"Preventing Child Abuse: Family-Based Programs to Improve Resiliencies and Address Substance Use" introduces the evidence, theories, concepts, essential components, and practice issues for family-based prevention programs (FBPs) for families dealing with substance use problems and who have experienced cumulative adverse experiences. FBPs are interventions designed to prevent or minimize later problems, that involve the family in program practices which are trauma-informed, skills-oriented, and strengths-based. FBPs are guided by multiple theoretical perspectives. They target many outcomes for individuals and families, under the assumption that improving parenting capacity, reducing harmful substance use, and improving family relationships will translate into a reduction of both violence in the home and neglect of children's needs. The book uses examples from existing FBPs to illustrate the concepts as well as an in-depth case study of one FBP specifically developed to address caregivers' substance use. The book also includes chapters on child welfare outcomes research, adverse and compensatory factors that are the foundation of FBPs' practices, prominent theories for FBPs, cultural adaptation, and evaluation methods. Since there are several worthwhile FBPs at various stages of evidence support, the authors recommend that funders and policy makers sustain programs that are beneficial to the community and show promise of preliminary efficacy while they work towards implementing increasingly robust evaluation research studies"-- Provided by publisher.