ABSTRACT
In 1995, I wrote about prenatal crack/cocaine exposure and the dif culties of separating truth from ction (Barone, 1995). I even used a quote from Maniac Magee where Spinelli (1991) cautions readers to pretend to “Run your hand under your movie seat and be very careful, very careful not to let the facts get mixed up with the truth.” Spinelli’s caution is worthwhile today as even with extensive research since 1995, teasing out truth from ction with respect to prenatal drug and alcohol exposure is still an essential task when making sense of this research base. To facilitate this task, I have organized this chapter around research issues related to this topic, a synthesis of the research, and connections to schools and how best to support such children.
