en مطالعات اعتیاد Addiction مروري Reviews <div style="text-align: justify;">Millions of children are left to survive on the streets around the world. Investigations on drug use disorders among street children reveal that they not only abuse all types of drugs higher than their peers who live at home or in shelters, but also they abuse more harmful drugs such as injection drugs or methamphetamines. This guideline provides a comprehensive approach to the treatment and management of substance use disorders among children of 3 to 18 years of age for the staff of substance use disorder clinics. It highlights examples of how to perceive and approach the management and issues of substance abuse among street children at an early stage of development through various medical, psycho-social, and other interventions. It also defines the characteristics of the street children with a focus on prevention. These provisions consist of addressing the applicability matters in this area and necessity of a decision model in our country.</div> Therapeutic interventions, Street children, Substance use disorders 425 432 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-515-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nastaran Habibi dr_nhabibi@yahoo.com 0000-0002-5320-4256 No Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mahboobe Firoozkoohi Moghaddam m.firoozkoohi@gmail.com 000000019346379X No Research Center for Children and Adolescents Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Elham Salari elsalari@yahoo.com 0000-0002-1313-9621 No Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran. Nasrin Dodangi nasrin.dodangi@yahoo.com 0000-0001-6962-6050 No Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Ramin Radfar raminradfar@yahoo.com 0000-0003-1673-6154 No Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mandana Sadeghi mandana.sadeghi@gmail.com 0000-0003-4871-2552 No Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Hamed Bahari dr.h.bahari@gmail.com 0000-0003-0787-4782 No Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mona Eslami monaeslami2@gmail.com 0000-0002-0124-4168 No Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Alireza Noroozi a_r_noroozi@yahoo.com 0000-0002-5838-4348 No Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Omid Massah om.massah@uswr.ac.ir 0000-0002-9688-9144 No Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Elaheh Ahounbar e.ahounbar@yahoo.com 0000-0002-2744-2656 Yes Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Ali Farhoudian farhoudian@yahoo.com 0000-0002-4157-1227 No Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.