The research began with the examination of the unique needs of drug-abusing women, as well as effective treatment factors. The next stage was to determine the behavioral interventions that were effective in other cocaine-dependent populations. The third stage involved combining strategies from these two elements in the Pregnancy Project, an ongoing treatment-study of cocaine-dependent pregnant women. In the final stage of the research, outcome data for 35 women who took part in the Pregnancy Project were examined. Results revealed a high rate of retention in treatment, as well as a high rate of compliance with prenatal care for the women who remained in treatment. A high rate of compliance with prenatal care was also associated with good perinatal outcome. The participants demonstrated a relatively high rate of cocaine abstinence during treatment, at birth, and in the early period following the baby's birth. Many of the women especially appreciated the individually based, self-empowering aspects of the behavioral counseling interventions. Findings indicated that behavioral interventions within a woman-friendly drug treatment program are an important treatment option to consider. Tables and 112 references (Author abstract modified)