Evaluation of the services provided under the Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act

Pivotal Research, which was commissioned by AADAC to carry out the evaluation of services provided under the Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act The authors also wish to thank the youth and their parents or guardians who participated in the evaluation. [...] Court-ordered youth services The expansion of youth services continues in AADAC with the newest addition to the continuum of youth services occurring in 2006. [...] The goal of the assessment is to evaluate the severity of substance abuse by identifying patterns of use and harmful effects of that use on the youth’s major life areas. [...] The newness of the program and the many different sources of information may have contributed to confusion about the intent of PChAD. [...] Parents were not satisfied with the availability of treatment programs (68) or other support in the community (68) for youth and the family to continue treatment after the youth was discharged.