Section 11757.57 Of Chapter 2. Alcohol And Drug Affected Mothers And Infants From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10.5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) The office may provide or contract for training
regarding alcohol and other drug dependency to providers of health,
social, educational, and support services to women of childbearing
age and their children.
(b) The purpose of any training provided pursuant to subdivision
(a) may be to facilitate the taking of appropriate and thorough
medical and social histories of women of childbearing age in order to
identify those in special need of alcohol or other drug treatment
services and to identify skills for providing case management
services to alcohol and other drug using women and their infants.
Additional training topics may be covered, including, but not limited
to, how to develop procedures for referring those in need of alcohol
and other drug treatment services and how to provide appropriate
social and emotional support to, as well as developmental monitoring
of, drug affected infants and children and their families.