Abstract
This paper describes a pilot study using online counseling for court-involved parents who have been charged with child abuse and neglect related to substance use. All families resided in the medically underserved area of Newark, New Jersey and were recruited from halfway houses and the Family Court. The sample consisted of 30 participants randomly assigned to control (n=15) and experimental (n=15) groups. Of the participants, 83% were Black, 13% were White, and 3% were Hispanic. The control group had access to usual face-to-face treatment at a local treatment center where typical court-ordered offenders were referred. Usual face-to-face treatment often involved being wait-listed for periods of months even for a detox bed. The experimental group had immediate access to the online counseling intervention. The online counseling software and the live counseling components of the intervention were developed with a stages of change theoretical framework. Preliminary findings show promise for the feasibility of online interventions for underserved populations.
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