Correctional Counselors: A Qualitative Study
The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand the experience of Correctional Counselors who are responsible for prenatal substance users, and to explore how they view their role in the care of the mother and child while overcoming their addiction. As previously mentioned, legislators are amending existing laws to discourage women from using drugs during their pregnancy and punishing those who do (Stone, 2015). According to Stone (2015), there is little research on the correctional counselors’ experiences working with prenatal substance abuse (Stone, 2015).
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