaine. Based on recent evidence, cocaine may be classified as a mild teratogen (Behnke, Eyler, Garvan, Wobie, & Hou, 2002) with subtle, rather than overt effects (Bono, Sheinberg, Scott, & Claussen, 2007). A few longitudinal studies have reported small but significant cocaine‐specific cognitive (Singer et al., 2004) and language delays (Bandstra, Morrow, Vogel, Fifer, Ofir, & Dausa, 2002), as well as behavioral disturbances (Bendersky, Bennet, & Lewis, 2006).…”

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Social Competence in Children At Risk Due to Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Continuity Over Time and Associations with Cognitive and Language Abilities

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The continuity of social competence between 36 months and first grade was examined in a sample of children at risk due to prenatal exposure to cocaine (N = 92). Parent report data on social competence were collected at 36 months of age and both parent and teacher report data were collected when children were in first grade. Regression analyses indicated that 36-month social competence significantly predicted first-grade parent ratings of social competence, even after controlling for cognitive ability. Thirtysix month social competence also predicted first-grade teacher ratings of competence, but these relations were mediated by child gender and cognitive ability. Early social competence was also a significant predictor of first-grade language ability, after controlling for 36-month language. These findings emphasize the importance of early social competence for later development.

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The Crack Baby: Children Fight the War on Drugs

Ferguson¹

2016

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Early Intervention for Children Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine

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Level of intrauterine cocaine exposure and neuropsychological test scores in preadolescence: subtle effects on auditory attention and narrative memory

Level of intrauterine cocaine exposure and neuropsychological test scores in preadolescence: subtle effects on auditory attention and narrative memory

Social Competence in Children At Risk Due to Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Continuity Over Time and Associations with Cognitive and Language Abilities

The Crack Baby: Children Fight the War on Drugs

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