1st Edition
Working with Substance-Affected Parents and their Children A guide for human service workers
By Lynda Campbell
Copyright 2015
258 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Working with families in which parents have problems with alcohol or other drugs can be complex, stressful and intense. This ground-breaking guide helps human service workers to better support parents struggling to overcome substance use problems. It draws together the perspectives of professionals from alcohol and other drug treatment centres, child and family welfare groups as well as leading... Read more
Foreword
Acknowledgements
About the authors
Introduction
PART 1: FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Understanding families with alcohol and other drug problems
2. Conceptualising needs and professional responses
PART 2: SOUND BEGINNINGS
3. Connecting with parents
4. Connecting with children
5. Identifying what you need to know
PART 3: FACILITATING CHANGE AND GROWTH
6. Keeping children and families safe
7. Improving family life from the inside
8. Enhancing informal and formal family support
9. Supporting families when children are in care
PART 4: BEING AT YOUR BEST
10. Self-care and professional development
PART 5: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Chart: Key messages for practice
Glossary of terms
References
Useful websites and resources
Index
Acknowledgements
About the authors
Introduction
PART 1: FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Understanding families with alcohol and other drug problems
2. Conceptualising needs and professional responses
PART 2: SOUND BEGINNINGS
3. Connecting with parents
4. Connecting with children
5. Identifying what you need to know
PART 3: FACILITATING CHANGE AND GROWTH
6. Keeping children and families safe
7. Improving family life from the inside
8. Enhancing informal and formal family support
9. Supporting families when children are in care
PART 4: BEING AT YOUR BEST
10. Self-care and professional development
PART 5: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Chart: Key messages for practice
Glossary of terms
References
Useful websites and resources
Index
Biography
DR MENKA TSANTEFSKI is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, specialising in child and family-related subjects.
DR STEFAN GRUENERT is a registered psychologist and CEO of Odyssey House, Victoria.
DR LYNDA CAMPBELL has over forty years' experience in the child and family welfare sector including twenty years as a lecturer in Social Work at the University of Melbourne.
