<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . . "When parents take drugs."^^ . "This booklet is intended for use by anyone talking with young people about a parent or carer’s drug or alcohol use, to help them understand and come to terms with their situation. Professionals – such as teachers, youth workers and health workers – who may come into contact with young people who they know, or suspect, are affected by the drug and/ or alcohol use of one, or both, of their parents may find it particularly useful. It is intended to be a tool by which a young person can be encouraged to discuss their life and their feelings and be reassured that there are people who can help with their situation. It should not be seen as an assessment tool - nor as a substitute for professional intervention – but as a source of support for the young person. Each page contains scenarios or prompts to help direct the young person to think about some of the issues they are facing, whilst the boxes across the bottom contain information and suggestions to help the adult reader facilitate the discussion.\r\n\r\nSection 1 – For adults\r\n•\tHow to use this booklet\r\n•\tWhat are drugs\r\n•\tEffects on young people\r\n•\tWhat a young person might be going through\r\n•\tAssessing the risks\r\n•\tWhat the law says\r\n•\tThe United Nations Convention on the\r\n•\tRights of the Child\r\n•\tResources\r\n\r\nSection 2 – for 4-10 year olds\r\n•\tAll about drugs\r\n•\tI feel...\r\n•\tWhat’s going on?\r\n•\tI feel better\r\n•\tMum and dad\r\n•\tMy life\r\n•\tMy future\r\n\r\nSection 3 – for 11-15 year olds\r\n•\tAll about drugs\r\n•\tI feel ****!\r\n•\tWhat’s going on?\r\n•\tFeeling better\r\n•\tWhat mum and dad might be going through\r\n•\tMy life\r\n•\tMy future"^^ . "2017-08" . . . "Adfam"^^ . . . . "Adfam"^^ . . . . . . . "When parents take drugs. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Adfam_Journeys-when-parents-take-drugs.pdf"^^ . . . "When parents take drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "When parents take drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "When parents take drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "When parents take drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "When parents take drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #27794 \n\nWhen parents take drugs.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Parental support"@en . . . "Role of grandparent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Drug or health care worker"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Global prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among children and youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis."^^ . "Question: What is the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among children and youth in the general population?\r\n\r\nFindings: In this meta-analysis of 24 unique studies and 1416 unique children and youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, approximately 8 of 1000 in the general population had fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and 1 of every 13 pregnant women who consumed alcohol during pregnancy delivered a child with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder was found to be notably higher among special populations. South Africa was estimated to have the highest prevalence of FASD at 111.1 per 1000 population (95% CI, 71.1-158.4 per 1000 population), followed by Croatia at 53.3 per 1000 population (95% CI, 30.9-81.2 per 1000 population) and Ireland at 47.5 per 1000 population (95% CI, 28.0-73.6 per 1000 population).\r\n\r\nMeaning: The prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among children and youth in the general population exceeds 1% in 76 countries, which underscores the need for universal prevention initiatives targeting maternal alcohol consumption, screening protocols, and improved access to diagnostic services, especially in special populations."^^ . "2017-08" . . "Early online" . . "JAMA Pediatrics"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gerrit"^^ . "Gmel"^^ . "Gerrit Gmel"^^ . . "Charlotte"^^ . "Probst"^^ . "Charlotte Probst"^^ . . "Shannon"^^ . "Lange"^^ . "Shannon Lange"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #27779 \n\nGlobal prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among children and youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Alcohol consumption"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Developmental disorder"@en . . . "Foetal (fetal) alcohol syndrome"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "International aspects"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Audit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of the provisions of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991."^^ . "In this audit, the Garda respondents’ accounts of contemporary policing in Ireland highlights the increasingly diverse and demanding roles expected of members of An Garda Síochána, of which child protection is now firmly a part.\r\n\r\nChapter 1: Introduction p.1 \r\nChapter 2: The system p.14 \r\nChapter 3: Review and analysis of pulse p.37 \r\n3.7 Grounds upon which section 12 was invoked p.61 \r\n3.7.1 Suspicion or concern that child is being abused or neglected p.63 \r\n3.7.2 Concern for child welfare (public safety) p.65 \r\n3.7.3 Suspected emotional abuse p.66 \r\n3.7.4 Suspected neglect p.66 \r\n3.7.5 Suspected physical abuse p.68 \r\n3.7.6 Suspected sexual abuse p.69\r\n3.7.7 Child a danger to self/others p.70 \r\n3.7.8 Child under influence of drugs/alcohol p.71 \r\n3.7.9 Domestic violence p.71 \r\n3.7.10 Mental health issues within child p.72 \r\n3.7.11 Mental health issues within parent(s) p.73 \r\n3.7.12 Active substance abuse within parents leading to abuse or neglect p.75 \r\n3.7.13 Other p.79 \r\n3.7.14 No known reason for invocation of section 12 p.82\r\n\r\nChapter 4: Questionnaires reviewed p.112\r\nChapter 5: Interviews and focus groups reviewed p.154\r\nChapter 6: General discussion, conclusions and recommendations p.241"^^ . "2017-05" . . . "An Garda Siochana"^^ . . . . . . . "Geoffrey"^^ . "Shannon"^^ . "Geoffrey Shannon"^^ . . . . . . "Audit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of the provisions of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Audit of Section 12 Child Care Act 1991.pdf"^^ . . . "Audit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of the provisions of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Audit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of the provisions of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Audit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of the provisions of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Audit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of the provisions of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Audit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of the provisions of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #27362 \n\nAudit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of the provisions of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Parental support"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Crime and violence"@en . . . "Crime against persons (assault / abuse / intimidation) "@en . . . "Youth (juvenile) offending"@en . . . "Police (Garda)"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "A multi-country study of harms to children because of others' drinking."^^ . "OBJECTIVE\r\nThis study aims to ascertain and compare the prevalence and correlates of alcohol-related harms to children cross-nationally.\r\n\r\nMETHOD\r\nNational and regional sample surveys of randomly selected households included 7,848 carers (4,223 women) from eight countries (Australia, Chile, Ireland, Lao People's Democratic Republic [PDR], Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam). Country response rates ranged from 35% to 99%. Face-to-face or telephone surveys asking about harm from others' drinking to children ages 0-17 years were conducted, including four specific harms: that because of others' drinking in the past year children had been (a) physically hurt, (b) verbally abused, (c) exposed to domestic violence, or (d) left unsupervised.\r\n\r\nRESULTS\r\nThe prevalence of alcohol-related harms to children varied from a low of 4% in Lao PDR to 14% in Vietnam. Alcohol-related harms to children were reported by a substantial minority of families in most countries, with only Lao PDR and Nigeria reporting significantly lower levels of harm. Alcohol-related harms to children were dispersed sociodemographically and were concentrated in families with heavy drinkers.\r\n\r\nCONCLUSIONS\r\nFamily-level drinking patterns were consistently identified as correlates of harm to children because of others' drinking, whereas sociodemographic factors showed few obvious correlations."^^ . "2017-03" . "78" . "2" . . "Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs"^^ . . . "19384114" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Hanh T M"^^ . "Vu"^^ . "Hanh T M Vu"^^ . . "Akanidomo"^^ . "Ibanga"^^ . "Akanidomo Ibanga"^^ . . "Sarah"^^ . "Callinan"^^ . "Sarah Callinan"^^ . . "Dag"^^ . "Rekve"^^ . "Dag Rekve"^^ . . "Siri"^^ . "Hettige"^^ . "Siri Hettige"^^ . . "Hanh T M"^^ . "Hoang"^^ . "Hanh T M Hoang"^^ . . "Robin"^^ . "Room"^^ . "Robin Room"^^ . . "Ann"^^ . "Hope"^^ . "Ann Hope"^^ . . "Georgia"^^ . "Rankin"^^ . "Georgia Rankin"^^ . . "Anne-Marie"^^ . "Laslett"^^ . "Anne-Marie Laslett"^^ . . "Isidore"^^ . "Obot"^^ . "Isidore Obot"^^ . . "Latsamy"^^ . "Siengsounthone"^^ . "Latsamy Siengsounthone"^^ . . "Jonas"^^ . "Landberg"^^ . "Jonas Landberg"^^ . . "Thaksaphon"^^ . "Thamarangsi"^^ . "Thaksaphon Thamarangsi"^^ . . "Ramon"^^ . "Florenzano"^^ . "Ramon Florenzano"^^ . . "Orratai"^^ . "Waleewong"^^ . "Orratai Waleewong"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #27620 \n\nA multi-country study of harms to children because of others' drinking.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Family and kinship"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "International aspects"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "Estimates of alcohol dependence in England, including estimates of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence. Prevalence, trends, and amenability to treatment."^^ . "Estimates include:\r\n• national and local authority estimates of the number of alcohol dependent adults in need of specialist assessment and treatment\r\n• the number of alcohol dependent adults who have children living in the household at a national level\r\n• the number of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence at a national level"^^ . "2017-03" . . . "Public Health England"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Alan"^^ . "Brennan"^^ . "Alan Brennan"^^ . . "Colin"^^ . "Drummond"^^ . "Colin Drummond"^^ . . "Tony"^^ . "Stone"^^ . "Tony Stone"^^ . . "Laura"^^ . "Gray"^^ . "Laura Gray"^^ . . "Robert"^^ . "Pryce"^^ . "Robert Pryce"^^ . . "Penny"^^ . "Buykx"^^ . "Penny Buykx"^^ . . . . . . "Estimates of alcohol dependence in England, including estimates of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence. Prevalence, trends, and amenability to treatment. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Sheffield_estimates-of-alchohol-dependency-in-england[0].pdf"^^ . . . "Estimates of alcohol dependence in England, including estimates of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence. Prevalence, trends, and amenability to treatment. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Estimates of alcohol dependence in England, including estimates of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence. Prevalence, trends, and amenability to treatment. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Estimates of alcohol dependence in England, including estimates of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence. Prevalence, trends, and amenability to treatment. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Estimates of alcohol dependence in England, including estimates of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence. Prevalence, trends, and amenability to treatment. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Estimates of alcohol dependence in England, including estimates of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence. Prevalence, trends, and amenability to treatment. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #27113 \n\nEstimates of alcohol dependence in England, including estimates of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence. Prevalence, trends, and amenability to treatment.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Prevalence of drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Alcohol dependence"@en . . . "Treatment factors" . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "England" . . "Collaborative care proceedings help keep London families together."^^ . "Five-year follow-up of London families finds better outcomes among those in the Family Drug and Alcohol Court than ordinary care proceedings.\r\n\r\nKey points from summary and commentary\r\n•\tA five-year follow-up of a London Family Drug and Alcohol Court for women with substance use problems and their children.\r\n•\tThis alternative approach to ordinary care proceedings produced better outcomes relating to substance use, family reunification, and family stability.\r\n•\tParents viewed the process as fair, respectful, and empowering, which contrasted with ordinary proceedings where parents felt they had no voice and did not understand the process."^^ . "2017-02-27" . . "27 February 2017" . . "Drug and Alcohol Findings"^^ . . . "Drug and Alcohol Findings Bulletin"^^ . . . . . . . . "Collaborative care proceedings help keep London families together. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Harwin_J_5_findings.pdf"^^ . . . "Collaborative care proceedings help keep London families together. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Collaborative care proceedings help keep London families together. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Collaborative care proceedings help keep London families together. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Collaborative care proceedings help keep London families together. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #26927 \n\nCollaborative care proceedings help keep London families together.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Drugs and alcohol recovery"@en . . . "Treatment outcome"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Justice system"@en . . . "Drug court"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "Woman (women / female)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Young people’s views of substance use and parenting."^^ . "2017-01" . . "Issue 60, Winter 2017" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . . "Lucy"^^ . "Dillon"^^ . "Lucy Dillon"^^ . . . . . . "Young people’s views of substance use and parenting. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Drugnet60_web_version.pdf"^^ . . . "Young people’s views of substance use and parenting. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Young people’s views of substance use and parenting. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Young people’s views of substance use and parenting. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Young people’s views of substance use and parenting. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Young people’s views of substance use and parenting. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #26705 \n\nYoung people’s views of substance use and parenting.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Attitude toward drugs and alcohol addict or user" . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "Childhood adversity, substance misuse and young people’s mental health."^^ . "Substance misuse is just one form of risk-taking behaviour, and can be a sign that young people are dealing with adversity, trauma, and/or experimenting with their identities. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are events that have a traumatic and lasting effect on the mental health of young people.\r\n\r\nChildren who experience four or more adversities, are twice as likely to binge drink, and eleven times more likely to go on to use crack cocaine or heroin"^^ . "2017" . . . "Addaction"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Marc"^^ . "Bush"^^ . "Marc Bush"^^ . . "Agnes"^^ . "Aynsley"^^ . "Agnes Aynsley"^^ . . "Naomi"^^ . "Burrows"^^ . "Naomi Burrows"^^ . . "Linssay"^^ . "Buchanan"^^ . "Linssay Buchanan"^^ . . "Rick"^^ . "Bradley"^^ . "Rick Bradley"^^ . . "Addaction"^^ . . . "Youngminds"^^ . . . . . . . "Childhood adversity, substance misuse and young people’s mental health. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Addaction-briefing_childhood_adversity.pdf"^^ . . . "Childhood adversity, substance misuse and young people’s mental health. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Childhood adversity, substance misuse and young people’s mental health. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Childhood adversity, substance misuse and young people’s mental health. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Childhood adversity, substance misuse and young people’s mental health. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Childhood adversity, substance misuse and young people’s mental health. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #27500 \n\nChildhood adversity, substance misuse and young people’s mental health.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "risk-taking behaviour" . . . "Mental health" . . . "risk factors" . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "England" . . . "Parents who use drugs: the well-being of parent and child dyads among people receiving harm reduction interventions for opiate use."^^ . "2017" . "22" . "2" . . "Informa healthcare"^^ . . . "Journal of Substance Use"^^ . . . "1465989114759942" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Catherine"^^ . "Comiskey"^^ . "Catherine Comiskey"^^ . . "Maeve"^^ . "Daly"^^ . "Maeve Daly"^^ . . "Jennie"^^ . "Milnes"^^ . "Jennie Milnes"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #25731 \n\nParents who use drugs: the well-being of parent and child dyads among people receiving harm reduction interventions for opiate use.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Opioids (opiates)"@en . . . "Prevention approach"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Drug user"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "Kinship care: children cared for by family and friends."^^ . "Across Scotland, thousands of grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings and family friends look after children because their parents are unable to do so. They are known as ‘kinship carers’. If you are looking after a child in these circumstances, you are a kinship carer and this guide is for you.\r\n\r\nMentor produced the first ever Kinship Care Guide in 2009, and we are now onto our third edition. The new guide, produced in partnership with the Scottish Government, incorporates the recent legislative changes from the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. The guide has been produced with input from kinship carers and professionals and is a definitive guide to responsibilities, legal rights, financial rights and support for kinship carers in Scotland."^^ . "2017" . . . "Mentor"^^ . . . . "Mentor"^^ . . . . . . . "Kinship care: children cared for by family and friends. (PDF)"^^ . . . "mentor_kinship_care_guide_2016_3rd_edition.pdf"^^ . . . "Kinship care: children cared for by family and friends. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Kinship care: children cared for by family and friends. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Kinship care: children cared for by family and friends. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Kinship care: children cared for by family and friends. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Kinship care: children cared for by family and friends. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #26780 \n\nKinship care: children cared for by family and friends.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Parental support"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Role of grandparent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Scotland" . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2015."^^ . "‌Perinatal mortality refers to the death of babies in the weeks before or after birth. Perinatal mortality includes stillbirths (babies born with no signs of life after 24 weeks of pregnancy or weighing at least 500 grams) and the deaths of babies within 28 days of being born. Perinatal mortality is an important indicator of the quality of obstetric and neonatal care. Measurement of the outcome of care is central to the development of safe and high quality healthcare services. In recent years, the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) has worked with colleagues in developing an in-depth clinical audit of perinatal mortality\r\n\r\nSmoking and substance use - page 27"^^ . "2017" . . . "National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "J"^^ . "McKernan"^^ . "J McKernan"^^ . . "E"^^ . "Manning"^^ . "E Manning"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Meaney"^^ . "S Meaney"^^ . . "IB"^^ . "O'Farrell"^^ . "IB O'Farrell"^^ . . "L"^^ . "Drummond"^^ . "L Drummond"^^ . . "P"^^ . "Corcoran"^^ . "P Corcoran"^^ . . "P"^^ . "de Foubert"^^ . "P de Foubert"^^ . . "RA"^^ . "Greene"^^ . "RA Greene"^^ . . . . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2015. (PDF)"^^ . . . "NPECPerinatalMortalityAnnualReport2015-.pdf"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #27576 \n\nPerinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2015.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related mortality / death"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "Healthy futures: supporting and promoting the health needs of looked after children."^^ . "Children can come into our care for a variety of reasons. It may be as a result of neglect or abuse or illness or death in the family. Whatever the reason, it can have a traumatic impact that can last for years. It may be apparent early, or not manifest itself until later – but it is the cause of a much higher rate of emotional and mental health needs than amongst children as a whole. Looked after children and young people also have higher rates of poor physical health, sometimes the consequence of the disruption in their lives. Unless properly identified and supported, these increased needs can contribute greatly to a range of worse outcomes than can persist well into adult life.\r\n\r\nThrough commissioning of public health services, local councils should ensure they have clear referral pathways into specialist substance misuse services for those young people who are assessed as requiring structured drug and alcohol interventions."^^ . "2016-12" . . . "Local Government Association"^^ . . . . "Local Government Association"^^ . . . . . . . "Healthy futures: supporting and promoting the health needs of looked after children. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Healthy_futures.pdf"^^ . . . "Healthy futures: supporting and promoting the health needs of looked after children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Healthy futures: supporting and promoting the health needs of looked after children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Healthy futures: supporting and promoting the health needs of looked after children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Healthy futures: supporting and promoting the health needs of looked after children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Healthy futures: supporting and promoting the health needs of looked after children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #26532 \n\nHealthy futures: supporting and promoting the health needs of looked after children.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . "Gender moderates the relationship between childhood abuse and internalizing and substance use disorders later in life: a cross-sectional analysis."^^ . "BACKGROUND: Although some studies examined the moderating role of gender in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and mental disorders later in life, a number of them examined the effects of only one or two types of maltreatment on an individual mental disorder, for instance, depression, substance use. It is of considerable clinical and theoretical importance to have in-depth understanding what roles of different types of childhood abuse play out in a wide range of mental disorders among women and men using well accepted instruments measuring abuse and mental disorders. The present study aimed to examine this issue using a large nationally representative population sample to explore the gender effect of different types of childhood abuse in mental disorders, and assess the moderating role of gender in the abuse-mental disorder relationship.\r\n\r\nMETHODS: Using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2012: Mental Health we sought to answer this question. Respondents with information on childhood maltreatment prior to age 16 were selected (N = 23, 395).\r\n\r\nRESULTS: We found: i) strong associations between childhood abuse frequency and gender; ii) significant differences between men and women in terms of mental disorders; iii) strong associations between childhood abuse and mental disorders; and, iv) gender moderated the role of childhood abuse history on adulthood mental disorders. Females with a history of sexual abuse and/or exposure to interpersonal violence were at a greater risk of alcohol abuse or dependence later in life.\r\n\r\nCONCLUSIONS: Intervention should occur as early as possible, and should help female victims of childhood sexual abuse and/or exposure to interpersonal violence, and their families to build more constructive ways to effectively reduce the negative affects of these experiences. Recognition of the moderating role of gender on the relationship between childhood abuse history and mental disorders later in life may aid clinicians and researchers in providing optimal health services."^^ . "2016-11-15" . "16" . "1" . . "BioMed Central"^^ . . . "BMC Psychiatry"^^ . . . "1471244X" . . . . . . . . . "Carl"^^ . "D'Arcy"^^ . "Carl D'Arcy"^^ . . "Xiangfei"^^ . "Meng"^^ . "Xiangfei Meng"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #27622 \n\nGender moderates the relationship between childhood abuse and internalizing and substance use disorders later in life: a cross-sectional analysis.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "risk factors" . . . "Drugs and alcohol related violence"@en . . . "Crime against persons (assault / abuse / intimidation) "@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Gender differences" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Factors influencing reunification between NDTC service users and their children in care."^^ . "2016-10" . . "Issue 59, Autumn 2016" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . . "Martin"^^ . "Grehan"^^ . "Martin Grehan"^^ . . . . . . "Factors influencing reunification between NDTC service users and their children in care. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Drugnet59_web.pdf"^^ . . . "Factors influencing reunification between NDTC service users and their children in care. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Factors influencing reunification between NDTC service users and their children in care. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Factors influencing reunification between NDTC service users and their children in care. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Factors influencing reunification between NDTC service users and their children in care. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Factors influencing reunification between NDTC service users and their children in care. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #26235 \n\nFactors influencing reunification between NDTC service users and their children in care.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "Fathers and alcohol. Implications for preconception, pregnancy, infant and childhood health outcomes."^^ . "Alcohol consumption during preconception and pregnancy is generally considered to be the prospective mother’s responsibility, with many current international alcohol policy guidelines recommending the reduction or non-use of alcohol by pregnant women. However, research suggests that decisions about alcohol use can often be influenced by others, in particular the prospective father."^^ . "2016-10" . "October 2016" . . "NDARC, NDRI, NCETA"^^ . . . "Drug and Alcohol Research Connections"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Nyanda"^^ . "McBride"^^ . "Nyanda McBride"^^ . . "Sophia"^^ . "Johnson"^^ . "Sophia Johnson"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #26332 \n\nFathers and alcohol. Implications for preconception, pregnancy, infant and childhood health outcomes.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Alcohol consumption"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Father"@en . . . "Australia" . . . "Parenthood, child care, and heroin use: outcomes after three years."^^ . "BACKGROUND: Internationally there is a lack of measurement on the impact of childcare on people who use drugs.\r\n\r\nOBJECTIVES: The aim of this article was to longitudinally measure drug use, familial and social status and criminal involvement between parents and nonparents who use heroin and have children in their care.\r\n\r\nMETHODS: From 2003 to 2006, 404 participants were recruited to the Research Outcome Study in Ireland Evaluating Drug Treatment Effectiveness (ROSIE) as part of a longitudinal cohort study design. Participants completed the Maudsley Addiction Profile and 88% (n = 356) completed interviews at the 3-year period. One way between groups ANOVA with post hoc tests and backward, stepwise multiple regression were employed for analysis.\r\n\r\nRESULTS: At follow-up, parents who had children in their care used heroin (p = .004), illicit methadone (p ≤ .001) and cocaine (p = .024) on fewer days than those who had no children, or those who had children but did not have children in their care. These differences were not observed at intake. Living with someone at intake who used drugs was found to be significantly associated with increased heroin (p ≤ .001), benzodiazepine (p = .039), and tobacco (p = .030) use at 3 years. Furthermore, a change in childcare status to caring for a child was associated with increased cannabis use (p = .025). Conclusion/Importance: While caring for children was associated with reduced heroin use at 3 years, living with a person who used at intake removed this effect, thus indicating that while individual based addiction theories reflected observed outcomes, social network connectedness was more influential."^^ . "2016-08" . "51" . "12" . . "Taylor & Francis"^^ . . . "Substance Use & Misuse"^^ . . . "15322491" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Catherine M"^^ . "Comiskey"^^ . "Catherine M Comiskey"^^ . . "Pauline"^^ . "Hyland"^^ . "Pauline Hyland"^^ . . "John"^^ . "Hyland"^^ . "John Hyland"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #25951 \n\nParenthood, child care, and heroin use: outcomes after three years.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Heroin"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "From mother to child: orbitofrontal cortex gyrification and changes of drinking behaviour during adolescence."^^ . "Adolescence is a common time for initiation of alcohol use and alcohol use disorders. Importantly, the neuro-anatomical foundation for later alcohol-related problems may already manifest pre-natally, particularly due to smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy. In this context, cortical gyrification is an interesting marker of neuronal development but has not been investigated as a risk factor for adolescent alcohol use. On magnetic resonance imaging scans of 595 14-year-old adolescents from the IMAGEN sample, we computed whole-brain mean curvature indices to predict change in alcohol-related problems over the following 2 years. Change of alcohol use-related problems was significantly predicted from mean curvature in left orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). Less gyrification of OFC was associated with an increase in alcohol use-related problems over the next 2 years. Moreover, lower gyrification in left OFC was related to pre-natal alcohol exposure, whereas maternal smoking during pregnancy had no effect. \r\n\r\nCurrent alcohol use-related problems of the biological mother had no effect on offsprings' OFC gyrification or drinking behaviour. The data support the idea that alcohol consumption during pregnancy mediates the development of neuro-anatomical phenotypes, which in turn constitute a risk factor for increasing problems due to alcohol consumption in a vulnerable stage of life. Maternal smoking during pregnancy or current maternal alcohol/nicotine consumption had no significant effect. The OFC mediates behaviours known to be disturbed in addiction, namely impulse control and reward processing. The results stress the importance of pre-natal alcohol exposure for later increases in alcohol use-related problems, mediated by structural brain characteristics."^^ . "2016-05" . "21" . "3" . . "Wiley"^^ . . . "Addiction Biology"^^ . . . "13691600" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Andreas"^^ . "Heinz"^^ . "Andreas Heinz"^^ . . "Rüdiger"^^ . "Brühl"^^ . "Rüdiger Brühl"^^ . . "Jean-Luc"^^ . "Martinot"^^ . "Jean-Luc Martinot"^^ . . "Andreas"^^ . "Ströhle"^^ . "Andreas Ströhle"^^ . . "Hugh"^^ . "Garavan"^^ . "Hugh Garavan"^^ . . "Simone"^^ . "Kühn"^^ . "Simone Kühn"^^ . . "Alexis"^^ . "Barbot"^^ . "Alexis Barbot"^^ . . "Gareth J"^^ . "Barker"^^ . "Gareth J Barker"^^ . . "Patricia J"^^ . "Conrod"^^ . "Patricia J Conrod"^^ . . "Tomas"^^ . "Paus"^^ . "Tomas Paus"^^ . . "Jürgen"^^ . "Gallinat"^^ . "Jürgen Gallinat"^^ . . "Marcella"^^ . "Rietschel"^^ . "Marcella Rietschel"^^ . . "Bernd"^^ . "Ittermann"^^ . "Bernd Ittermann"^^ . . "Christian"^^ . "Büchel"^^ . "Christian Büchel"^^ . . "Tobias"^^ . "Banaschewski"^^ . "Tobias Banaschewski"^^ . . "Charlotte"^^ . "Witt"^^ . "Charlotte Witt"^^ . . "Herta"^^ . "Flor"^^ . "Herta Flor"^^ . . "Gunter"^^ . "Schumann"^^ . "Gunter Schumann"^^ . . "Karl"^^ . "Mann"^^ . "Karl Mann"^^ . . "Michael N"^^ . "Smolka"^^ . "Michael N Smolka"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #26676 \n\nFrom mother to child: orbitofrontal cortex gyrification and changes of drinking behaviour during adolescence.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Alcohol consumption"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "General life processes (physiology)" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Developmental disorder"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Europe"@en . . "Prenatal exposure to cannabis and maternal and child health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis."^^ . "2016-04" . . "6" . "e009986" . . "BMJ Publishing"^^ . . . "BMJ Open"^^ . . . "20446055" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "SJ"^^ . "Gibson"^^ . "SJ Gibson"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Nunez"^^ . "A Nunez"^^ . . "C"^^ . "Christ"^^ . "C Christ"^^ . . "KE"^^ . "Center"^^ . "KE Center"^^ . . "JE"^^ . "Ehiri"^^ . "JE Ehiri"^^ . . "CB"^^ . "Rosales"^^ . "CB Rosales"^^ . . "JKL"^^ . "Gunn"^^ . "JKL Gunn"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #25440 \n\nPrenatal exposure to cannabis and maternal and child health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Cannabis / Marijuana"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Developmental disorder"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Mother"@en . . . "Grandparents caring full-time for grandchildren owing to parental drug use."^^ . "2016-01" . . "Issue 56, Winter 2016" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Martin"^^ . "Grehan"^^ . "Martin Grehan"^^ . . . . . . "Grandparents caring full-time for grandchildren owing to parental drug use. (PDF)"^^ . . . "gHB2055_Drugnet_p10_FINAL.pdf"^^ . . . "Grandparents caring full-time for grandchildren owing to parental drug use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Grandparents caring full-time for grandchildren owing to parental drug use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Grandparents caring full-time for grandchildren owing to parental drug use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Grandparents caring full-time for grandchildren owing to parental drug use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Grandparents caring full-time for grandchildren owing to parental drug use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #25146 \n\nGrandparents caring full-time for grandchildren owing to parental drug use.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Role of grandparent"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Creating a better future together. National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026."^^ . "2016-01" . . . "Department of Health"^^ . . . . "Ireland. Department of Health"^^ . . . . . . . "Creating a better future together. National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026. (PDF)"^^ . . . "National_maternity_strategy_2016-2026.pdf"^^ . . . "Creating a better future together. National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Creating a better future together. National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Creating a better future together. National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Creating a better future together. National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Creating a better future together. National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #25218 \n\nCreating a better future together. National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Prevalence of drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Foetal (fetal) alcohol syndrome"@en . . . "Health care delivery" . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Mother"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2014."^^ . "2016" . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital"^^ . . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital"^^ . . . . . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2014. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "2014 Annual Clinical ReportCoombe.pdf"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #26734 \n\nCoombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2014.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Mother"@en . . . "Dublin"@en . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2014."^^ . "‌Perinatal mortality refers to the death of babies in the weeks before or after birth. Perinatal mortality includes stillbirths (babies born with no signs of life after 24 weeks of pregnancy or weighing at least 500 grams) and the deaths of babies within 28 days of being born. Perinatal mortality is an important indicator of the quality of obstetric and neonatal care. Measurement of the outcome of care is central to the development of safe and high quality healthcare services. In recent years, the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) has worked with colleagues in developing an in-depth clinical audit of perinatal mortality.\r\n\r\nSmoking and substance use - page 29"^^ . "2016" . . . "National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "P"^^ . "Corcoran"^^ . "P Corcoran"^^ . . "L"^^ . "Drummond"^^ . "L Drummond"^^ . . "J"^^ . "McKernan"^^ . "J McKernan"^^ . . "IB"^^ . "O'Farrell"^^ . "IB O'Farrell"^^ . . "E"^^ . "Manning"^^ . "E Manning"^^ . . "P"^^ . "de Foubert"^^ . "P de Foubert"^^ . . "RA"^^ . "Greene"^^ . "RA Greene"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Meaney"^^ . "S Meaney"^^ . . . . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2014. (PDF)"^^ . . . "NPECPerinatal_Mortality2014.pdf"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2014. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #27575 \n\nPerinatal mortality in Ireland. Annual report 2014.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Developmental disorder"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related mortality / death"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Minimization of childhood maltreatment is common and consequential: results from a large, multinational sample using the childhood trauma questionnaire."^^ . "Childhood maltreatment has diverse, lifelong impact on morbidity and mortality. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) is one of the most commonly used scales to assess and quantify these experiences and their impact. Curiously, despite very widespread use of the CTQ, scores on its Minimization-Denial (MD) subscale-originally designed to assess a positive response bias-are rarely reported. Hence, little is known about this measure. If response biases are either common or consequential, current practices of ignoring the MD scale deserve revision. \r\n\r\nTherewith, we designed a study to investigate 3 aspects of minimization, as defined by the CTQ's MD scale: 1) its prevalence; 2) its latent structure; and finally 3) whether minimization moderates the CTQ's discriminative validity in terms of distinguishing between psychiatric patients and community volunteers. Archival, item-level CTQ data from 24 multinational samples were combined for a total of 19,652 participants. Analyses indicated: 1) minimization is common; 2) minimization functions as a continuous construct; and 3) high MD scores attenuate the ability of the CTQ to distinguish between psychiatric patients and community volunteers. \r\n\r\nOverall, results suggest that a minimizing response bias-as detected by the MD subscale-has a small but significant moderating effect on the CTQ's discriminative validity. Results also may suggest that some prior analyses of maltreatment rates or the effects of early maltreatment that have used the CTQ may have underestimated its incidence and impact. We caution researchers and clinicians about the widespread practice of using the CTQ without the MD or collecting MD data but failing to assess and control for its effects on outcomes or dependent variables."^^ . "2016" . "11" . "1" . . "PLOS"^^ . . . "PloS one"^^ . . . "19326203" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bradley"^^ . "Bekh"^^ . "Bradley Bekh"^^ . . "Ricky"^^ . "Finzi-Dottan"^^ . "Ricky Finzi-Dottan"^^ . . "Tobi"^^ . "Karu"^^ . "Tobi Karu"^^ . . "Andres F"^^ . "Sciolla"^^ . "Andres F Sciolla"^^ . . "Vedat"^^ . "Sar"^^ . "Vedat Sar"^^ . . "Shelley"^^ . "Riggs"^^ . "Shelley Riggs"^^ . . "Udo"^^ . "Dannlowski"^^ . "Udo Dannlowski"^^ . . "Martin"^^ . "Dorahy"^^ . "Martin Dorahy"^^ . . "Murray B"^^ . "Stein"^^ . "Murray B Stein"^^ . . "Martin"^^ . "Bohus"^^ . "Martin Bohus"^^ . . "Beacher"^^ . "Schneider"^^ . "Beacher Schneider"^^ . . "Christine"^^ . "Lochner"^^ . "Christine Lochner"^^ . . "Hans"^^ . "Knoop"^^ . "Hans Knoop"^^ . . "Dianna T"^^ . "Kenny"^^ . "Dianna T Kenny"^^ . . "Gijs"^^ . "Bleijenberg"^^ . "Gijs Bleijenberg"^^ . . "Claudia"^^ . "Subic-Wrana"^^ . "Claudia Subic-Wrana"^^ . . "Katherine"^^ . "Pappas"^^ . "Katherine Pappas"^^ . . "Kai"^^ . "MacDonald"^^ . "Kai MacDonald"^^ . . "Marianne"^^ . "Heins"^^ . "Marianne Heins"^^ . . "Hans Jörgen"^^ . "Grabe"^^ . "Hans Jörgen Grabe"^^ . . "Mark"^^ . "Vogel"^^ . "Mark Vogel"^^ . . "Nicole"^^ . "Schlosser"^^ . "Nicole Schlosser"^^ . . "Jill"^^ . "Lobbestael"^^ . "Jill Lobbestael"^^ . . "Arne"^^ . "Gerdner"^^ . "Arne Gerdner"^^ . . "Grethe"^^ . "Lauritzen"^^ . "Grethe Lauritzen"^^ . . "Katja"^^ . "Wingenfeld"^^ . "Katja Wingenfeld"^^ . . "Melanie L"^^ . "Schwandt"^^ . "Melanie L Schwandt"^^ . . "Claudia"^^ . "Fahlke"^^ . "Claudia Fahlke"^^ . . "Alan"^^ . "Carr"^^ . "Alan Carr"^^ . . "Michael L"^^ . "Thomas"^^ . "Michael L Thomas"^^ . . "Daeho"^^ . "Kim"^^ . "Daeho Kim"^^ . . "Heide"^^ . "Glaesmer"^^ . "Heide Glaesmer"^^ . . "Ingo"^^ . "Schäfer"^^ . "Ingo Schäfer"^^ . . "Linda"^^ . "Carpenter"^^ . "Linda Carpenter"^^ . . "Edle"^^ . "Ravndal"^^ . "Edle Ravndal"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #25865 \n\nMinimization of childhood maltreatment is common and consequential: results from a large, multinational sample using the childhood trauma questionnaire.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "risk factors" . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Crime and violence"@en . . . "Crime against persons (assault / abuse / intimidation) "@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Family support handbook. Information for families affected by someone’s drug and alcohol use."^^ . "This book was put together by practitioners working in the area of drug and alcohol support and is based on recommendations from family members that had previously sought information and support.\r\n\r\nTable of contents\r\n•\tIntroduction p.3\r\n•\tInformation about drugs p.5\r\n•\tMost commonly used drugs p.7\r\n•\tSigns and symptoms of drug use p.17\r\n•\tThe nature and phases of drug use p.18\r\n•\tWhat is dependency/addiction? P.19\r\n•\tUnderstanding change p.21\r\n•\tHealth issues arising from substance use p.23\r\n•\tSubstance use and mental health p.25\r\n•\tOverdose risks p.26\r\n•\tMethadone p.28\r\n•\tDrugs and the law p.29\r\n•\tLegal aid p.34\r\n•\tDrugs and the family p.37\r\n•\tSelf-care p.43\r\n•\tWhat is mindfulness and meditation? P.46\r\n•\tSocial work and child welfare p.49\r\n•\tHelp for grandparents and other carers p.50\r\n•\tCare options p.52\r\n•\tBereavement p.55\r\n•\tDrug related intimidation p.57\r\n•\tCrime & prison p.59\r\n•\tInformation on support services available p.61"^^ . "2016" . . . "Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force"^^ . . . . . . . "Mary"^^ . "Murray"^^ . "Mary Murray"^^ . . "Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force"^^ . . . . . . . "Family support handbook. Information for families affected by someone’s drug and alcohol use. (PDF)"^^ . . . "WRDTF-Family-Support-Handbook.pdf"^^ . . . "Family support handbook. Information for families affected by someone’s drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Family support handbook. Information for families affected by someone’s drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Family support handbook. Information for families affected by someone’s drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Family support handbook. Information for families affected by someone’s drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Family support handbook. Information for families affected by someone’s drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #26466 \n\nFamily support handbook. Information for families affected by someone’s drug and alcohol use.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Parental support"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Role of grandparent"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Death of family member or close friend"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Mayo"@en . . . "Roscommon"@en . . . "Galway"@en . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on."^^ . "Our research has revealed that far more children than previously thought are dying and being hospitalised after ingesting medications prescribed to treat their parents’ drug addiction. The report builds on Adfam’s previous work on this topic, looking at progress made in the last year, providing updated statistics and information, and giving recommendations to practitioners and policymakers on how to reduce risk and the incidence of these tragic occurrences.\r\n\r\nOur research found that in the ten years to 2013, at least 110 children and teenagers aged 18 and under in the UK died from the toxic effects of opioid substitution therapy (OST) medications used primarily to help people overcome heroin addiction. In this time, at least 328 children in England were hospitalised and diagnosed with methadone poisoning. Of the 73 deaths in England and Wales, only seven resulted in Serious Case Reviews.\r\n\r\nSince Adfam first reported on this tragic phenomenon in 2014, these cases have continued to occur, with at least three new Serious Case Reviews in the last year. Whilst in many cases children consumed the medications accidentally, some were deliberately given them by their parents in a misguided attempt to help soothe or send them to sleep. The mortality statistics also show the majority of fatal poisonings involve older, rather than younger children – but little is known about how or why these incidents occur."^^ . "2015-11" . . . . "Adfam"^^ . . . . "ADFAM"^^ . . . . . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "ADFAM_Medications_in_drug_treatment_full.pdf"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (PDF)"^^ . . . . "ADFAM_Medications_in-drug_treatment_summary.pdf"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Medications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #24850 \n\nMedications in drug treatment: tackling the risks to children - one year on.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Opioids (opiates)"@en . . . "Methadone"@en . . . "Methadone maintenance"@en . . . "Treatment factors" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Assessment, consultation and therapy service annual report 2014 and service plan 2015."^^ . "ACTS is a national specialist clinical service which provides multidisciplinary consultation, assessment and focused interventions to young people who have high risk behaviours associated with complex clinical needs. ACTS also supports other professionals in their ongoing work with young people and their families.\r\n\r\nThis includes:\r\n• On-site therapeutic services to young people in secure settings in Ireland (Special Care and the Children Detention Schools);\r\n• Ongoing support when young people return to community settings to help them to reengage with mainstream services, as appropriate;\r\n• Support through some of the difficult transitions in young people’s lives;\r\n• Consultation in the community for young people at significant risk of placement in secure settings.\r\n\r\nACTS provides multidisciplinary interventions supported by evidence based research literature; clinically informed practice based evidence; best international practice and in accordance with relevant legislation, policy and guidelines. The aim of the service is to facilitate the provision of more therapeutic environments in the national Special Care Units and Children Detention Schools and to work in partnership with others to improve outcomes for the most vulnerable young people in Ireland.\r\n\r\nThis document outlines the purpose and vision of this service as well as a set of core values. Together these inform the strategic focus of the service and form the basis for service development priorities for 2015."^^ . "2015-11" . . . "Tusla"^^ . . . . "Tusla Child and Family Agency"^^ . . . . . . . "Assessment, consultation and therapy service annual report 2014 and service plan 2015. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Tusla_ACTS_2014_report.pdf"^^ . . . "Assessment, consultation and therapy service annual report 2014 and service plan 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Assessment, consultation and therapy service annual report 2014 and service plan 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Assessment, consultation and therapy service annual report 2014 and service plan 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Assessment, consultation and therapy service annual report 2014 and service plan 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Assessment, consultation and therapy service annual report 2014 and service plan 2015. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #24898 \n\nAssessment, consultation and therapy service annual report 2014 and service plan 2015.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Youth (juvenile) offending"@en . . . "Community anti-crime or legal assistance programme"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Drug or health care worker"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Clinical report: Guidance for the clinician in rendering pediatric care."^^ . "Prenatal exposure to alcohol can damage the developing fetus and is the leading preventable cause of birth defects and intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities. In 1973, fetal alcohol syndrome was first described as a specific cluster of birth defects resulting from alcohol exposure in utero. Subsequently, research unequivocally revealed that prenatal alcohol exposure causes a broad range of adverse developmental effects. \r\n\r\nFetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is the general term that encompasses the range of adverse effects associated with prenatal alcohol exposure. The diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol syndrome are specific, and comprehensive efforts are ongoing to establish definitive criteria for diagnosing the other FASDs. \r\n\r\nA large and growing body of research has led to evidence-based FASD education of professionals and the public, broader prevention initiatives, and recommended treatment approaches based on the following premises:\r\n▪ Alcohol-related birth defects and developmental disabilities are completely preventable when pregnant women abstain from alcohol use.\r\n▪ Neurocognitive and behavioral problems resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure are lifelong.\r\n▪ Early recognition, diagnosis, and therapy for any condition along the FASD continuum can result in improved outcomes.\r\n▪ During pregnancy:\r\n◦no amount of alcohol intake should be considered safe;\r\n◦there is no safe trimester to drink alcohol;\r\n◦all forms of alcohol, such as beer, wine, and liquor, pose similar risk; and \r\n◦binge drinking poses dose-related risk to the developing fetus."^^ . "2015-11" . "136" . "5" . . "American Academy of Pediatrics"^^ . . . "Pediatrics"^^ . . . "10984275" . . . . . . . . . "Vincent C"^^ . "Smith"^^ . "Vincent C Smith"^^ . . "Janet F"^^ . "Williams"^^ . "Janet F Williams"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #26067 \n\nFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Clinical report: Guidance for the clinician in rendering pediatric care.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "State of health"@en . . . "Foetal (fetal) alcohol syndrome"@en . . . "Patient care management" . . . "Health care delivery" . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Doctor" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "United States"@en . . . "Vulnerable families and drug use: examining care admissions of children of parents attending an Irish drug treatment facility."^^ . "Harmful substance use has a detrimental effect on parenting and child welfare agencies consistently confirm such usage as a primary factor in initial referral. This article examines the circumstances of child admissions to care over a nine year period, from families where one or both parents attend a centralized drug treatment services. A recurrent theme during the study period was low rates of family reunifications within a twelve month period. Furthermore, we identified factors which in the view of natural parents and the service social work team have contributed significantly when families have been reunited."^^ . "2015-10" . "Spring" . . "Irish Association of Social Workers"^^ . . . "The Irish Social Worker"^^ . . . "03324683" . . . . . . . . . "Aidan"^^ . "McGivern"^^ . "Aidan McGivern"^^ . . "Chloe"^^ . "McDonnell"^^ . "Chloe McDonnell"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #24712 \n\nVulnerable families and drug use: examining care admissions of children of parents attending an Irish drug treatment facility.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Treatment outcome"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "A practical guide to including seldom-heard children and young people in decision making."^^ . "2015-09" . . . "Government Publications"^^ . . . . . . . "Olivia"^^ . "McEvoy"^^ . "Olivia McEvoy"^^ . . . . . . "A practical guide to including seldom-heard children and young people in decision making. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "PracticalGuieSeldomHeardChildren.pdf"^^ . . . "A practical guide to including seldom-heard children and young people in decision making. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "A practical guide to including seldom-heard children and young people in decision making. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "A practical guide to including seldom-heard children and young people in decision making. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "A practical guide to including seldom-heard children and young people in decision making. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "A practical guide to including seldom-heard children and young people in decision making. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #24470 \n\nA practical guide to including seldom-heard children and young people in decision making.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Needs assessment"@en . . . "Advocacy"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Drug or health care worker"@en . . . "Prevention worker" . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: case histories 2015 volume 1."^^ . "The Child Care Law Reporting Project was established to examine and report on child care proceedings in the courts.\r\n\r\nIn this volume we focus on a special category of child care cases, those involving children who must be cared for in a secure unit in order to receive the therapy they need. These are children with severe problems, who require to be detained for their own protection. They may be suicidal or self-harming, or engaging in such anti-social behaviour as to be a threat to others. Because they have not be convicted on any criminal offence, the power to detain them is only vested in the High Court, and their detention must be regularly and frequently reviewed to verify that it is still required, so they come before this court on a regular basis, on what is known as the “Minors’ List”, heard every Thursday.\r\n\r\nAs in previous volumes, a number of cases involved the children of parents who were abusing drugs, alcohol or both. Some had been in care themselves. These included a case where an infant was found in a car on a cold night with two adults who were about to smoke heroin, and where the child had a gash to his neck he said was caused by his father."^^ . "2015-04" . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project"^^ . . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project"^^ . . . . . . "HTML Summary of #23681 \n\nChild Care Law Reporting Project: case histories 2015 volume 1.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2013."^^ . "A total of 8554 mothers attended the Coombe Hospital in 2013, 7986 mothers delivered 8170 infants.\r\n\r\nSome figures (p.15):\r\n•\t12.8% were current smokers; this was the lowest percentage over 7 years (highest in 2007:17.3%); \r\n•\t1.4% were consuming alcohol at the time of booking (showing a steady decline over the last 4 years; 3.5% in 2010); \r\n•\t0.7% were taking illicit drugs or methadone (range over 7 years: 0.6% - 1.2%); \r\n•\t8.7% had a history of previous drug use (the highest in 7 years)\r\n\r\nSee also pdf p.63"^^ . "2015-04" . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital"^^ . . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital"^^ . . . . . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2013. (PDF)"^^ . . . "COOMBE ANNUAL REPORT 2013.pdf"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2013. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2013. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2013. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2013. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2013. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #23761 \n\nCoombe Women and Infants University Hospital annual clinical report 2013.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Mother"@en . . . "Dublin"@en . . . "Adolescents and parental substance misuse."^^ . "2015-03" . . "Issue 53, Spring 2015" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . . "Martin"^^ . "Keane"^^ . "Martin Keane"^^ . . . . . . "Adolescents and parental substance misuse. (PDF)"^^ . . . "HRB044_Drugnet_Spring_2015_v4.pdf"^^ . . . "Adolescents and parental substance misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Adolescents and parental substance misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Adolescents and parental substance misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Adolescents and parental substance misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Adolescents and parental substance misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #23692 \n\nAdolescents and parental substance misuse.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol prevention"@en . . . "Parental attitude"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Cork"@en . . . "Kerry"@en . . . "The association between parental and adolescent substance misuse: findings from the Irish CASE study."^^ . "Background: Self-report data from 2716 adolescents aged 15–17 years old in Irish schools were analysed to consider the association between psycho-social factors and the presence of adolescent substance and alcohol abuse, with an emphasis on family circumstances.\r\n\r\nMethods: Data were collected using the ‘Lifestyle and Coping Questionnaire’ which includes questions about lifestyle, coping, problems, alcohol and drug use, deliberate self-harm, depression, anxiety, impulsivity and self-esteem. Two additional questions were added to the standard questionnaire regarding parental substance misuse.\r\n\r\nResults: Adolescent substance abuse was more common in boys; parental substance misuse increased the risk of adolescent abuse of alcohol and drugs; the increased risk was marginally higher if the parental substance abuse was maternal rather than paternal; the increased risk was higher if the parental substance abuse affected both rather than one of the parents, especially regarding adolescent drug abuse; the magnitude of the increased risk was similar for boys and girls. Parental substance misuse increased the risk of adolescent substance abuse even after adjusting for other family problems and the adolescent’s psychological characteristics.\r\n\r\nConclusions: This study indicates that parental substance misuse affects the development of both alcohol and drug misuse in adolescent children independent of other family problems and the psychological characteristics of the adolescent. A wider perspective is needed, including societal and family issues, especially parental behaviour, when attempting to reduce risk of adolescent addiction. The impact on children of parental substance misuse also needs consideration in clinical contexts."^^ . "2015-01" . "32" . "Special issue 01 youth mental health" . . "Cambridge"^^ . . . "Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine"^^ . . . "07909667" . . . . . . . . . . . . "T"^^ . "Mongwa"^^ . "T Mongwa"^^ . . "Helen S"^^ . "Keeley"^^ . "Helen S Keeley"^^ . . "P"^^ . "Corcoran"^^ . "P Corcoran"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #23244 \n\nThe association between parental and adolescent substance misuse: findings from the Irish CASE study.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family environment"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Father"@en . . . "Mother"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: Case histories 2014 volume 4."^^ . "We publish here our fourth and final volume of case reports for 2014. These include both lengthy and complex cases and accounts of single days in District Courts hearing child care applications, when over a dozen cases, including reviews of existing orders, are often heard in one afternoon. They bring to 101 the number of such reports published in 2014.\r\n\r\nThe cases again show a wide variation in the reasons why the Child and Family Agency seeks orders protecting children, either by taking them into State care or with Supervision Orders. These range from drug or alcohol addiction on the part of parents, leading to neglect, to serious behavioural or health problems on the part of the children."^^ . "2015" . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project"^^ . . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project"^^ . . . . . . "HTML Summary of #23243 \n\nChild Care Law Reporting Project: Case histories 2014 volume 4.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Law enforcement and the justice system"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "The hidden harm: alcohol’s impact on children and families."^^ . "2015" . . . "Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sarah"^^ . "MacLean"^^ . "Sarah MacLean"^^ . . "Sarah"^^ . "Callinan"^^ . "Sarah Callinan"^^ . . "Robin"^^ . "Room"^^ . "Robin Room"^^ . . "Heng"^^ . "Jiang"^^ . "Heng Jiang"^^ . . "Anne-Marie"^^ . "Laslett"^^ . "Anne-Marie Laslett"^^ . . "Elizabeth"^^ . "Manton"^^ . "Elizabeth Manton"^^ . . "Janette"^^ . "Mugavin"^^ . "Janette Mugavin"^^ . . . . . . "The hidden harm: alcohol’s impact on children and families. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Hidden_harm_alcohol-impact.pdf"^^ . . . "The hidden harm: alcohol’s impact on children and families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "The hidden harm: alcohol’s impact on children and families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "The hidden harm: alcohol’s impact on children and families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "The hidden harm: alcohol’s impact on children and families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "The hidden harm: alcohol’s impact on children and families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #25251 \n\nThe hidden harm: alcohol’s impact on children and families.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Alcohol consumption"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Family and drugs and alcohol"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related violence"@en . . . "Crime against persons (assault / abuse / intimidation) "@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Australia" . . "Step by step toolkit. Preparing for work with children and young people who inject drugs."^^ . "Globally, the protection and care of children and young people who inject drugs receives little attention. It is a controversial and often misunderstood issue and one that is severely underfunded. Global research presents shocking figures and evidence of restrictive laws preventing young people from accessing harm reduction. Rarely are services developed with children under 18 in mind, and organisations often lack capacity to attend to this highly vulnerable group. Young people also report experiencing significant barriers to accessing harm reduction services when they are under 18 due to a number of factors, including staff attitudes and organisational policies and practices.\r\n\r\nThis tool is a product of a partnership between Harm Reduction International (HRI), Youth Rise, International HIV/AIDS Alliance and Save the Children and was developed in response to HRI research on injecting drug use among under 18s globally that highlighted gaps in the response for this group.\r\n\r\nThis resource is intended for harm reduction service providers with limited experience of working with children and young people who inject drugs. It sets out a process that you can go through quickly, with little cost, to prepare for work with children and young people who are under 18. It is designed to help your organisation and staff to feel safe in commencing this work, and to support you in thinking through the challenging situations and decisions that you face. In some cases, it may lead you to decide that you are not yet ready to go ahead with this work."^^ . "2015" . . . "International HIV/AIDS Alliance"^^ . . . . "International HIV/AIDS Alliance"^^ . . . "Harm Reduction International"^^ . . . "Save the Children"^^ . . . "Youth RISE"^^ . . . . . . . "Step by step toolkit. Preparing for work with children and young people who inject drugs. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Harm_Reduction_Step_by_step_tool1.pdf"^^ . . . "Step by step toolkit. Preparing for work with children and young people who inject drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Step by step toolkit. Preparing for work with children and young people who inject drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Step by step toolkit. Preparing for work with children and young people who inject drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Step by step toolkit. Preparing for work with children and young people who inject drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Step by step toolkit. Preparing for work with children and young people who inject drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #24785 \n\nStep by step toolkit. Preparing for work with children and young people who inject drugs.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Drugs and alcohol use harm reduction"@en . . . "Community-based prevention"@en . . . "Organisational development"@en . . . "Workforce / staff skills and training"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Intravenous / injecting drug user"@en . . . "Drug or health care worker"@en . . . "Prevention worker" . . . "Social worker" . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . "Help me understand."^^ . "2015" . . . "The Children's Society"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Joanna"^^ . "Manning"^^ . "Joanna Manning"^^ . . "Caroline"^^ . "Horst"^^ . "Caroline Horst"^^ . . . . . . "Help me understand. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "help_me_understand.pdf"^^ . . . "Help me understand. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Help me understand. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Help me understand. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Help me understand. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Help me understand. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #24830 \n\nHelp me understand.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Drug or health care worker"@en . . . "Prevention worker" . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Caring for grandchildren in kinship care: what difficulties face Irish grandparents with drug-dependent children?"^^ . "2015" . "15" . "4" . . "Taylor & Francis"^^ . . . "Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions"^^ . . . "1533256X15332578" . . . . . . . . . . "Shane"^^ . "Butler"^^ . "Shane Butler"^^ . . "Megan"^^ . "O'Leary"^^ . "Megan O'Leary"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #24949 \n\nCaring for grandchildren in kinship care: what difficulties face Irish grandparents with drug-dependent children?\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Family and kinship"@en . . . "Role of grandparent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "The voice of the child in social work assessments: age-appropriate communication with children."^^ . "This article describes a child-centred method for engaging with children involved in the child protection and welfare system. One of the primary arguments underpinning this research is that social workers need to be skilled communicators to engage with children about deeply personal and painful issues. \r\n\r\nThere is a wide range of research that maintains play is the language of children and the most effective way to learn about children is through their play. Considering this, the overarching aim of this study was to investigate the role of play skills in supporting communication between children and social workers during child protection and welfare assessments. The data collection was designed to establish the thoughts and/or experiences of participants in relation to a Play Skills Training (PST) programme designed by the authors. The key findings of the study reveal that the majority of social work participants rate the use of play skills in social work assessments as a key factor to effective engagement with children. Of particular importance, these messages address how social work services can ensure in a child-centred manner that the voice of children is heard and represented in all assessments of their well-being and future care options."^^ . "2015" . . "46" . "5" . . "Oxford University Press"^^ . . . "British Journal of Social Work"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Pat"^^ . "Dolan"^^ . "Pat Dolan"^^ . . "Lisa"^^ . "O'Reilly"^^ . "Lisa O'Reilly"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #24246 \n\nThe voice of the child in social work assessments: age-appropriate communication with children.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Identification and screening for drugs and alcohol use" . . . "Communication"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Psychosocial complexity in multimorbidity: the legacy of adverse childhood experiences."^^ . "Background. To effectively meet the health care needs of multimorbid patients, the most important psychosocial factors associated with multimorbidity must be discerned. Our aim was to examine the association between self-reported adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and multimorbidity and the contribution of other social, behavioural and psychological factors to this relationship. \r\n\r\nMethods. We analysed cross-sectional data from the Mitchelstown study, a population-based cohort recruited from a large primary care centre. ACE was measured by self-report using the Centre for Disease Control ACE questionnaire. A 10-item questionnaire categorizes ACE into three groups that relate to: abuse (emotional, physical or sexual), neglect (emotional or physical) and household dysfunction (domestic abuse, parents divorced, parents in prison, parental addiction or parental mental illness).\r\n\r\nResults. Of 2047 participants, 45.3% (n = 927) reported multimorbidity. ACE was reported by 28.4% (n = 248) of multimorbid participants, 21% (n = 113) of single chronic disease participants and 16% (n = 83) of those without chronic disease. \r\n\r\nConclusions. Multimorbidity is independently associated with a history of ACEs. These findings demonstrate the psychosocial complexity associated with multimorbidity and should be used to inform health care provision in this patient cohort."^^ . "2015" . . "32" . "3" . . "Oxford"^^ . . . "Family Practice"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sheena"^^ . "McHugh"^^ . "Sheena McHugh"^^ . . "Carol"^^ . "Sinnott"^^ . "Carol Sinnott"^^ . . "Anthony P"^^ . "Fitzgerald"^^ . "Anthony P Fitzgerald"^^ . . "Patricia M"^^ . "Kearney"^^ . "Patricia M Kearney"^^ . . "Colin"^^ . "Bradley"^^ . "Colin Bradley"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #23863 \n\nPsychosocial complexity in multimorbidity: the legacy of adverse childhood experiences.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "State of health"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education."^^ . "Using visitors to enhance alcohol and drug education sessions is a common approach taken by many schools, with teachers feeling that people with direct experience can bring a valuable ‘real life’ element to lessons. Similarly, good practice guidance states that external contributors represent a key source of advice and support for schools in the delivery of alcohol and drug education. But whilst visitors can bring benefits if used properly, a lack of care and attention to good practice can result in sessions having limited, or even negative, outcomes.\r\n\r\nAlthough this document contains relevant learning on how schools can use any sort of visitor to enhance alcohol and drug education, it focuses particularly on contributions from families affected by substance use: for example, a parent whose child experienced problems with drugs or alcohol.\r\n\r\nThis resource aims to:\r\n•Help schools and families to accrue benefits and avoid mistakes in collaborating to deliver alcohol and drug education\r\n•Ensure approaches are based on available evidence and good practice\r\n•Make sessions as beneficial as possible for pupils, families and teachers."^^ . "2014-11" . . . "Mentor ADEPSIS"^^ . . . . "Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service"^^ . . . . . . . "Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Involving-families-27112014.pdf"^^ . . . "Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Involving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #24074 \n\nInvolving families affected by substance use in alcohol and drug education.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Prevention through information and education"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "AOD education"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: second interim report."^^ . "This is the second Interim Report of the Child Care Law Reporting Project, updating the overview of the reports published on the website and publishing the results of the data collected since the first Interim Report, that is, between September 2013 and mid-July 2014. During that time we attended child care proceedings in 29 courts, presided over by different judges. We recorded data from 486 cases, involving 864 children. We published four further volumes of reports on child care proceedings, bringing to 160 the total number of reports on the website. \r\n\r\nThe first Interim Report, which can be found on www.childlawproject.ie, outlined the legislative framework and background to the project, so this is not necessary again. The third and final report of this phase of the project, based on our first three years’ work, will be published next year and will contain conclusions and recommendations drawn from all the reports published and the data collected in that time.\r\n\r\nOur methodology is based on attendance at child care proceedings, reporting the main cases heard and collecting data on all cases dealt with in court, including those disposed of briefly. It does not include structured interviews with participants – judges, social workers, parents, etc. While we have had a number of informal discussions with members of the judiciary, the legal representatives of both the Child and Family Agency and parents, guardians ad litem and others, they do not form part of the reports and nothing discussed in any informal setting is published in any form. Rather they inform the context in which the reports are written and the data is analysed.\r\n\r\nTherefore the essential work of the project is attending court, writing reports for the Publications section of the website and collecting data on data sheets which is then analysed and published in these reports. That can be found in Appendix II of this report, and we publish a commentary on these results in Chapter I. The main issues that emerge from the reported cases are examined in Chapter 2. We publish some interim observations and suggestions for improvements in child care proceedings in Chapter 3, but our final recommendations will not come until next year. \r\n\r\nWe used the Courts Service statistics for child care applications as a guide in the allocation of our reporting resources to courts, seeking to report from them according to the volume they dealt with. We are also grateful to the Child and Family Agency for providing us with the statistics of Arthur Cox Consultancy Services on the applications obtained by solicitors acting for the CFA around the country, which provided a second source for the volumes of cases dealt with according to geographical area. Both of these sources showed that approximately one third of all applications were sought and obtained in Dublin. However, the statistics from Arthur Cox, and other data from the Child and Family Agency, are based on former HSE regions, which do not accord with District Court areas. This makes direct comparisons difficult outside of Dublin. \r\n\r\nOur statistics in our first year of operation, which covered the eight months from December 2012 until July 2013, were heavily weighted in favour of Dublin, the location of 80 per cent of the cases we attended. We sought to correct this in the current year, and we succeeded, with Dublin accounting for only 34.8 per cent of this year’s cases. The remaining 65.2 per cent of cases were spread over 29 District Courts and 35 judges, including a number of “moveable” judges, who are not tied to a specific District. We are therefore satisfied that this year’s statistics are more representative of national trends than last year’s...."^^ . "2014-10" . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project"^^ . . . . . . . "Carol"^^ . "Coulter"^^ . "Carol Coulter"^^ . . . . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: second interim report. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Child Care Law Reporting ProjectInterim-report-2-Web.pdf"^^ . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: second interim report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: second interim report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: second interim report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: second interim report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: second interim report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #22863 \n\nChild Care Law Reporting Project: second interim report.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Parental support"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Court system"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Supporting children in families experiencing mental health difficulties."^^ . "2014-10" . . "Issue 51, Autumn 2014" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . . "Margaret"^^ . "Curtin"^^ . "Margaret Curtin"^^ . . . . . . "Supporting children in families experiencing mental health difficulties. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Drugnet_Autumn_2014_v4_WEB.pdf"^^ . . . "Supporting children in families experiencing mental health difficulties. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Supporting children in families experiencing mental health difficulties. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting children in families experiencing mental health difficulties. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting children in families experiencing mental health difficulties. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting children in families experiencing mental health difficulties. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #22923 \n\nSupporting children in families experiencing mental health difficulties.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Mental health care"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Stakeholder consultation on Hidden Harm."^^ . "2014-04" . . "Issue 49, Spring 2014" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . . "Suzi"^^ . "Lyons"^^ . "Suzi Lyons"^^ . . . . . . "Stakeholder consultation on Hidden Harm. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Drugnet_49_-_web.pdf"^^ . . . "Stakeholder consultation on Hidden Harm. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #21684 \n\nStakeholder consultation on Hidden Harm.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol use harm reduction"@en . . "Reducing substance misuse among vulnerable children and young people overview."^^ . "NICE Pathways is an online tool for health and social care professionals that brings together all related NICE guidance and associated products in a set of interactive topic-based diagrams.\r\n\r\nVisually representing everything NICE has said on a particular topic, the pathways enable you to see at a glance all of NICE's recommendations on a specific clinical or health topic. \r\n\r\nThere are sections on:\r\n•\tWorking with vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people\r\n•\tPreventing alcohol-use disorders\r\n•\tSmoking prevention and cessation in schools"^^ . "2014-04" . . "National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence"^^ . . . . "National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence"^^ . . . . . . "HTML Summary of #18912 \n\nReducing substance misuse among vulnerable children and young people overview.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Underage drinker"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Underage drinking"@en . . . "Demand reduction policy"@en . . . "School-based prevention"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Tobacco smoke (cigarette law / policy)"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol prevention"@en . . . "Alcohol’s harm to others in Ireland."^^ . "In Ireland, the burden of alcohol related harm is often experienced by those around the drinker, be they family member, friend, co-worker or innocent ‘bystander’. Alcohol’s harm to others (AH2O) undermines public safety and is experienced in every community. The negative effects from other people’s drinking are visible in the public domain and can range from the nuisance factor, feeling unsafe in public places to the violent attack by an intoxicated drinker. Physical assaults and driving a car while under the influence of alcohol can contribute to injuries, accidents, disabilities and death of innocent people. Although not often publically visible, alcohol’s harm to others within the family can have very serious consequences for the safety and well-being of family members, with children being the most vulnerable. \r\n\r\nThe World Health Organisation (WHO), in its Global Strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, called for special attention to be given to reducing harm to people other than the drinker and to populations that are at particular risk (WHO 2010). This report examines alcohol’s harm to others in three Irish settings – the general population, in the workplace and children in families. The information is based on self reported responses in the national drinking surveys of 2006 and 2010, funded by the Health Service Executive."^^ . "2014-03" . . . "Health Service Executive"^^ . . . . . . . "Ann"^^ . "Hope"^^ . "Ann Hope"^^ . . . . . . "Alcohol’s harm to others in Ireland. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "ah2oreport.pdf"^^ . . . "Alcohol’s harm to others in Ireland. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #21590 \n\nAlcohol’s harm to others in Ireland.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Crime against persons (assault / abuse / intimidation) "@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related crime"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol use harm reduction"@en . . . "Drinking and driving"@en . . . "Workplace context"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Public health"@en . . . "Family relations"@en . . . "Childhood sexual abuse and later-life economic consequences."^^ . "Control variables for childhood adversity other than sexual abuse such as parental alcohol or substance abuse were included. Respondents were asked questions relating to problem drinking."^^ . "2014" . "53" . . "Science Direct"^^ . . . "Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Vincent"^^ . "O’Sullivan"^^ . "Vincent O’Sullivan"^^ . . "Yumiko"^^ . "Kamiya"^^ . "Yumiko Kamiya"^^ . . "Alan"^^ . "Barrett"^^ . "Alan Barrett"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #22495 \n\nChildhood sexual abuse and later-life economic consequences.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Family relations"@en . . . "Crime against persons (assault / abuse / intimidation) "@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Alcohol misuse and the family."^^ . "Nurses are ideally placed to spot the signs of alcohol abuse and should be prepared to open a conversation about the issue with family members.\r\n\r\nStarting a conversation about alcohol misuse, whether it be with a spouse, a family or with friends, is a culturally awkward endeavour in Ireland. Despite the fact that Irish society tolerates a high level of alcohol consumption, it is a conversation that should be encouraged well before children start experimenting with alcohol.\r\n\r\nThis conversation should be initiated tentatively by nurses, whether at work, in the community or in their own homes. Some estimates suggest that nurses misuse drugs and alcohol at nearly the same rate (10-15%) as the rest of the population. The American Nurses Association estimates that 6-8% of nurses use alcohol or drugs to an extent that is sufficient to impair professional performance. It may be very uncomfortable for us to consider that a nurse can be high functioning and high achieving though suffering from a substance-use disorder such as alcoholism. Therefore, it makes sense that the conversation starts with us....."^^ . "2014" . "22" . "5" . . "Medmedia Group"^^ . . . "World of Irish Nursing & Midwifery"^^ . . . "13938088" . . . . . . . "Linda"^^ . "Latham"^^ . "Linda Latham"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #22248 \n\nAlcohol misuse and the family.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Alcohol consumption"@en . . . "Brief intervention"@en . . . "Family and drugs and alcohol"@en . . . "Nurse" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland annual report 2012."^^ . "Smoking and substance abuse page 23."^^ . "2014" . . . "National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "S"^^ . "Meaney"^^ . "S Meaney"^^ . . "Richard A"^^ . "Greene"^^ . "Richard A Greene"^^ . . "E"^^ . "Manning"^^ . "E Manning"^^ . . "Paul"^^ . "Corcoran"^^ . "Paul Corcoran"^^ . . . . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland annual report 2012. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "PerinatalmortalityinIreland2012NPEC.pdf"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland annual report 2012. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland annual report 2012. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland annual report 2012. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland annual report 2012. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Perinatal mortality in Ireland annual report 2012. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #22652 \n\nPerinatal mortality in Ireland annual report 2012.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Tobacco (cigarette smoking)"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Drug use"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related mortality / death"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . "Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs - a guide for primary health care professionals."^^ . "2014" . . . "National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre"^^ . . . "National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre"^^ . . . . . . . "Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs - a guide for primary health care professionals. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Supporting_pregnant_women_who_use_alcohol_or_other_drugs_resource.pdf"^^ . . . "Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs - a guide for primary health care professionals. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs - a guide for primary health care professionals. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs - a guide for primary health care professionals. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs - a guide for primary health care professionals. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs - a guide for primary health care professionals. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #27681 \n\nSupporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs - a guide for primary health care professionals.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Developmental disorder"@en . . . "Foetal (fetal) alcohol syndrome"@en . . . "Parental support"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Drug or health care worker"@en . . . "Nurse" . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Australia" . . "The impact of alcohol use disorders on family life: a review of the empirical literature."^^ . "This report aimed to review the empirical literature on the impact of parental alcohol use disorders on family life. The report focused specifically on harms inflicted by the problematic consumption of alcohol on members of the family, particularly spouses and children, and on the functioning of the family unit as a whole. \r\n\r\nThe key objectives of this report were to (a) improve understanding of the nature and extent of the impacts, (b) provide specific directions for future research, and (c) identify salient factors to be incorporated in national health policies, and prevention and treatment initiatives that aim to reduce the burden of alcohol use disorders in Australia."^^ . "2014" . . . "National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Danya"^^ . "Braunstein"^^ . "Danya Braunstein"^^ . . "Judy"^^ . "Wilson"^^ . "Judy Wilson"^^ . . "Richard P"^^ . "Mattick"^^ . "Richard P Mattick"^^ . . "Delyse M"^^ . "Hutchinson"^^ . "Delyse M Hutchinson"^^ . . "Elizabeth"^^ . "Maloney"^^ . "Elizabeth Maloney"^^ . . . . . . "The impact of alcohol use disorders on family life: a review of the empirical literature. (PDF)"^^ . . . "The impact of alcohol use disorders on family life.pdf"^^ . . . "The impact of alcohol use disorders on family life: a review of the empirical literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "The impact of alcohol use disorders on family life: a review of the empirical literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "The impact of alcohol use disorders on family life: a review of the empirical literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "The impact of alcohol use disorders on family life: a review of the empirical literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "The impact of alcohol use disorders on family life: a review of the empirical literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #22394 \n\nThe impact of alcohol use disorders on family life: a review of the empirical literature.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related societal (social) problems"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related mental disorder"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Australia" . . . "Methadone dosing and prescribed medication use in a prospective cohort of opioid-dependent pregnant women."^^ . "This study aimed to i) describe methadone dosing before, during and after pregnancy, ii) to compare the incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) between those with dose decreases and those with steady or increasing doses and iii) to describe prescribed medication use among opioid dependent pregnant women."^^ . "2013-12" . "108" . "4" . . "Wiley-Blackwell"^^ . . . "Addiction"^^ . . . "13600443" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Maeve"^^ . "Eogan"^^ . "Maeve Eogan"^^ . . "T"^^ . "Clarke"^^ . "T Clarke"^^ . . "C"^^ . "McDermott"^^ . "C McDermott"^^ . . "Deirdre"^^ . "Carmody"^^ . "Deirdre Carmody"^^ . . "T"^^ . "Fahey"^^ . "T Fahey"^^ . . "Brian J"^^ . "Cleary"^^ . "Brian J Cleary"^^ . . "J"^^ . "Gleeson"^^ . "J Gleeson"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Reynolds"^^ . "K Reynolds"^^ . . "MP"^^ . "O'Connell"^^ . "MP O'Connell"^^ . . "Deidre J"^^ . "Murphy"^^ . "Deidre J Murphy"^^ . . "Martin J"^^ . "White"^^ . "Martin J White"^^ . . "A"^^ . "O'Sullivan"^^ . "A O'Sullivan"^^ . . "Paul J"^^ . "Gallagher"^^ . "Paul J Gallagher"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #18937 \n\nMethadone dosing and prescribed medication use in a prospective cohort of opioid-dependent pregnant women.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "neonatal abstinence syndrome"@en . . . "Methadone maintenance"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance use. Resource for schools."^^ . "How can schools identify and support pupils affected by parental substance misuse?\r\n\r\nThis resource has been developed for the UK Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS) by Adfam, the national umbrella organisation for those working with and for families affected by drugs and alcohol, and is intended to be a useful tool to help schools in safeguarding their pupils.\r\n\r\nADEPIS is a project funded by the UK Department for Education which aims to provide good practice and evidence-based examples, and useful resources for the delivery of effective drug and alcohol education in schools."^^ . "2013-11" . . . "Adfam"^^ . . . . "Adfam"^^ . . . . . . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance use. Resource for schools. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Identifying_and_supporting_children_affected_by_parental_substance_use.pdf"^^ . . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance use. Resource for schools. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #20890 \n\nIdentifying and supporting children affected by parental substance use. Resource for schools.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "School context"@en . . . "Student (secondary level)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Student (primary level)"@en . . . "School drugs and alcohol policy"@en . . . "School-based prevention"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: interim report."^^ . "Introduction: Background to the Project 1\r\nChapter 1: Setting up the project 6\r\nChapter 2: Cases reported on the website 11\r\nChapter 3: Data analysis 17\r\nChapter 4: Interim observations 24\r\nAppendix 1: Glossary 33\r\nAppendix 2: Tables 35"^^ . "2013-11" . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project"^^ . . . . . . . "Carol"^^ . "Coulter"^^ . "Carol Coulter"^^ . . . . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: interim report. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Child_Care_Law_Reporting_Project.pdf"^^ . . . "Child Care Law Reporting Project: interim report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #20856 \n\nChild Care Law Reporting Project: interim report.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child"@en . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance misuse – Resource for schools."^^ . "How can schools identify and support pupils affected by parental substance misuse?\r\nThis resource has been developed for the Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS) by Adfam, the national umbrella organisation for those working with and for families affected by drugs and alcohol, and is intended to be a useful tool to help schools in safeguarding their pupils.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of this resource:\r\nWhen schools and teachers think about ‘drugs’, they may often initially focus on incidents on school grounds and how to respond to them, students at risk of using substances, or perhaps about drug education.\r\n\r\nHowever, substance use can impact the lives of young people in many ways, especially if they are affected by problematic drug or alcohol use in their own homes. This resource aims to summarise the key issues for children affected by parental substance use, and how schools can consider supporting them.\r\n\r\nIt is aimed primarily at school governors and headteachers, but will also be relevant to members of staff with particular pastoral care duties, including school nurses, Education Welfare Officers, and anyone identified as a Designated Senior Person (DSP) for child protection in schools.\r\n\r\nKey messages:\r\n•\tParental substance use is not a problem that schools can ‘solve’ alone, nor is it an issue they should turn a blind eye to\r\n•\tSchools have both the responsibility and the ability to support children affected by parental substance use\r\n•\tSafeguarding is a matter of child welfare, not drug and alcohol expertise\r\n•\tExisting structures/policies cover most of this work already, but added focus is needed"^^ . "2013-11" . . . "Mentor ADEPSIS"^^ . . . . "Adfam"^^ . . . . . . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance misuse – Resource for schools. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Identifying-Children-affected-by-parental.pdf"^^ . . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance misuse – Resource for schools. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance misuse – Resource for schools. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance misuse – Resource for schools. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance misuse – Resource for schools. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Identifying and supporting children affected by parental substance misuse – Resource for schools. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #24072 \n\nIdentifying and supporting children affected by parental substance misuse – Resource for schools.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "School context"@en . . . "School drugs and alcohol policy"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Student (secondary level)"@en . . . "Student (primary level)"@en . . . "Drug or health care worker"@en . . . "Prevention worker" . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Someone to care: the mental health needs of children and young people in the care and youth justice system."^^ . "This report hears from eight young adults who have been through the care system and yet show remarkable resilience. They are taking steps to move forward in their lives and have a valuable contribution to make. If we can put in place the right mental health supports for children in the care and youth justice system, we will be building better futures not just for them, but for society as a whole. We will have worked to use our new understanding of their needs to build a transformed future. The lives of our children, all of our children, will ultimately be the better for that.\r\n\r\nThis report marks what the Coalition hopes will be the beginning of a process. It clearly identifies the need for a coherent and comprehensive national strategy addressing the mental health needs of young people in care and in the youth justice system. The mental health needs of these children and young people should, crucially, be central to any new policy and service developments which are currently underway in the reform of children’s services. \r\n\r\nAt the heart of this process must be the young people themselves. As experts by experience, they must be involved in the planning, development and delivery of the system. Amnesty International Ireland’s 2011 polling revealed a high level of confidence in children’s ability to make decisions for themselves and in their trustworthiness. Nearly all respondents (86%) agreed it was important children have their opinions taken into account in significant decisions that affect them, while 67% agreed that children are trustworthy when voicing their opinions on decisions that will affect them. We must start listening."^^ . "2013-07" . . . "Children's Mental Health Coalition"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Brian"^^ . "Merriman"^^ . "Brian Merriman"^^ . . "Eilis"^^ . "Lawlor"^^ . "Eilis Lawlor"^^ . . "Mimi"^^ . "Tatlow-Golden"^^ . "Mimi Tatlow-Golden"^^ . . "Roisin"^^ . "Webb"^^ . "Roisin Webb"^^ . . "Rosaleen"^^ . "McElvaney"^^ . "Rosaleen McElvaney"^^ . . . . . . "Someone to care: the mental health needs of children and young people in the care and youth justice system. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "SOMEONE_TO_CARE_2013.pdf"^^ . . . "Someone to care: the mental health needs of children and young people in the care and youth justice system. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Someone to care: the mental health needs of children and young people in the care and youth justice system. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #20226 \n\nSomeone to care: the mental health needs of children and young people in the care and youth justice system.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Mental health" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Youth (juvenile) offending"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Mental health care"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child"@en . . . "How are the children?"^^ . "2013-07" . . "Issue 46, Summer 2013" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Brigid"^^ . "Pike"^^ . "Brigid Pike"^^ . . . . . . "How are the children? (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "Drugnet_46_-_Web.pdf"^^ . . . "How are the children? (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "How are the children? (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #20130 \n\nHow are the children?\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "A 3 year national longitudinal study comparing drug treatment outcomes for opioid users with and without children in their custodial care at intake."^^ . "The aim of this research was to measure the longitudinal effects of having children in a client's custodial care, on opioid treatment outcomes. A 3 year national, longitudinal study was implemented. Outcomes were measured using the Maudsley Addiction Profile, 404 clients (75% male) were recruited and 97% were located at 3 years. At 1 year significantly fewer of those with children in their care were using heroin, benzodiazepines and cannabis but having children in a client's care at intake was a significant and positive predictor of using other opioids at 1 year. Analysis also revealed that there was a significant reduction in the proportion using alcohol in the last 90 days and in the mean days alcohol was used among those with no children in their care.\r\n\r\nResults demonstrate that having children in a client's care improves outcomes for heroin use but also suggest the possible use of substitution substances."^^ . "2013" . . "44" . "1" . . "Elsevier"^^ . . . "Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment"^^ . . . "18736483" . . . . . . "Catherine"^^ . "Comiskey"^^ . "Catherine Comiskey"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #17577 \n\nA 3 year national longitudinal study comparing drug treatment outcomes for opioid users with and without children in their custodial care at intake.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol replacement method (substitution)"@en . . . "Heroin"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Opioids (opiates)"@en . . . "Drug user"@en . . "Methadone prescribing and administration in pregnancy."^^ . "The purpose of this guideline is to promote the safe and effective prescribing and administration of methadone in antenatal and postnatal opioid-dependent women. These guidelines are intended for healthcare professionals, particularly those in training, who are working in HSE-funded obstetric and gynaecological services. They are designed to guide clinical judgement but not replace it. In individual cases a healthcare professional may, after careful consideration, decide not to follow a guideline if it is deemed to be in the best interests of the woman."^^ . "2013" . . . "Health Service Executive"^^ . . . . "Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists"^^ . . . "Royal college of Physicians of Ireland"^^ . . . "Health Service Executive"^^ . . . . . . . "Methadone prescribing and administration in pregnancy. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "methadone.pdf"^^ . . . "Methadone prescribing and administration in pregnancy. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Methadone prescribing and administration in pregnancy. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #20188 \n\nMethadone prescribing and administration in pregnancy.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Methadone"@en . . . "Methadone maintenance"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Universal antenatal screening for Hepatitis C."^^ . "The aims of this study were to pilot universal antenatal HCV screening and to determine the true seroprevalence of HCV infection in an unselected antenatal population. A risk assessment questionnaire for HCV infection was applied to all women booking for antenatal care over a 1-year period. In addition the prevalence of anti-HCV antibody positive serology in this population was determined. Over the course of the year, 9121 women booked for antenatal care at the Rotunda and 8976 women agreed to take part in the study, representing an uptake of 98.4%. 78 (0.9%) women were diagnosed as anti-HCV positive, the majority of whom were Irish (60.3%) or from Eastern Europe (24.4%). 73% of anti-HCV positive women reported one or more known risk factor with tattooing and a history of drug abuse the most commonly reported. 27% (n=21) of anti-HCV positive women had no identifiable risk factors. Due to selective screening, seroprevalence of HCV is impossible to accurately calculate. However the universal screening applied here and the high uptake of testing has allowed the prevalence of anti-HCV among our antenatal population to be calculated at 0.9%. A significant proportion (27%) of anti-HCV positive women in this study reported no epidemiological risk factors at the time of booking and so were identified only as a result of universal screening. This provides persuasive evidence for the inclusion of HCV testing with routine antenatal screening or at a minimum highlights the need for ongoing review of selective screening criteria."^^ . "2013" . "106" . "5" . . "Irish Medical Organisation"^^ . . . "Irish Medical Journal"^^ . . . "03323102" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "MT"^^ . "Cafferkey"^^ . "MT Cafferkey"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Coulter-Smith"^^ . "S Coulter-Smith"^^ . . "Michael"^^ . "Geary"^^ . "Michael Geary"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Brennan"^^ . "M Brennan"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Sammon"^^ . "M Sammon"^^ . . "J"^^ . "Lambert"^^ . "J Lambert"^^ . . "TB"^^ . "Kelleher"^^ . "TB Kelleher"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Grundy"^^ . "K Grundy"^^ . . "V"^^ . "Jackson"^^ . "V Jackson"^^ . . "M"^^ . "O'Reilly"^^ . "M O'Reilly"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #19822 \n\nUniversal antenatal screening for Hepatitis C.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Medical screening and diagnostic method"@en . . . "Hepatitis C"@en . . . "Mother"@en . . . "Intravenous / injecting drug user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Young people's homeless and housing pathways: key findings from a 6-year qualitative longitudinal study."^^ . "This report documents key findings from a qualitative longitudinal study of homeless young people in Dublin city. The study was initiated in 2004 and has involved three waves of data collection over a 6-year period.\r\n\r\nThe first phase of the research was funded by the Office of the Minister for Children (OMC) – now the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) – under the National Children’s Research Programme. At baseline, biographical interviews were conducted with 40 homeless young people during late 2004 and early 2005. Summary findings of this phase of the research were published in December 2006 by the Office of the Minister for Children(Mayock and Vekić, 2006) and the full findings were subsequently published in a book entitled Lives in Crisis: Homeless Young People in Dublin (Mayock and O’Sullivan, 2007).\r\n\r\nIn 2006, the Homeless Agency and Health Service Executive granted funding to embark on a second phase of research that involved tracking and re-interviewing the young people who enlisted in the study at baseline. This work was undertaken during 2005-2006 and the findings were published in 2008 by the Homeless Agency as Young People’s Homeless Pathways (Mayock et al, 2008).\r\n\r\nA third phase was initiated following a period of approximately 3 years, during 2009-2010, and this wave of data collection was jointly funded by the DCYA and the Homeless Agency – now the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE). \r\n\r\nThe chapters introduce the background and methodological approach to the study and document findings related to the homeless and housing pathways of the study’s young people over the 6-year period of the study. Much attention is given to the ‘routes’ taken by young people into, through and out of homelessness. It is important to note that this report does not document all aspects of the study’s findings and does not claim to present a complete account of the lives and experiences of the study’s young people."^^ . "2013" . . . "Government Publications"^^ . . "Government Publications"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Paula"^^ . "Mayock"^^ . "Paula Mayock"^^ . . "Mary Louise"^^ . "Corr"^^ . "Mary Louise Corr"^^ . . . . . . "Young people's homeless and housing pathways: key findings from a 6-year qualitative longitudinal study. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "YPHomelessHousingPath.pdf"^^ . . . "Young people's homeless and housing pathways: key findings from a 6-year qualitative longitudinal study. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Young people's homeless and housing pathways: key findings from a 6-year qualitative longitudinal study. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #20191 \n\nYoung people's homeless and housing pathways: key findings from a 6-year qualitative longitudinal study.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Homelessness"@en . . . "Homeless person"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related violence"@en . . . "Public housing"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Homeless services"@en . . "Working together to safeguard children. A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children."^^ . "This guidance covers: \r\n•\tthe legislative requirements and expectations on individual services to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the United Kingdom; and \r\n•\ta clear framework for Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) to monitor the effectiveness of local services.\r\n\r\nKey principles \r\nEffective safeguarding arrangements in every local area should be underpinned by two key principles: \r\n•\tsafeguarding is everyone’s responsibility: for services to be effective each professional and organisation should play their full part; and \r\n•\ta child-centred approach: for services to be effective they should be based on a clear understanding of the needs and views of children."^^ . "2013" . . . "Department for Education"^^ . . . . "United Kingdom. Department for Education."^^ . . . . . . . "Working together to safeguard children. A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Working_together_to_safeguard_children.pdf"^^ . . . "Working together to safeguard children. A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Working together to safeguard children. A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Working together to safeguard children. A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Working together to safeguard children. A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Working together to safeguard children. A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #22324 \n\nWorking together to safeguard children. A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Organisational development"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . "Children, families & alcohol use. Essential information for social workers."^^ . "This guide aims to support Social Workers in their practice with people who use alcohol and who have families. While it focuses on preventing alcohol-related harm to children, harm to other dependents is an increasing area of concern for social work. This guide may be relevant to other social care and health professionals. Information in this pocket guide should be supplemented by other learning and reading. \r\n\r\nContents:\r\n3 Alcohol & families: Key messages\r\n4 Parental alcohol problems\r\n5 Impact on parenting\r\n6 Impact on children\r\n7 Alcohol & Reproductive health\r\n8 Protective factors\r\n9 Resilience factors\r\n10 Impact on family\r\n11 Assessment: key questions & messages\r\n12 Assessment challenges\r\n13 Social work intervention\r\n14 Specialist treatment\r\n15 Resources\r\n16 Local contact information"^^ . "2012-12" . . . "British Association of Social Workers"^^ . . . . "British Association of Social Workers"^^ . . . . . . . "Children, families & alcohol use. Essential information for social workers. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "Children,_families_and_alcohol_use.pdf"^^ . . . "Children, families & alcohol use. Essential information for social workers. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Children, families & alcohol use. Essential information for social workers. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18965 \n\nChildren, families & alcohol use. Essential information for social workers.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Feeling the effects."^^ . "In Under the Influence, Demos research found that parenting style has a significant impact on children’s drinking behaviour as teenagers and later in life as adults. ‘Tough love’ parenting – a parenting style that combines warmth with consistent discipline – is the best protection against young people drinking hazardously. In this report we go further to consider the impact of parental drinking behaviour on parenting style. Based on original quantitative analysis as well as in-depth interviews with 50 alcohol-affected families, our findings suggest that the more a parent drinks, the less likely they are to be a ‘tough love’ parent. \r\n \r\nParenting can be stressful, and the majority of parents drink alcohol responsibly. But parents need to be aware of the impact their parenting style and how drinking excessively can effect this. This report argues for targeted information awareness campaigns aimed at parents to help them consider their parenting style and the impact of alcohol on parenting ability. The report also recommends that ‘family-based’ interventions should put more emphasis on parenting advice, to ensure that those struggling with alcohol misuse can still be effective parents."^^ . "2012-12" . . . "DEMOS"^^ . . "DEMOS"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bryanna"^^ . "Hahn"^^ . "Bryanna Hahn"^^ . . "Emma"^^ . "Vandore"^^ . "Emma Vandore"^^ . . "Jonathan"^^ . "Birdwell"^^ . "Jonathan Birdwell"^^ . . . . . . "Feeling the effects. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "Feeling_the_effects_-_web.pdf"^^ . . . "Feeling the effects. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Feeling the effects. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18968 \n\nFeeling the effects.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Family or marital therapy"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Binge drinking"@en . . . "Policy on drugs and alcohol"@en . . . "Fetal brain function in response to maternal alcohol consumption: early evidence of damage."^^ . "Background\r\nStudies of the adverse neurobehavioral effects of maternal alcohol consumption on the fetus have been largely confined to the postnatal period, after exposure to alcohol has finished. This study explored the brain function of the fetus, at the time of exposure to alcohol, to examine its effect on information processing and stability of performance. \r\n\r\nMethods\r\nFive groups of fetuses, defined by maternal alcohol consumption patterns, were examined: control (no alcohol); moderate (5 to 10 units/wk either drunk evenly across the week or as a binge, in 2 to 3 days); heavy (20+ units/wk drunk evenly or as a binge). Fetal habituation performance was examined on 3 occasions, separated by 7 days, beginning at 35 weeks of gestation. The number of trials required to habituate on each test session and the difference in performance across test sessions were recorded. \r\n\r\nResults\r\nFetuses exposed to heavy binge drinking required significantly more trials to habituate and exhibited a greater variability in performance across all test sessions than the other groups. Maternal drinking, either heavily but evenly or moderately as a binge, resulted in poorer habituation, and moderate binge drinking resulted in greater variability compared with no, or even, drinking. \r\n\r\nConclusions\r\nDecreased information processing, reflected by poorer habituation, and increased variability in performance may reflect the initial manifestations of structural damage caused by alcohol to the brain. These results will lead to a greater understanding of the effects of alcohol on the fetus's brain, enable the antenatal identification of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, and lead to the early implementation of better management strategies."^^ . "2012-12" . "36" . "12" . . "Wiley-Blackwell"^^ . . . "Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research"^^ . . . "15300277" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "James C"^^ . "Dorman"^^ . "James C Dorman"^^ . . "Catherine"^^ . "Lynch"^^ . "Catherine Lynch"^^ . . "Peter J"^^ . "Hepper"^^ . "Peter J Hepper"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #19206 \n\nFetal brain function in response to maternal alcohol consumption: early evidence of damage.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Foetal (fetal) alcohol syndrome"@en . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Northern Ireland"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Mol an Óige/Family Preservation: final evaluation report."^^ . "In 2007, HSE West Child and Family Services in Mayo and Roscommon introduced a new way of working with children and Families. Known as Mol an Óige, this new way of working was modelled on an approach developed and operated by Boys Town USA. Three distinct parts were adopted from the American organisation: the In-Home Family Preservation service; the Treatment Foster Care service; and the Common Sense Parenting programme. As part of this new arrangement, Child and Family Services in both counties asked the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre to evaluate the In-Home Family Preservation and Treatment Foster Care services. This document is an Executive Summary of the final evaluation report of the former, the In-Home Family Preservation Service. \r\n\r\nIn-home family preservation service: programme description and context:\r\nThe Mol an Óige Family Preservation Model (‘Mol an Óige’) is predominantly a teaching model aimed at working in a strengths and outcome-orientated way to meet the varying needs of children and families in different settings. Owing its origins to both ecological and multi-systemic treatment models, Mol an Óige as delivered in Roscommon and Mayo was introduced by the HSE and Boys Town USA to services in both counties in 2007. The model draws on behavioural approaches to addressing issues within a nested context of individual, family, peer, school and community domains. The emphasis is on developing practical skills in families through building relationships, teaching, creating a positive family environment, and promoting self-determination. It is designed for families where there is a risk of an out-of-home placement or where such a placement has already occurred. It can also be used to prevent serious problems from occurring in children’s and families’ lives. \r\n\r\nThe Model has three phases: Initiation and Relationship Building; Implementation; and Phasing Out. The support provided by each worker to families occurs within a structured process of pre and post intervention assessment, outcome-orientated family plans, supervision, observation, fidelity monitoring, and file auditing."^^ . "2012-11" . . . . "UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI, Galway; HSE West (Mayo and Roscommon) Child and Family Services"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Liam"^^ . "Coen"^^ . "Liam Coen"^^ . . "John"^^ . "Canavan"^^ . "John Canavan"^^ . . "Mark"^^ . "Brennan"^^ . "Mark Brennan"^^ . . . . . . "Mol an Óige/Family Preservation: final evaluation report. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "mol_an_oige_final_evaluation_report_.pdf"^^ . . . "Mol an Óige/Family Preservation: final evaluation report. (PDF)"^^ . . . . "mol_an_oige_draft_final_report_executive_summary_.pdf"^^ . . . "Mol an Óige/Family Preservation: final evaluation report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Mol an Óige/Family Preservation: final evaluation report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #20225 \n\nMol an Óige/Family Preservation: final evaluation report.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Mayo"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Roscommon"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "Family background"@en . . . "Pregnancy, childcare and the family: key issues for Europe’s response to drugs."^^ . "This Selected issue gives a broad overview on the extent of, and available responses to, the problems of pregnant drug users and families that are affected by drug use. In the first part of the report, a description of the available data on the extent of drug use during pregnancy and associated risks is followed by a review of responses to drug use among pregnant women across Europe. The second part of the publication focuses on children living in the care of drug users. Here, a review of the risks related to drug use in the family sets the scene for European overviews of responses targeting drug-using parents and responses aimed at the children of drug users. The policy and legal frameworks concerning the two situations are described, both for pregnant drug users and drug-using parents and their children.\r\n\r\nTable of contents:\r\n•\tIntroductory note and acknowledgements\r\n•\tIntroduction\r\n•\tPregnant drug users\r\n•\tDrug users living with children\r\n•\tConclusions\r\n•\tReferences"^^ . "2012-10" . . . "Publications Office of the European Union"^^ . . . . "European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction"^^ . . . . . . . "Pregnancy, childcare and the family: key issues for Europe’s response to drugs. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "EMCDDA_Pregnancy,_childcare_and_the_family.pdf"^^ . . . "Pregnancy, childcare and the family: key issues for Europe’s response to drugs. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18705 \n\nPregnancy, childcare and the family: key issues for Europe’s response to drugs.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Family or marital therapy"@en . . . "Europe"@en . . . "The views of children and young people in state care."^^ . "2012-10" . . "Issue 43, Autumn 2012" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Martin"^^ . "Keane"^^ . "Martin Keane"^^ . . . . . . "The views of children and young people in state care. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "Drugnet_43_-_Draft_4_-_as_signed_off.pdf"^^ . . . "The views of children and young people in state care. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "The views of children and young people in state care. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18464 \n\nThe views of children and young people in state care.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Specific attitude and behaviour" . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child"@en . . . "Attitude and behaviour" . . "Silent voices. Supporting children and young people affected by parental alcohol misuse."^^ . "Main table of contents:\r\n•\tSummary of Key Messages and Recommendations \t \r\n•\tSection One: Background \t \r\n•\tSection Two: Methodology \t \r\n•\tSection Three: Consultation with children and young people \t \r\n•\tSection Four: Review Findings \t \r\n•\tResearch Question One: What is known about the experiences of children and families where there is parental alcohol misuse and to what extent is this informed by the views of children and young people themselves? \t \r\n•\tResearch Question Two: What are the key wider issues associated with PAM (e.g. unemployment, domestic abuse, mental health) and how do they relate to risk/protective factors for children and families? \t \r\n•\tResearch Question Three: What is known about protective factors and processes in this population and how they can minimise risk/negative outcomes? \t \r\n•\tResearch Question Four: What is known about services, and their delivery, and the impact/benefit of such services for children (and families) where there is PAM and to what extent is this informed by the views of children and young people themselves? \t \r\n•\tResearch Question Five: What is the current policy context for children and families where there is PAM and how might it be improved? \t \r\n•\tResearch Question Six: Thinking about questions 1 to 5 above, what are the gaps in our knowledge about children affected by PAM and services for these children?"^^ . "2012-09" . . . "The Office of the Children’s Commissioner"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Lorna"^^ . "Templeton"^^ . "Lorna Templeton"^^ . . "Jon"^^ . "Adamson"^^ . "Jon Adamson"^^ . . . . . . "Silent voices. Supporting children and young people affected by parental alcohol misuse. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Silent_Voices_Parental_Alcohol_Misuse.pdf"^^ . . . "Silent voices. Supporting children and young people affected by parental alcohol misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18356 \n\nSilent voices. Supporting children and young people affected by parental alcohol misuse.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "England" . . . "Risk and protective factors"@en . . . "Between a rock and a hard place. How parents deal with children who use substances and perpetrate abuse. Project report."^^ . "Previous research commissioned by Adfam and AVA found that the problem of child to parent violence (CPV) was under recognised and under supported by services. It found that many groups which offered support for families affected by drugs and alcohol came into contact with parents who reported high levels of violence from their drug or alcohol using children which in many ways was similar to what is widely considered domestic violence under the definition of intimate partner violence (IPV).\r\n\r\nThis stage of the project consisted of facilitating nine focus groups throughout England with 88 parents affected by CPV. In these focus groups parents were consulted on to their experiences of CPV – what form it took, when they first realised what was happening, which services they turned to first, and which services were the best in providing support. The focus groups were conducted in a safe and confidential manner by an experienced facilitator, with Adfam and AVA providing a confidentiality protocol and a consent form for parents taking part. The second stage of the project will provide training for family support groups and a series of briefings on CPV.\r\n\r\nConclusions and recommendations:\r\n•\tThere are parents who are affected by violence and abuse from their substance using children, often to a severe degree, who feel they have little or no recourse to help from services.\r\n•\tThe policy and service frameworks that exist are failing to meet the needs of parents experiencing CPV. CPV does not currently fit neatly into any governmental policy nor into the strategic vision of service provision for victims of domestic violence. This is partly due to the current governmental definition of domestic violence which explicitly defines it as occurring between only those aged 18 or over. This clearly does not capture the experiences of all the parents in this project, many of whom were affected by CPV perpetrated by children aged under 18.\r\n•\tIncreased recognition of CPV (and an accompanying modification of the governmental definition) should be implemented to bring about a sustained improvement in the support offered to parents. Part of this recognition is dependent on bridging the gap and increasing dialogue between the family, substance use and domestic violence sectors over where the issue sits and what each sector can contribute.\r\n•\tWith family support groups clearly recognised by parents as the most effective method of help for families suffering CPV efforts must be made to support them, increase their capacity to screen for CPV and offer appropriate sign-posting to domestic violence services and others. For groups to offer sustained support to parents they need to be properly resourced. They are often small, and run by passionate people who are experts of their own experience, but operate on small budgets. Large or complex tendering processes can be very demanding in terms of time, and efforts should be made to make these processes accessible and open to all providers, including small voluntary and community sector services.\r\n•\tThere is a lack of perpetrator programmes for those aged under 21 years old. The current conceptual framework around domestic violence and perpetrator programmes assumes the perpetrator has a level of experience in adult relationships. Clearly many perpetrators of CPV have very different characteristics and therefore need a different type of programme to work on addressing the violence they perpetrate."^^ . "2012-09" . . . "Adfam and Against Violence and Abuse"^^ . . . . "Adfam"^^ . . . "Against Violence and Abuse"^^ . . . . . . . "Between a rock and a hard place. How parents deal with children who use substances and perpetrate abuse. Project report. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Silent_Voices_Parental_Alcohol_Misuse.pdf"^^ . . . "Between a rock and a hard place. How parents deal with children who use substances and perpetrate abuse. Project report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18369 \n\nBetween a rock and a hard place. How parents deal with children who use substances and perpetrate abuse. Project report.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related violence"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related societal (social) problems"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Young drug user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol use behaviour"@en . . . "Review of adequacy for HSE children and families services 2010."^^ . "The Review of Adequacy is not an end in itself; rather it is a process of review and reflection upon how services might be improved. In recent years a number of reports have highlighted the need for structural reform and more consistency in the way in which services are delivered. Meeting this challenge was a priority throughout 2010 and into 2011. The Government decision, late in 2010, to appoint a National Director for Children and Families Services reflected the commitment to address these issues in a meaningful way. Despite the financial constraints additional staff were recruited in key areas during the year. Greater emphasis was also placed on the efficient management of resources and on the management of performance.\r\n\r\n•\tThe first and second sections of this report provide a foreword and executive summary.\r\n•\tThe third section provides an introduction which sets out the statutory provisions governing the Review of Adequacy 2010.\r\n•\tThe fourth section addresses strategic change, governance and structure. It provides an overview of budget and expenditure, the structure of service provision and performance management arrangements.\r\n•\tSection five provides an analysis of indicators of need. Ireland’s growing child population is highlighted. Other demographic factors are considered, such as poverty, lone parent families and ethnicity.\r\n•\tSection six deals with family support services. There is an emphasis on the development of Children’s Services Committees as a means of integrating family support services across a range of key stakeholders. Welfare reports to social work departments continued to outnumber reports concerning child protection.\r\n•\tIn section seven trends in child protection services are analysed. Figures show a year-on-year increase in the number of reports being made. Neglect remained the consistently the most prominent reason for a child protection report to be made. Planned service improvements continued to be rolled out in the light of the Ryan Report (Commission of the Inquiry into Child Abuse 2009), report of the OCO on Children First (OCO 2010) and the Roscommon Child Care Inquiry report (Roscommon Child Care Inquiry Team 2010).\r\n•\tSection seven describes alternative care services. The numbers of children in care has increased by 13.7% since 2006 from 5,247 to 5,965. However, the rate of children in care remains lower than those in neighbouring countries. Admissions to care were slightly down on the previous year. By the end of December the percentage of children in care with an allocated social worker exceeded 93%. \r\n•\tIn section eight services for education, training, research and policy are examined. During the year a National Advisory Group was established to provide advice on these internal services.\r\n•\tFinally section nine draws broad overall conclusions\r\n\r\nTable 12: Primary reason for welfare concern following initial assessment (2010) (PAGE 20)\r\nChild Problems 30.2%\r\n•\tChild with emotional/behavioural problems 14.7%\r\n•\tChild abusing drugs/alcohol 2.0%\r\n•\tChild involved in crime 0.3%\r\n•\tChild pregnancy 0.5%\r\n•\tPhysical Illness/disability in child 0.3%\r\n•\tMental health problem/intellectual disability in child 1.3%\r\n•\tOther 11.0%\r\nFamily Problems 69.8%\r\n•\tParent unable to cope 8.4%\r\n•\tFamily member abusing drugs/alcohol 15.9%\r\n•\tFamily member involved in crime 0.5%\r\n•\tDomestic violence 4.6%\r\n•\tPhysical illness/disability in other family member 1.1%\r\n•\tMental health problem/intellectual disability in other family member 5.8%\r\n•\tFamily difficulty re: housing/finance 4.7%\r\n•\tParent separation/absence/other disharmony in home 13.6%\r\n•\tOther 15.2%"^^ . "2012-04" . . . "Health Service Executive"^^ . . . . "Health Service Executive"^^ . . . . . . . "Review of adequacy for HSE children and families services 2010. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "HSE_reviewofadequacy2010.pdf"^^ . . . "Review of adequacy for HSE children and families services 2010. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #17776 \n\nReview of adequacy for HSE children and families services 2010.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Health care delivery" . . . "Health care quality control" . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "In brief."^^ . "2012-04" . . "Issue 41, Spring 2012" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Brigid"^^ . "Pike"^^ . "Brigid Pike"^^ . . . . . . "In brief. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Drugnet_41-_Draft_4_-_as_signed_off.pdf"^^ . . . "In brief. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #17289 \n\nIn brief.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "AOD task forces"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Northern Ireland"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Vocational rehabilitation (employment / occupation)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Europe"@en . . . "Policy on drugs and alcohol"@en . . . "Employment and unemployment"@en . . . "Methadone and perinatal outcomes – a prospective cohort study."^^ . "Aims: Methadone use in pregnancy has been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). This study aimed to examine perinatal outcomes and NAS in relation to i)concomitant drug use and ii)methadone dose.\r\n\r\nDesign: Prospective cohort study.\r\nSetting: Two tertiary care maternity hospitals.\r\n\r\nParticipants: 117 pregnant women on methadone maintenance treatment recruited between July 2009 and July 2010.\r\n\r\nMeasurements: Information on concomitant drug use was recorded with the Addiction Severity Index. Perinatal outcomes included preterm birth (<37 weeks’ gestation), small for gestational age (<10th centile) and neonatal unit admission. NAS outcomes included: incidence of medically treated NAS, peak Finnegan score, cumulative dose of NAS treatment and duration of hospitalisation.\r\n\r\nFindings: Of the 114 liveborn infants 11 (9.6%) were born preterm, 49 (42.9%) were small for gestational age, 56 (49.1%) had a neonatal unit admission and 29 (25.4%) were medically treated for NAS. Neonates exposed to methadone only had a shorter hospitalisation than those exposed to methadone and concomitant drugs (median 5.0 days versus 6.0 days, p = 0.03). Neonates exposed to methadone doses ≥80mg required higher cumulative doses of morphine treatment for NAS (median 13.2 mg versus 19.3mg, p = 0.03). The incidence and duration of NAS did not differ between the two dosage groups.\r\n\r\nConclusion: The incidence and duration of the neonatal abstinence syndrome is not associated with material methadone dose, but maternal opiate, benzodiazepine or cocaine use is associated with longer neonatal hospitalisation."^^ . "2012-02" . "107" . "8" . . "Wiley-Blackwell"^^ . . . "Addiction"^^ . . . "13600443" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Deidre J"^^ . "Murphy"^^ . "Deidre J Murphy"^^ . . "C"^^ . "McDermott"^^ . "C McDermott"^^ . . "Martin J"^^ . "White"^^ . "Martin J White"^^ . . "Tom"^^ . "Fahey"^^ . "Tom Fahey"^^ . . "MP"^^ . "O’Connell"^^ . "MP O’Connell"^^ . . "A"^^ . "O'Sullivan"^^ . "A O'Sullivan"^^ . . "J"^^ . "Gleeson"^^ . "J Gleeson"^^ . . "Deirdre"^^ . "Carmody"^^ . "Deirdre Carmody"^^ . . "Brian J"^^ . "Cleary"^^ . "Brian J Cleary"^^ . . "Maeve"^^ . "Eogan"^^ . "Maeve Eogan"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #17014 \n\nMethadone and perinatal outcomes – a prospective cohort study.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Methadone"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "neonatal abstinence syndrome"@en . . . "Reproductive effects of drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Methadone maintenance"@en . . "Leading for outcomes children and young people."^^ . "Leading for Outcomes is a series of guides that provide support and training materials to help lead the social services workforce to focus on the outcomes important to people."^^ . "2012" . . . "Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services"^^ . . . . . . . . "Leading for outcomes children and young people. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "iriss-leading-for-outcomes-children-and-young-people.pdf"^^ . . . "Leading for outcomes children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #17367 \n\nLeading for outcomes children and young people.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Scotland" . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Psychosocial treatment method"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "\"Picking up the pieces\": The rights and needs of children and families affected by imprisonment."^^ . "This IPRT research report details the rights, needs and experiences of families and children of prisoners. It follows extensive consultations with children, families, support services and relevant agencies. \r\n\r\nThe report makes key recommendations, directed at:\r\n •Government\r\n •An Garda Síochána\r\n •Courts and Courts Service\r\n •Irish Prison Service\r\n •Media\r\n •Department of Education\r\n •State and Academic Institutions"^^ . "2012" . . . "Irish Penal Reform Trust"^^ . . "Irish Penal Reform Trust"^^ . . . . . . . "Michelle"^^ . "Martyn"^^ . "Michelle Martyn"^^ . . . . . . "\"Picking up the pieces\": The rights and needs of children and families affected by imprisonment. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "IPRT_Children_of_Imprisoned_Parents2.pdf"^^ . . . "\"Picking up the pieces\": The rights and needs of children and families affected by imprisonment. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18802 \n\n\"Picking up the pieces\": The rights and needs of children and families affected by imprisonment.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Prison"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Family relations"@en . . . "Prison Inmate (prisoner)"@en . . . "Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and childhood behavioural problems: a quasi-experimental approach."^^ . "This retrospective cross-sectional paper examines the relationship between maternal smoking during pregnancy and children’s behavioural problems at 9 years of age independent of a wide range of possible confounders. \r\n\r\nThe final sample comprised 7,505 nine-year-old school children participating in the first wave of the Growing Up in Ireland study. The children were selected through the Irish national school system using a 2-stage sampling method and were representative of the nine-year population. Information on maternal smoking during pregnancy was obtained retrospectively at 9 years of age via parental recall and children’s behavioural problems were assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire across separate parent and teacher-report instruments. \r\n\r\nA quasi-experimental approach using propensity score matching was used to create treatment (smoking) and control (non-smoking) groups which did not differ significantly in their propensity to smoke in terms of 16 observed characteristics. After matching on the propensity score, children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy were 3.5 % (p < 0.001) and 3.4 % (p < 0.001) more likely to score in the problematic range on the SDQ total difficulties index according to parent and teacher-report respectively. Maternal smoking during pregnancy was more strongly associated with externalising than internalising behavioural problems. \r\n\r\nAnalysis of the dose–response relationship showed that the differential between matched treatment and control groups increased with level of maternal smoking. Given that smoking is a modifiable risk factor, the promotion of successful cessation in pregnancy may prevent potentially adverse long-term consequences."^^ . "2012" . "40" . "8" . . "Springer"^^ . . . "Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Cathal"^^ . "McCrory"^^ . "Cathal McCrory"^^ . . "Richard"^^ . "Layte"^^ . "Richard Layte"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #18761 \n\nPrenatal exposure to maternal smoking and childhood behavioural problems: a quasi-experimental approach.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Developmental disorder"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Reproductive effects of drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Tobacco (cigarette smoking)"@en . . . "Children’s exposure to risks from parental drinking."^^ . "2012" . . "Issue 40, Winter 2011" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Deirdre"^^ . "Mongan"^^ . "Deirdre Mongan"^^ . . . . . . "Children’s exposure to risks from parental drinking. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Drugnet_40_-_Draft_3_-_as_signed_off.pdf"^^ . . . "Children’s exposure to risks from parental drinking. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16886 \n\nChildren’s exposure to risks from parental drinking.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "risk factors" . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders."^^ . "2012" . "34" . "1" . . "National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism"^^ . . . "Alcohol Research & Health"^^ . . . . . . . "HTML Summary of #26066 \n\nFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Alcohol"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Reproductive effects of drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Foetal (fetal) alcohol syndrome"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol use harm reduction"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "United States"@en . . . "A review of practice and audit of the management of cases of neglect. Report on the findings of the pilot phase of the National Audit of Neglect."^^ . "This report represents the findings of 3 pilot exercises to independently review practice and audit the management of cases of neglect in Ireland, in preparation for a National Audit of Neglect as recommended by the Roscommon Child Care Case Inquiry (October 2010). Each of the 3 Local Health Offices (LHO) chosen for the pilots had a case which was subject to an Inquiry because the children had experienced chronic neglect. In 2 of these families a child had died and in Roscommon, several children suffered severe and sustained neglect over a period of years.\r\n\r\nIn total almost 100 cases involving more than 300 children were considered by the Reviewer and where appropriate recommendations were made to better safeguard the young people involved. The findings add to the knowledge base of characteristics of neglectful families demonstrating the significance of alcohol abuse and to a lesser extent drug misuse among neglecting parents. The circumstances of children was often a matter of concern to the entire range of involved disciplines including public health nurses, school teachers, psychologists, speech and language therapists, and to those who were providing a range of family support services.\r\n\r\nIncreased awareness due particularly to Children First training, has led to an increase in child neglect referrals to social work departments in recent years. However across the 3 Pilot areas there was evidence that the thresholds for allocation of cases to Social Workers was often too high and that generally children who had allegedly been physically or sexually abused were more likely to receive services than those who experienced neglect and emotional abuse. Consequently there was evidence that many neglected children were not receiving a service and in two areas there was a substantial waiting list."^^ . "2012" . . . "Health Service Executive"^^ . . . . . . . "Lynne"^^ . "Peyton"^^ . "Lynne Peyton"^^ . . . . . . "A review of practice and audit of the management of cases of neglect. Report on the findings of the pilot phase of the National Audit of Neglect. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "reviewcasesneglect.pdf"^^ . . . "A review of practice and audit of the management of cases of neglect. Report on the findings of the pilot phase of the National Audit of Neglect. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #20119 \n\nA review of practice and audit of the management of cases of neglect. Report on the findings of the pilot phase of the National Audit of Neglect.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "risk factors" . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Family background"@en . . . "Prioritising children in drug policy and practice."^^ . "2012" . . "Issue 40, Winter 2011" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Brigid"^^ . "Pike"^^ . "Brigid Pike"^^ . . . . . . "Prioritising children in drug policy and practice. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Drugnet_40_-_Draft_3_-_as_signed_off.pdf"^^ . . . "Prioritising children in drug policy and practice. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16889 \n\nPrioritising children in drug policy and practice.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Advocacy"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Policy on drugs and alcohol"@en . . . "Europe"@en . . "Supporting infants, toddlers, and families impacted by caregiver mental health problems, substance abuse, and trauma. A community action guide."^^ . "Introduction \r\n•\tSection 1: What’s so important about birth to 5? \r\n•\tSection 2: Threats to resilience \r\n•\tSection 3: Building a sturdy foundation for children: protective factors that promote resilience \r\n•\tSection 4: A strategic framework for action \r\n•\tSection 5: Moving forward \r\n\r\nReferences \r\nAppendix A: Resource list \r\nAppendix B: Screening tools \r\nAppendix C: Assessing the problem \r\nAppendix D: Conducting focus groups \r\nAppendix E: Strategies for coalition building\r\n\r\nThis guide was developed in the United States and is organized in sections designed for practical use. \r\nIn Section 1, we focus on the importance of early development, highlighting recent findings about how the brain develops. In Section 2, we look at the newest and best research on how toxic stress can harm brain development. We focus particularly on toxic stress that can occur in families struggling with mental health problems, substance abuse, and a history of trauma. Use this information when you are developing or making the case for a new outreach effort, a new program, or a new law or advocacy effort. \r\n\r\nIn Section 3, we look at how to build a sturdy foundation for the very young children in our communities, starting by supporting interactions between children and their closest caregivers, and then expanding to a wider sphere. Here the emphasis is on building supports and coping capacities in the families and in the people and service providers surrounding the child. This section can be used as a springboard to goal-setting and planning when you’ve gathered community partners. \r\n\r\nSection 4 provides you with a six-step road map for action: \r\n1. Assess how far along your community is in building resources and structures that contribute to the well-being of families; \r\n2. Assess your community’s capacity for supporting family well-being; \r\n3. Build partnerships and coalitions among existing community groups; \r\n4. Outline a strategic plan; \r\n5. Provide guides and tips for implementation; and \r\n6. Evaluate your efforts to better understand your impact and continually improve your strategies. \r\n\r\nSection 4 is designed to be a guide for identifying doable strategies. Although the process may seem complex, each of the steps can be used one at a time to increase your chances for success—whether you are embarking on outreach efforts or working to create larger programs or structures."^^ . "2012" . . . "Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Julie"^^ . "Cohen"^^ . "Julie Cohen"^^ . . "Beth"^^ . "Maschinot"^^ . "Beth Maschinot"^^ . . . . . . "Supporting infants, toddlers, and families impacted by caregiver mental health problems, substance abuse, and trauma. A community action guide. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "SAMHSA_Supporting_Infants,_Toddlers,_and_Families_Impacted_by_Caregiver.pdf"^^ . . . "Supporting infants, toddlers, and families impacted by caregiver mental health problems, substance abuse, and trauma. A community action guide. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18735 \n\nSupporting infants, toddlers, and families impacted by caregiver mental health problems, substance abuse, and trauma. A community action guide.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Mental health" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Community-based prevention"@en . . . "Community involvement"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related mental disorder"@en . . . "skills building" . . . "United States"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Coping skills" . . "Home visits during pregnancy and after birth for women with an alcohol or drug problem."^^ . "Objective: To determine the effects of home visits during pregnancy and/or after birth for women with a drug or alcohol problem.\r\n\r\nStudies using random or quasi-random allocation of pregnant or postpartum women with a drug or alcohol problem to home visits. Trials enrolling high-risk women of whom more than 50% were reported to use drugs or alcohol were also eligible.\r\n\r\nConclusion: There is insufficient evidence to recommend the routine use of home visits for pregnant or postpartum women with a drug or alcohol problem. Further large, high-quality trials are needed."^^ . "2012" . "1" . . "John Wiley & Sons, Ltd"^^ . . . "Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews"^^ . . . "1469493X" . . . . . . . . . "David A"^^ . "Osborn"^^ . "David A Osborn"^^ . . "Catherine"^^ . "Turnbull"^^ . "Catherine Turnbull"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #18721 \n\nHome visits during pregnancy and after birth for women with an alcohol or drug problem.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Parental support"@en . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Treatment outcome"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Pregnant woman"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Community-based treatment (primary care)"@en . . . "A family affair? Supporting children living with\r\nparental substance misuse. A report of a national conference held in November 2011."^^ . "This conference originated from the findings of a literature review carried out by Dr. Justine Horgan, Senior Researcher National Advisory Committee on Drugs on the impact of parental substance misuse on children. The main finding of this review was that parental substance misuse can, and does, negatively impact on the health, development and welfare of children including both abuse and neglect. As children’s welfare and protection is a major governmental and societal priority, this conference was timely and the invitation by the NACD to the HSE and Alcohol Action Ireland to become co-sponsors of the conference ensured the widest possible dissemination of the findings.\r\n\r\nThe organisers welcomed the presence of two Ministers who were fully supportive of the aims of the conference. The presence of senior managers from the HSE Addiction and Children and Families Services was also key to the recognition of this as a conjoint managerial responsibility.\r\n\r\nThis was the first national conference addressing the impact of parental substance misuse on children and the first combined gathering of staff working in addiction, child welfare and protection services from the community, statutory and voluntary sectors. Such a large gathering enabled the sharing of observations and experiences and an exchange of views on the challenges involved in early intervention and interagency work in the context of diminishing resources.\r\n\r\nThe conference also highlighted the importance of public policy with local implementation supported by adequate resources. One such policy, the Hidden Harm strategy in Northern Ireland, highlights the need, as a main objective of policy and practice, to reduce the harm to children from parental substance misuse.\r\n\r\nThis strategy also recognises that effective treatment of the parent can have major benefits for the child and that by working together, services can take many practical steps to protect and improve the health and well-being of affected children.\r\n\r\nFurthermore, recognition that problems affecting children will only decrease when the number of people with harmful drinking patterns and problem drug use diminishes is of critical importance as are the relevant strategies aimed at implementing such reductions.\r\n\r\nPoints from the Hidden Harm strategy are re-iterated by the following key findings from our national conference as follows:\r\n1. All services, including child, family and adult services need to view the welfare of the child as paramount. Agencies need to work together, taking a child-centred approach, supporting the whole family to meet their child’s needs.\r\n2. Adult drug and alcohol services have a duty to consider and assess how the adult’s behaviour may be affecting the children in their care\r\n3. Invest in prevention and early intervention services\r\n4. Provide services and supports directly to children\r\n5. Ensure organisations are clear about their responsibilities under Children First. Putting Children First on a legislative basis would ensure that organisations have a duty to work together in the interests of the child.\r\n6. Policies that reduce substance misuse consumption levels can reduce the level of harm to children living with parental substance misuse problems.\r\n\r\nThis conference provided a forum to respond to a literature review which clearly identifies that parental substance misuse is a most serious challenge to child welfare and child protection in modern Ireland.\r\n\r\nThe challenge now is to recognise this issue as current, even though largely invisible and to take the necessary steps to implement the policies and measures required to safeguard and protect children now and for future generations."^^ . "2011-12" . . . "National Advisory Committee on Drugs"^^ . . . . "National Advisory Committee on Drugs"^^ . . . "Alcohol Action Ireland"^^ . . . "HSE Social Inclusion Department"^^ . . . . . . . "A family affair? Supporting children living with\r\nparental substance misuse. A report of a national conference held in November 2011. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "NACD_2011ParentalSubMisuseConfFinalReport.pdf"^^ . . . "A family affair? Supporting children living with\r\nparental substance misuse. A report of a national conference held in November 2011. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16766 \n\nA family affair? Supporting children living with \nparental substance misuse. A report of a national conference held in November 2011.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Parental support"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . "Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare."^^ . "The following recommendations are for adult mental health, child and adolescent mental health and children services in all sectors\r\n\r\nSignposting and improving access to services \r\nOrganisations should develop a multi-agency communications strategy to tackle the stigma and fears that parents and children have about approaching and receiving services. This should be a priority to enable families to get the support they need as soon as possible and should focus on promoting good mental health and wellbeing for all family members. \r\n\r\nScreening \r\nEnsure screening and referral systems and practice routinely and reliably identify and record information about which adults with mental health problems are parents, and which children have parents with mental health problems. This means developing systems and tools in collaboration with parents and young people, to ensure the right questions are asked and the data is recorded for future use. \r\n\r\nAssessment\r\nAll organisations need to adapt existing assessment and recording processes to take account of the whole family and train staff in their use. This means developing and implementing 'family' threshold criteria for access to services to take into account the individual and combined needs of parents, carers and children. Strategies for the management of joint cases should be recorded where the situation is complex or there is a high risk of poor outcomes for children and parents.\r\n\r\nPlanning care \r\nCare planning needs to be flexible enough to meet the needs of each individual family member as well as the family as a whole, and staff should aim to increase resilience and reduce stressors. Allocating an individual budget could provide this flexibility. Increasing every family member's understanding of a parent's mental health problem can strengthen their ability to cope.\r\n\r\nProviding care \r\nCommissioners and providers of care should ensure that they can meet the full spectrum of needs, including the practical priorities of parents with mental health problems and their children. This means developing non-traditional and creative ways of delivering services as a way of targeting families and improving access.\r\n\r\nReviewing care plans\r\nReviews should consider changes in family circumstances over time, include both individual and family goals, and involve children and carers in the process.\r\n\r\nStrategic approach\r\nMulti-agency, senior-level commitment is required and we recommend that a 'Think Family Strategy' is developed to implement this guidance and that parents, children and carers are involved in all stages of development.\r\n\r\nWorkforce development \r\nInvestment is needed in training and staff development for adult and children's front-line managers and practitioners to support the changes recommended in this guide about how to 'think child, think parent, think family' and work across service interfaces.\r\n\r\nPutting it into practice\r\nCombining the authority of senior managers and the dynamism of the voluntary sector and users is the most effective way of supporting staff seeking to put whole-family approaches into practice. Embedding the messages into induction, training, supervision and performance management can help promote the work, and altering assessment and recording tools, can prompt people to Think Family."^^ . "2011-12" . . . "Social Care Institute for Excellence"^^ . . . . . . . "Marie"^^ . "Diggins"^^ . "Marie Diggins"^^ . . . . . . "Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "SCIE_Think_child,_think_parent,_think_family.pdf"^^ . . . "Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #17880 \n\nThink child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Mental health care"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "National strategy for research and data on children’s lives 2011—2016."^^ . "This research and data strategy is published in fulfilment of a commitment given in the social partnership agreement Towards 2016 for the development and publication of a National Data Strategy on Children’s Lives (Department of the Taoiseach, 2006a). The strategy has been developed in the context of substantial investment in the creation and transfer of knowledge for the purpose of improving citizen’s lives. This has resulted in a growing knowledge base across many different areas and in Ireland, as elsewhere, has led to increased support and concern for evidence-informed policy and practice.\r\n\r\nThe initial intention in developing this strategy was to focus on data only, particularly on official and other statistical holdings, as has been the case with strategies developed by other Government departments. This strategy goes beyond this type of approach and both aligns and mobilises key issues of relevance to both research and data around children’s lives. In doing so, it provides a framework for improving understandings of children’s lives across all sectors, including policy-makers, service providers, researchers, children, families and communities. The inclusion of both data and research is an explicit recognition of the importance of achieving a comprehensive understanding of children’s lives. Although there is much overlap between research and data, in general, agendas have evolved separately from each other and issues arising are usually addressed in different fora and through individual strategic developments.\r\n\r\nThe recent Government decision to create a Department of Children and Youth Affairs, which incorporates a number of policy areas on children and youth people (such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child protection and welfare, children and young people’s participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for children), provides an important infrastructure through which evidence can be at the centre of policy and practice around children’s lives.\r\n\r\nThis strategy, through its Action Plan (see Chapter 5), will play an important part in informing policy and practice developments by facilitating the creation, synthesis and transfer of the best available knowledge in the area for the purpose of ensuring children’s lives benefit from research and data. While the Department of Children and Youth Affairs is responsible for certain actions in the strategy and will have an oversight role in relation to the overall action plan, individual Government departments or other organisations that have agreed to carry out specific actions in this strategy will be responsible for delivering on these. \r\n\r\nAn understanding of the effects of policy decisions, supports and interventions, as well as the factors in and impact of changes and transitions at various points in the lifecycle, is critical in informing decisions aimed at improving outcomes. This is particularly the case with children, where significant changes in their growth, development and outcomes take place within a relatively short period of time. Much progress has been made in understanding children’s lives in Ireland. Further strategic development, however, can assist in:\r\n•\tproviding leadership in the area of research and data on children’s lives;\r\n•\tfacilitating a comprehensive approach to understanding the lives of all children, with a particular focus on the lives of children with additional needs;\r\n•\tidentifying priority areas, minimising duplication of effort and maximising value for money;\r\n•\tcoordinating research and data developments of relevance to children’s lives;\r\n•\tsystematically building research, evaluation and utilisation capacity.\r\n\r\nOverview \r\nWhy a Research and Data Strategy on Children’s Lives? \r\n•\tDevelopment of strategy \r\n•\tAim and objectives of strategy \r\n\r\n1. Context for a National Strategy for Research and Data on Children’s Lives \r\n•\tInvestment and policy development in research \r\n•\tResearch governance developments \r\n•\tInvestment and policy development in data \r\n•\tNational investment in children’s research \r\n•\tNational Children’s Research Programme \r\n•\tCommissioned research programme \r\n•\tCapacity-building programme \r\n•\tA programme to develop the infrastructure around data and research on children’s lives \r\n•\tKnowledge transfer around children’s lives \r\n•\tEarly Intervention Programme \r\n•\tSummary \r\n\r\n2. Development of National Strategy for Research and Data on Children’s Lives \r\n•\tChildren’s outcomes \r\n•\tProcess of development \r\n•\tIdentification of potential gaps \r\n•\tReview of recommendations in national policy \r\n•\tConsultations \r\n•\tAnalysis of inputs \r\n•\tAnalysis of information gaps and availability \r\n•\tConsultation on draft actions \r\n•\tBilateral discussions with stakeholders \r\n•\tSummary \r\n\r\n3. Information Gaps, Sources and Priorities \r\n•\tOutcome Area 1: Children will be healthy, both physically and mentally \r\n•\tOutcome Area 2: Children will be supported in active learning \r\n•\tOutcome Area 3: Children will be safe from accidental and intentional harm, and secure in the immediate and wider physical environment \r\n•\tOutcome Area 4: Children will be economically secure \r\n•\tOutcome Area 5: Children will be part of positive networks of family, friends, neighbours and the community, and included and participating in society \r\n\r\n4. Cross-cutting issues influencing National Strategy for Research and Data on Children’s Lives \r\nDevelopment of a national strategic approach to improving information around children’s lives \r\n•\tImprovement of administrative data systems \r\n•\tBuild capacity across all areas of research and data development \r\n•\tSupport evidence-informed policy and practice \r\n•\tSummary \r\n\r\n5. Action Plan \r\n•\tImplementation and oversight \r\n•\tAction Plan \r\nReferences \r\n\r\nAppendices\r\nAppendix 1: DCYA National Children’s Research Programme — Commissioned Research \r\nAppendix 2: DCYA National Children’s Research Programme — Scholarship Programme \r\nAppendix 3: Review of national policy documents to inform National Strategy for Research and Data on Children’s Lives \r\nAppendix 4: Online Consultation Questionnaire \r\nAppendix 5: Respondents to Online Consultation \r\nAppendix 6: Inventory of data sources \r\nAppendix 7: Consultations conducted with children and young people under the OMCYA/DCYA Participation Programme \r\nAppendix 8: National Statistics Board’s (2004) Best Practice Guidelines for the development of a data strategy \r\nAppendix 9: Research and Data Strategy Steering Group Membership"^^ . "2011-11" . . . "Government Publications"^^ . . "Government Publications"^^ . . . . "Ireland. Department of Children and Youth Affairs"^^ . . . . . . . "National strategy for research and data on children’s lives 2011—2016. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "DOCYA_NSRD_main-report.pdf"^^ . . . "National strategy for research and data on children’s lives 2011—2016. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "National strategy for research and data on children’s lives 2011—2016. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16432 \n\nNational strategy for research and data on children’s lives 2011—2016.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Research organization and management"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Programme planning (strategy)"@en . . . "Health services, drugs and alcohol research"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Child protection and mothers in substance abuse treatment."^^ . "This report presents the major findings from the three-year Australian, Child Protection and Mothers in Substance Abuse Treatment study.\r\n\r\nParental substance use has received particular attention as a child protection concern in recent years, but it is an area in which there has been little research and in which a number of research questions remain unanswered. Evidence has shown that parental substance misuse is associated with high rates of child maltreatment, but substance use by a parent does not necessarily mean that they are abusing or neglecting their children. Research from overseas has also found that families in which alcohol or other drug use is present are more likely to come to the attention of child protection services, more likely to be re-reported, more likely to have children removed from their care, and more likely to have them remain in out-of-home care (OOHC) for long periods of time, than are families with the same characteristics but no substance use. A small number of overseas studies have also found that, among substance-using mothers, factors other than the severity of substance use are associated with child protection involvement. The applicability of these overseas studies to the child protection system in Australia is, however, unknown.\r\n\r\nThis study provides an enhanced understanding of parenting issues and child protection involvement among women with a history of illicit drug use in Australia.\r\n\r\nMethods: Women with at least one child aged under 16 years were recruited through nine public and private opioid treatment clinics across Sydney. One hundred and seventy-one women were interviewed between May 2009 and May 2010. Their drug treatment and child protection records were also used as a source of information where they consented.\r\n\r\nMajor findings: Just over one-third of the women were involved with child protection services at the time of interview, with one-third of their children (n = 99) in OOHC.\r\n\r\nWomen who were involved with child protection were compared with those who were not to determine the factors associated with child protection involvement. Logistic regression analysis revealed that those variables which significantly increased the likelihood of being involved with child protection (while controlling for the other variables) were: (1) having a greater number of children, (2) being on psychiatric medication, and (3) having less than daily contact with their own parents. Although women who had a more extensive substance use history were more likely to be involved with child protection (when no other factors were taken into account), this association was no longer significant in the logistic regression model.\r\n\r\nOther findings: Consistent with previous research on this population, these women were highly disadvantaged, having little formal education (median 10 years), tending to be single (32.4% married or de facto), on government benefits (87.1%), experiencing financial problems (80.6%) and living in public housing (58.3%). The women had extensive substance use and drug and alcohol treatment histories, again consistent with previous research. A significant number also had mental health problems (54.2% had been recently diagnosed with a psychiatric illness), had a history of criminal involvement (41.9% had prison history) and had some type of physical or sexual abuse as a child (64.5% reported this), with sexual abuse the most common (55.4%). Recent domestic violence was less common (18.0% had recently taken out an apprehended violence order).\r\n\r\nSince starting on the New South Wales Opioid Treatment Program (OTP), the women reported improvements in a number of areas, again consistent with previous research. Reductions in substance use, criminal involvement, number of problem areas and time spent with illicit drug-using friends (along with improvements in parenting ability, financial situation and sources of support) were reported by the women since starting on the OTP. Heroin use reduced markedly, both in the number reporting any heroin use in the past month (from 88.3% to 21.6%) and in the number of times used (27.6 to 5.6 days per month). Despite these improvements, women involved with child protection stayed no longer on the OTP than women who were not.\r\n\r\nWomen generally chose to enter the OTP, and many did so for child-related reasons. Women who were currently involved with child protection services reported receiving more services through the program than did the women who were not involved, the services most commonly received being counselling, legal assistance and childcare. Women who were being treated through public programs were more likely to have a caseworker than women at private programs.\r\n\r\nMost of the women were young when they had their first child, the median age being 21 years, much lower than the median age of first-time mothers across Australia (28 years). More than one-third (39%) were teenagers when they had their first child. Surprisingly, 38% of the women in the study started using opioids after they had had their first child.\r\n\r\nThe women mostly gave birth to two children. One in five of their children were reported to have major health or behavioural problems, and these children were much more likely to be in OOHC.\r\n\r\nMany of the women were single (41.8% were not in a relationship) and most were either the only adult living in their household (46.8%) or lived alone (11.7%). They were more likely to spend time with family than with anyone else and particularly relied on their family for help with their children. Support from their parents was particularly important to these women.\r\n\r\nMost lived in public housing (58.3%) and they appear to be less trusting of neighbours and feel less safe in their community than do other women, even those living in disadvantaged areas.\r\n\r\nThe majority of the 99 children in OOHC at the time of interview were in kinship or relative care, generally living with their grandparents. Younger children were more likely to be in care than were older children. Many of the children in care (42%) had been removed from their mother at birth and placed in OOHC, and this was even more likely among the younger children (73% of those under five years of age had been removed at birth). Children placed in foster care had less contact with their mother than those living with relatives and were more likely to have supervised contact visits.\r\n\r\nAnother 57 children were not living with their mother because of Family Court orders or informal arrangements for family to care for their children.\r\n\r\nAround one-third of the women (31.7%) reported having undertaken a parenting course, with those involved with child protection (most of whom had children in care) significantly more likely to have done so. Although half the women acknowledged that their parenting was adversely affected by their substance use, many also reported that they went to great lengths to keep their children unaware of their substance use and/or their being in pharmacological treatment.\r\n\r\nHalf the women (52.1%) said that their substance use had affected their ability to parent their children, while slightly less than half (45.5%) said that it had not. Where substance use had not affected their parenting, women reported that they had always prioritised their children’s needs and only used substances when the children were being cared for by family.\r\n\r\nDiscussion: The results of this study are important for the child protection field. They show that, rather than severity of substance use being associated with mothers’ involvement with the child protection system, other factors are of greater importance. Of particular interest was the finding that having greater social support, particularly from parents, significantly reduced the likelihood of being involved with the child protection system. Women made great improvements while on their treatment program, particularly in relation to reduced substance use.\r\n\r\nIn terms of policy and practice implications, this study supports the call by overseas researchers to intervene earlier with girls who have been abused themselves prior to the escalation of problems associated with abuse, such as mental health problems and substance misuse, and prior to them becoming mothers. The provision of targeted women-only services is essential for girls in such circumstances, and for most women in opioid pharmacological treatment, in order to help them deal with their mental health problems and to enhance parenting, coping skills and social supports. It is important that such services are provided if we are to reduce the high rates of intergenerational abuse, trauma and disadvantage among these women and their children."^^ . "2011-11" . . . "National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Richard P"^^ . "Mattick"^^ . "Richard P Mattick"^^ . . "Stephanie"^^ . "Taplin"^^ . "Stephanie Taplin"^^ . . . . . . "Child protection and mothers in substance abuse treatment. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Child_Protection_TR.320_(Nov_2011.pdf"^^ . . . "Child protection and mothers in substance abuse treatment. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16471 \n\nChild protection and mothers in substance abuse treatment.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Mother"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Australia" . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "A family affair? Seminar on parental substance misuse."^^ . "2011-01" . . "Issue 40, Winter 2011" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Suzi"^^ . "Lyons"^^ . "Suzi Lyons"^^ . . . . . . "A family affair? Seminar on parental substance misuse. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Drugnet_40_-_Draft_3_-_as_signed_off.pdf"^^ . . . "A family affair? Seminar on parental substance misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16888 \n\nA family affair? Seminar on parental substance misuse.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . "Working with grandparents raising their grandchildren\r\ndue to parental substance use."^^ . "This guide offers advice and suggestions to support service providers to deliver effective services to grandparents who are carers for their grandchildren due to parental substance misuse.\r\n\r\nWithin this project grandparents with a range of circumstances participated in consultations and focus groups, including full time carers of grandchildren, part time or informal carers, those currently fighting for access to grandchildren, former carers whose grandchildren have returned to their parents’ care, widowed grandparent carers, divorced grandparents, and couples.\r\n\r\nContents:\r\n•\tIntroduction \r\n•\tThe barriers and challenges faced by grandparents: \r\n1. Practical guidance \r\n2. Relationship support \r\n3. Health and quality of life \r\n•\tWhat grandparents want and need from support services \r\n•\tOvercoming the obstacles: making your service accessible \r\n•\tSafeguarding children \r\n•\tThe experience of a grandparent carer: an in-depth case study"^^ . "2011" . . . "Adfam"^^ . . . . "Adfam"^^ . . . . . . . "Working with grandparents raising their grandchildren\r\ndue to parental substance use. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "adfam_grandparentsparentstoolkit.pdf"^^ . . . "Working with grandparents raising their grandchildren\r\ndue to parental substance use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18387 \n\nWorking with grandparents raising their grandchildren \ndue to parental substance use.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Role of grandparent"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for children aged 6 to 12."^^ . "Parenting Positively is a series by the Family Support Agency and Barnardos that provides information and guidance to parents. \r\n\r\nThe series covers teenage well-being as well as the complex life issues of death, separation, bullying, parental drug or alcohol problems and domestic abuse. The booklets outline teenager’s understanding of the particular issue and how you can support them through this difficult time. \r\n\r\nEach booklet also gives further resources that you can follow up for more information and help on the issue covered."^^ . "2011" . . . "Barnardos"^^ . . . . "Barnardos"^^ . . . . . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for children aged 6 to 12. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Coping_with_a_Parent's_Drug_Abuse_web.pdf"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for children aged 6 to 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for children aged 6 to 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for children aged 6 to 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for children aged 6 to 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for children aged 6 to 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16070 \n\nParenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for children aged 6 to 12.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for parents of children between 6 and 12."^^ . "Parenting Positively is a series by the Family Support Agency and Barnardos that provides information and guidance to parents. \r\n\r\nThe series covers teenage well-being as well as the complex life issues of death, separation, bullying, parental drug or alcohol problems and domestic abuse. The booklets outline teenager’s understanding of the particular issue and how you can support them through this difficult time. \r\n\r\nEach booklet also gives further resources that you can follow up for more information and help on the issue covered."^^ . "2011" . . . "Barnardos"^^ . . . . "Barnardos"^^ . . . . . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for parents of children between 6 and 12. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Parents_Drug_or_Alcohol_Use_web[1].pdf"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for parents of children between 6 and 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for parents of children between 6 and 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for parents of children between 6 and 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for parents of children between 6 and 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for parents of children between 6 and 12. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16068 \n\nParenting positively - coping with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use - for parents of children between 6 and 12.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Parenting positively - helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use."^^ . "Parenting Positively is a series by the Family Support Agency and Barnardos that provides information and guidance to parents. \r\n\r\nThe series covers teenage well-being as well as the complex life issues of death, separation, bullying, parental drug or alcohol problems and domestic abuse. The booklets outline teenager’s understanding of the particular issue and how you can support them through this difficult time. \r\n\r\nEach booklet also gives further resources that you can follow up for more information and help on the issue covered."^^ . "2011" . . . "Barnardos"^^ . . . . "Barnardos"^^ . . . . . . . "Parenting positively - helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Teenagers_and_Parents_Drug_use_web[1].pdf"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Parenting positively - helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16069 \n\nParenting positively - helping teenagers to cope with a parent’s problem drug or alcohol use.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . "A guide to understanding the effects of parental mental health on children and the family."^^ . "The Reform Implementation Team was established by the then Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety to drive forward a change agenda for child protection services in Northern Ireland, based on a Care Pathway approach. A key area of responsibility is the development, piloting and implementation of a single assessment framework, including risk assessment and mental health needs component, for Children in Need across Northern Ireland (UNOCINI). \r\n\r\nThis document looks strengthening the recognition and understanding of mental health needs, and raise awareness of interrelated issues. The document looks some issues in the areas of: infant mental health, adult mental health, and addictions and substance misuse."^^ . "2011" . . . "Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety"^^ . . . . "Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety"^^ . . . . . . . "A guide to understanding the effects of parental mental health on children and the family. (PDF)"^^ . . . "A_guide_to_understanding_the_effect_of_parental_mh_on_children_and_their_family_june_2011-2.pdf"^^ . . . "A guide to understanding the effects of parental mental health on children and the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "A guide to understanding the effects of parental mental health on children and the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "A guide to understanding the effects of parental mental health on children and the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "A guide to understanding the effects of parental mental health on children and the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "A guide to understanding the effects of parental mental health on children and the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #22427 \n\nA guide to understanding the effects of parental mental health on children and the family.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Mental health" . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Northern Ireland"@en . . . "What’s Working for Children conference."^^ . "2011" . . "Issue 38, Summer 2011" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Helen"^^ . "Cahill"^^ . "Helen Cahill"^^ . . "Aoife"^^ . "Stack"^^ . "Aoife Stack"^^ . . "Eamonn"^^ . "Gillen"^^ . "Eamonn Gillen"^^ . . . . . . "What’s Working for Children conference. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "588911_Drugnet_Issue_38-d3_-_signed_off.pdf"^^ . . . "What’s Working for Children conference. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "What’s Working for Children conference. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "What’s Working for Children conference. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "What’s Working for Children conference. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "What’s Working for Children conference. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #15632 \n\nWhat’s Working for Children conference.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Parental support"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents."^^ . "The qualitative studies which are part of Growing Up in Ireland involve interviews with sub-samples of 122 children and their parents. They are designed to complement the quantitative studies of 8,570 nineyear-olds and 11,100 nine-month-olds. This is the first report on the qualitative study with the nine-yearolds.\r\n\r\nThe broad aim of the Growing up in Ireland study is to examine factors which contribute to or undermine the well-being of children in contemporary Ireland. The output from the study is expected to contribute to the formulation of effective policies and design of services which address issues pertinent to the lives of children and their families. The study is closely aligned to the National Children‟s Strategy (2000) which identifies as one of its principal aims that children‟s lives will be better understood, and will benefit from evaluation, research, and information on their needs and rights and on the effectiveness of services."^^ . "2011" . . . . . . "Department of Children and Youth Affairs"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Elaine"^^ . "Harris"^^ . "Elaine Harris"^^ . . "Erika"^^ . "Doyle"^^ . "Erika Doyle"^^ . . "Sheila"^^ . "Greene"^^ . "Sheila Greene"^^ . . . . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Growing_up_in_Ireland_2011_Children_and_their_Families.pdf"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Growing_up_in_Ireland_2011_Health_and_Well-being.pdf"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (PDF)"^^ . . . "Growing_up_in_Ireland_2011_Children__Expectations_of_their_Futures.pdf"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Growing_Up_in_Ireland_The_Findings_of_the_Qualitative_Study_with_the_9-Year-Olds_and_their_Parents.pdf"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . 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(Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . 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"HTML Summary of #15972 \n\nGrowing up in Ireland - The findings of the qualitative study with the 9-year-olds and their parents.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol use behaviour"@en . . . "2011 National Report (2010 data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point. Ireland: new developments, trends and in-depth information on selected issues."^^ . "Table of contents\r\n1. Drug policy: legislation, strategies and economic analysis\r\n2. Drug Use in the General Population and Specific Targeted Groups\r\n3. Prevention\r\n4. Problem drug use\r\n5. Drug-Related Treatment: treatment demand and treatment availability\r\n6. Health Correlates and Consequences \r\n7. Responses to Health Correlates and Consequences\r\n8. Social Correlates and Social Reintegration\r\n9. Drug-related crime, prevention of drug-related crime and prison\r\n10. Drug markets\r\n\r\nSelected issues\r\n Drug related health policies and services in prison\r\n\r\n Drugs users with children (addicted parents, parenting, child care and related issues)"^^ . "2011" . . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Irish Focal Point"^^ . . . . . . . "2011 National Report (2010 data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point. Ireland: new developments, trends and in-depth information on selected issues. (PDF)"^^ . . . "FinalIrelandnationalreport2011r.pdf"^^ . . . "2011 National Report (2010 data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point. Ireland: new developments, trends and in-depth information on selected issues. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16812 \n\n2011 National Report (2010 data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point. Ireland: new developments, trends and in-depth information on selected issues.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Prison-based health service"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Targeted prevention"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Health services, drugs and alcohol research"@en . . . "Homeless services"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol prevention"@en . . . "Europe"@en . . . "Policy on drugs and alcohol"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences"@en . . . "Prevalence of drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Crime associated with drugs and alcohol production and distribution"@en . . . "Child protection and welfare practice handbook."^^ . "The Handbook, which is based on the protocols as set out in Children First Guidance 2011 and the collective wisdom and best practice of experts and front line staff, will support the vital work of social workers and other relevant practitioners in dealing with child protection and welfare cases.\r\n\r\nExamples of neglect:\r\nHomelessness can be considered neglect when the inability by a parent or carer to provide shelter is the result of not managing their finances appropriately and there is evidence that the money has been spent not on rent but on drugs or alcohol, or the family had been engaged in anti-social behaviour leading to eviction.\r\n\r\nEmotional neglect is more difficult to assess than other types of neglect, but it is the general opinion that it can have more severe and longlasting effects than physical neglect. It often occurs with other forms of neglect or abuse, which may be easier to identify, and includes:\r\n\r\nPermitted drug or alcohol abuse – the encouragement or permission by the caregiver of drug or alcohol use by the child."^^ . "2011" . . . "Health Service Executive"^^ . . . . "Health Service Executive"^^ . . . . . . . "Child protection and welfare practice handbook. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "childcare_handbook.pdf"^^ . . . "Child protection and welfare practice handbook. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Child protection and welfare practice handbook. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Child protection and welfare practice handbook. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Child protection and welfare practice handbook. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Child protection and welfare practice handbook. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #15966 \n\nChild protection and welfare practice handbook.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Police (Garda)"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Crime"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "Hidden realities: children's exposure to risks from parental drinking in Ireland."^^ . "This family and alcohol research study was developed by NWAF Ltd in partnership with existing structures within the NW Regional Drugs Task Force area. \r\n\r\nThe findings of this research will provide valuable new evidence on the extent of the problem, establish baseline measures against which future activities can be measured and help inform the development of appropriate support family mechanisms in the North West area and also nationally.\r\n\r\nContents\r\n1. North West Alcohol Forum Ltd \r\n2. Aim of the research project p.1 \r\n2.1 Background \r\n2.2 Aim of the research project \r\n2.3 Conceptual base of study \r\n3. Review of Literature p.3\r\n4. Research Design p.5\r\n4.1 Methodology \r\n4.2 Data sources \r\n4.3 Framework for analysis \r\n5. Results p.9\r\n5.1 Adults as role models- risky drinking patterns Ireland \r\n5.2 Children’s exposure to risk within families \r\n5.3 Community awareness of risk to children \r\n5.4 Children’s experience of neglect and abuse \r\n5.5 Child abuse and the involvement of alcohol \r\n5.5.1 National Protection Data Results \r\n5.5.2 RAISE data \r\n5.5.3 Hospitalisations for child abuse in the North West \r\n6. Views of frontline staff working in Family Support Services p.29\r\n6.1 Binge Drinking - the drinking norm in Ireland \r\n6.2 Youth doing what they see \r\n6.3 Parental responsibility for youth drinking \r\n6.4 Parental alcohol problems \r\n6.5 Parental drinking - consequences for children \r\n6.6 Intervention – when? \r\n6.7 Ways of working with families \r\n6.8 The meaning of Binge Drinking \r\n7. Family support services p.33\r\n7.1 Strengthening Families Programme - Donegal \r\n7.2 Springboard Resource House Project - Sligo \r\n8. Summary and Conclusions p.35\r\n9. Recommendations p.40"^^ . "2011" . . . "North West Alcohol Forum"^^ . . "North West Alcohol Forum"^^ . . . . . . . "Ann"^^ . "Hope"^^ . "Ann Hope"^^ . . . . . . "Hidden realities: children's exposure to risks from parental drinking in Ireland. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "NWAF_Realities_Report.pdf"^^ . . . "Hidden realities: children's exposure to risks from parental drinking in Ireland. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16250 \n\nHidden realities: children's exposure to risks from parental drinking in Ireland.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Problem drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Sligo"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Early intervention (young children)"@en . . . "Donegal"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Sociocultural drugs and alcohol use"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: Key messages and recommendations from a review of the literature."^^ . "This literature review, Parental Substance Misuse: Addressing its Impact on Children was prepared as part of the 2010/11 Work Programme of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, and in the context of Action 55 of the National Drugs Strategy..\r\n\r\nIts key messages and recommendations, summarised here, are also relevant to other policy initiatives, particularly the National Children’s Strategy and the forthcoming National Data and Research Strategy on Children’s Lives and the forthcoming National Substance Misuse Strategy."^^ . "2011" . . . "Stationery Office"^^ . . "Stationery Office"^^ . . . . . . . "Justine"^^ . "Horgan"^^ . "Justine Horgan"^^ . . "National Advisory Committee on Drugs"^^ . . . . . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: Key messages and recommendations from a review of the literature. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "NACD_parental_substance_misuse_impact_children_Key_messages.pdf"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: Key messages and recommendations from a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: Key messages and recommendations from a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: Key messages and recommendations from a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: Key messages and recommendations from a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: Key messages and recommendations from a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16115 \n\nParental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: Key messages and recommendations from a review of the literature.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: a review of the literature."^^ . "This new report focuses on the needs of children whose parents are problematic substance misusers. It was prepared at the request of the NACD by our Senior Researcher Dr Justine Horgan who is to be congratulated on the quality of her review and analysis of the Irish and international literature on what is known about the impact of parental use of a range of drugs on their children.\r\n\r\nThe report looks, not only at the biological impact of drug use during pregnancy and breast feeding, but even more importantly highlighting the psychosocial impact on children when their parents misuse drugs including alcohol.\r\n\r\nThe report draws attention to gaps in our knowledge of the true extent and impact of that drug misuse in Ireland. A number of key messages are identified in this study: \r\n•\tInternational evidence underlines that parental drug and alcohol misuse has negative consequences for child development, parenting and family life\r\n•\tCommon principles and standards to support work with parental substance and alcohol misusers should underpin services working to safeguard the development of their children\r\n•\tThe national Children First guidelines should be used by organizations working regularly with children who experience parental substance misuse and with their parents\r\n•\tHealth promotion and public information messages that target parents and the impact of their drug and alcohol use on their children need to also promote support services and interventions.\r\n\r\nThe report also sets out a range of measures which need to be taken on board in order to redress the gaps in our knowledge of what is happening to the children of drug users in Ireland at this time, emphasising five essential research activities."^^ . "2011" . . . "Stationery Office"^^ . . "Stationery Office"^^ . . . . . . . "Justine"^^ . "Horgan"^^ . "Justine Horgan"^^ . . "National Advisory Committee on Drugs"^^ . . . . . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: a review of the literature. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "NACD_parental_substance_misuse_impact_children_litreview.pdf"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Parental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: a review of the literature. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16114 \n\nParental substance misuse: addressing its impact on children: a review of the literature.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . "Leading for outcomes parental substance misuse."^^ . "Leading for outcomes: a guide, offers general evidence-informed advice and support in leading this approach within the context of adult services. IRISS has also produced several companion guides that complement and add to the content in the main volume. This guide builds on the exercises in the main guide and focuses specifically on the field of parental substance misuse."^^ . "2011" . . . "Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services"^^ . . . . "Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services"^^ . . . . . . . "Leading for outcomes parental substance misuse. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "iriss_leading_for_outcomes_parental_subs.pdf"^^ . . . "Leading for outcomes parental substance misuse. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Leading for outcomes parental substance misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #17368 \n\nLeading for outcomes parental substance misuse.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Scotland" . . . "Psychosocial treatment method"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Family relations"@en . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children."^^ . "Children First is National Guidance that promotes the protection of children from abuse and neglect. It states what organisations need to do to keep children safe, and what different bodies, and the general public should do if they are concerned about a child’s safety and welfare. The Guidance sets out specific protocols for HSE social workers, Gardaí and other front line staff in dealing with suspected abuse and neglect.\r\n \r\nMinister Fitzgerald acknowledged and commended all those who work so hard to make sure that every child they interact with is cared for, cherished, supported and protected. She said “These are the practitioners in the professional and voluntary sectors, medical professionals, Gardai, youth workers, teachers, and coaches all over Ireland who already passionately employ best practice in child protection. These people already implement Children First in full, understand their duties and do not need legislation to keep children safe.”\r\n \r\nUnfortunately, this is not always the case and referring to the publication of the Cloyne report earlier in the week and other reports already published, Minister Fitzgerald said their publication “cumulatively shine a light on horrific episodes from our past; and indeed from our very recent past; where as a state and society we failed in our moral duty to cherish and protect our nation’s children. My role as Minster is to seek that never again will these evils be countenanced.”\r\n \r\nMinister Fitzgerald referred to non compliance with child protection guidelines in the past, particularly where compliance was on a voluntary basis. She indicated her intention to bring forward legislation to require, for the first time, statutory compliance with Children First. The legislation will provide that all organisations will have a duty to comply with Children First, to share relevant information and to cooperate with other relevant services in the best interest of the child. The legislation will provide for a strong system of inspection and oversight and the need to provide demonstrable evidence that the guidance is being implemented correctly across all sectors.\r\n \r\nChildren First was first published in 1999. The principle and substance of this document (2011) are unchanged. The Guidance has been updated to reflect new policy, legislation and organisation – the establishment of the HSE, HIQA, and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. It incorporates lessons from investigations, reviews and inspections over the past decade. This document reflects the growing awareness of the impact of ongoing neglect on children in its guidance. It also includes bullying as a feature of abuse. Its publication was a commitment in the Programme for Government.\r\n \r\nMinister Fitzgerald also said “I want the message to go out that it is absolutely critical that if somebody has, on good faith, reasonable concerns over the abuse or neglect child then those concerns must be reported to the relevant authorities and to this end statutory reporting requirements will be addressed as one aspect of the proposed new Children First legislation.”"^^ . "2011" . . . . . "Government Publications"^^ . . "Government Publications"^^ . . . . "Ireland. Department of Children and Youth Affairs"^^ . . . . . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (PDF)"^^ . . . "DOC_children_first_report.pdf"^^ . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (PDF)"^^ . . . . "DOC_children_first_key_messages.pdf"^^ . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (PDF)"^^ . . . . "DOC_children_first_national_contacts.pdf"^^ . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . 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"HTML Summary of #15522 \n\nChildren First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Early intervention (young children)"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "A call for change: discussion document. Children and families social workers make their voices heard."^^ . "A Call for Change’ was developed and compiled by frontline social workers and calls for comprehensive, meaningful change in the child protection and welfare system in Ireland to promote and protect the welfare of children. Quotes from frontline social workers within the document illustrate their experiences of a system failing children and families. Ten clear areas of change are outlined, which frontline social workers identified as needed in the current system, and a range of solutions are put forward to address the issues.\r\n\r\nIneke Durville, President of the IASW, said that ‘frontline social workers in child protection and welfare in Ireland speak out in this document about the gaps and inconsistencies in the service being provided to vulnerable children in the community, in the care of the Health Service Executive and after leaving its care. Although it’s impossible to ensure all children can be safe, it’s vital there is change to prevent children continuing to remain unnecessarily at risk’.\r\n\r\nThe message from social workers in ‘A Call for Change’ is that there are ways that services to children and families can be improved. “Social workers”, Ineke Durville said, “are at the front line every day and have in-depth professional knowledge and experience in this field and want to be at the centre of positive change”. ‘A Call for Change’ argues that these changes need to be based on best practice informed by research and social work theory.\r\n\r\nIn response to the publication of the Ryan Report in 2010, the then Taoiseach Brian Cowen committed the state to making Ireland a model of how to treat children. ‘A Call for Change’ says that is now time to deliver on this commitment.\r\n\r\nAlso at the conference the noted social work academics, Professor Brid Featherstone and Professor Sue White, as well as David Wastell, professor of information systems, will give presentations on related topics."^^ . "2011" . . . "Irish Association of Social Workers"^^ . . . . "Irish Association of Social Workers"^^ . . . . . . . "A call for change: discussion document. Children and families social workers make their voices heard. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "IASW_Call_for_Change_(FV_July_2011.pdf"^^ . . . "A call for change: discussion document. Children and families social workers make their voices heard. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "A call for change: discussion document. Children and families social workers make their voices heard. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "A call for change: discussion document. Children and families social workers make their voices heard. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "A call for change: discussion document. Children and families social workers make their voices heard. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "A call for change: discussion document. Children and families social workers make their voices heard. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #15409 \n\nA call for change: discussion document. Children and families social workers make their voices heard.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Services for family and children"@en . . . "North Dublin Differential Response Model. early implementation report."^^ . "The North Dublin Differential Response Model (DRM) was developed in the aftermath of a seminar held by the then Children‟s Act Advisory Board in May 2008. This seminar involved a series of presentations, including presentations on the Minnesota differential response model and a presentation on the Foyle Trust „New Beginnings‟ model. Following this seminar a series of meetings and communications took place which led to the decision to pilot the differential response model in North Dublin. \r\n\r\nThis report is the first of three reports that will be produced on the pilot of the DRM in North Dublin. There will also be an interim and final report. At an overall level, the evaluation has two aims: first, to describe the development of the model and its implementation; and second, to establish whether the intended outcomes from the implementation of the model have been achieved.\r\n\r\nThis report contains an introduction with background to the project, the methodological approach and the structure of this report. Chapter 2 contains some brief information on the Minnesota approach and detailed information on the design and development of the North Dublin DRM. Chapter 3 sets out the findings including data from the baseline survey on staff‟s expectations for the project and successes, challenges and improvements that relate to organisational issues, the model itself, practice developments and partnership between agencies. Chapter 4 includes an update on measures taken to address early challenges as well as a set of areas identified by the evaluators as requiring ongoing attention for the development of the project."^^ . "2011" . . . "Child and Family Research Centre"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Cormac"^^ . "Forkan"^^ . "Cormac Forkan"^^ . . "John"^^ . "Canavan"^^ . "John Canavan"^^ . . "Fergal"^^ . "Landy"^^ . "Fergal Landy"^^ . . . . . . "North Dublin Differential Response Model. early implementation report. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "north_dublin_drm_early_implementation_report_june_2011_1.pdf"^^ . . . "North Dublin Differential Response Model. early implementation report. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "North Dublin Differential Response Model. early implementation report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18116 \n\nNorth Dublin Differential Response Model. early implementation report.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Dublin"@en . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Early intervention (young children)"@en . . . "Programme evaluation" . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State."^^ . "During 2010, the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA) conducted a consultation process with children living in the care of the State. The project was called Listen to our voices! Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State.\r\n\r\nIn the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (2009), Justice Ryan recommends that ‘children in care should be able to communicate without fear’. The Government’s Implementation Plan, brought out in response to the recommendations in the Ryan Report, committed the OMCYA to conducting a consultation process with children in the care of the State and to publishing the findings. \r\n\r\nThe objectives of the consultation process were to seek the views of children and young people in the care of the State, in detention and in residential services for children with a disability on the issues that matter to them, to explore existing mechanisms for children and young people to express their views and to make recommendations on future structures to be established for children and young people’s voices to be heard. Advised and assisted by an Oversight Committee that included the HSE and a number of organisations that work with children and young people living in the care of the State, the OMCYA also worked with a Youth Advisory Group to help establish and support the consultation process.\r\n\r\nThe key questions posed to ascertain the views of young people in care were:\r\n•\tWhat are the most important issues for young people in care?\r\n•\tWhat services and supports are in place for young people in care and, of those, what works well and what does not work well?\r\n•\tWhat recommendations do young people have on the way the systems and supports should work and on ways that young people in care should have their voices heard?\r\n\r\nThe aims and objectives of the consultations were:\r\n•\tto seek the views of children and young people in the care of the State on the issues that really matter to them and on which they would like to be heard;\r\n•\tto explore existing mechanisms for children and young people to express their views;\r\n•\tto make recommendations on future structures to be established for children and young people to express their views.\r\n\r\nA significant challenge in organising the consultations was accessing young people in care, especially in foster care. It must be noted that, despite a number of strong interventions by senior HSE personnel in support of the consultation process, a very disappointing number of children in foster care were informed about the consultations. Due to the absence of a comprehensive database of young people in care, the only mechanism for contacting such young people was via their social workers. Since not every young person is receptive to information coming from their social worker, alternative routes had to be found to contact young people directly and encourage them to participate. A number of non-statutory agencies, working with and advocating for young people in care, were enlisted and assisted in the promotion of the consultations and the recruitment of young people. Thus, following an arduous recruitment process, a total of 211 children and young people took part in the consultations between January and July 2010. Young participants included those in the care of the State living in foster care (some long-term) and residential centres, children and young people detained in St. Patrick’s Institution and in detention schools, and children and young people in residential units because of a disability. Young people who had recently left the care system also participated in the consultations.\r\n\r\nThe difficulty in accessing children and young people in foster care resulted in a disproportionate number of young people in residential care and detention facilities taking part in the consultations. However, as this was a consultation process and not a research study, the views of all the children and young people who took part are valid and add strong value to the provision of a better understanding of the care experience for children and young people.\r\n\r\nFifteen consultations were held in Cork, Dublin, Galway and Sligo. A separate parallel process for young people with moderate to severe disabilities was also conducted, with consultations taking place in Dublin, Meath and Galway.\r\n\r\nThe consultations were run in an informal, open and safe manner. Creative methodologies were devised to cater for the diverse cohorts of participants so that they could be empowered to express their views, depending on their level of ability and interest. The participants were very open and articulate in expressing their views on a myriad of issues pertaining to care. Despite their diversity, there was a remarkable consistency in the common themes and issues identified during the consultations as important to the participants. Among these themes and issues were:\r\n•\tthe complexity and importance of regular access to birth parents and siblings; \r\n•\tbeing treated as ‘one of the family’ in foster care;\r\n•\tthe importance of assessment and vetting of foster families, as well as their compulsory training;\r\n•\tthe lack of information available to young people in care, particularly on aftercare services, which are not consistent in all locations;\r\n•\tthe impact of disruption and multiplicity of placements experienced by young people;\r\n•\tthe importance of having even one person or agency who will listen and ‘be there’ to support a young person in care;\r\n•\tissues about confidentiality, privacy, constant record-keeping and the difficulties in gaining consent for relatively normal activities.\r\n\r\nThe strongest criticisms coming from participants concerned social work services and care plan reviews.\r\n\r\nHaving identified their key concerns and issues, the young participants made recommendations on how to improve the lives of children in the care of the State and how to ensure that their voices are heard. These included:\r\n•\ta review of social work services, which would ideally lead to social workers having more manageable caseloads and more time to better engage with the young people on that caseload;\r\n•\ta re-examination of care plan reviews, which would result in a system that would better allow young people to express themselves in a less intimidating environment and have an input on decisions impacting their lives in care;\r\n•\timproved assessment and vetting of foster families;\r\n•\tcompulsory training for foster families;\r\n•\tincreased information on a variety of issues, such as the care system itself, organisations that support young people in care and aftercare services;\r\n•\tavailability of counselling.\r\n\r\nWhen asked about the mechanisms available to them to ‘express their views’ or what allowed them to ‘have their voice heard’, it was apparent that this notion was alien to many participants. They reported that they are rarely asked for their views or feedback, and that the current mechanisms in place to seek those views are not working for them. This report recommends that the existing structures designed to ensure the voice of the child is heard are reviewed and that a culture of participation is developed in which young people are consulted on the key decisions that affect their lives on an ongoing basis.\r\n\r\nDespite struggling with the possibilities of what it might mean to ‘have your voice heard’, the participants formulated a number of very practical key recommendations on future structures to better enable young people to express their views and have their voices heard. These recommendations included:\r\n•\tan official ‘forum’ made up of young people from a variety of care settings, which would work towards positive change for young people in care;\r\n•\tregular peer support meetings of young people in care at regional level;\r\n•\ta dedicated support telephone line;\r\n•\ta ‘mentor’ for each young person in care.\r\n\r\nThe young people in detention schools and in St. Patrick’s Institution also identified a number of issues of importance to them. These included the significant role that alcohol and drugs play in their lives, as well as the lack of freedom, privacy, facilities and services available to them in detention settings. The lack of respect from staff was also of considerable concern to young people in detention. These participants also made recommendations for the future of young people in detention settings, almost all of which pertained to their practical needs, such as improved facilities, freedom and privacy. However, in relation to having their voices heard, they suggested: \r\n•\tbeing treated like human beings (St. Patrick’s Institution) and being respected by staff;\r\n•\thaving a representative group to bring the views of young people to management;\r\n•\thaving someone to talk to who does not work in the detention setting;\r\n•\thaving a visit from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss relevant issues.\r\n\r\nThe report concludes that the agencies responsible for children in the care of the State must listen to the voices of the consultation participants and, more importantly, heed their recommendations."^^ . "2011" . . . . "Government Publications"^^ . . "Government Publications"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Martine"^^ . "Smith"^^ . "Martine Smith"^^ . . "Olivia"^^ . "McEvoy"^^ . "Olivia McEvoy"^^ . . "Ireland. Department of Children and Youth Affairs"^^ . . . . . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "DOC_listen_to_our_voices_full_report.pdf"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (PDF)"^^ . . . . "Listen_to_our_voices_-_summary.pdf"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Listen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #15654 \n\nListen to our voices. Hearing children and young people living in the care of the State.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Early intervention (young children)"@en . . . "Looked after children in Dublin and their mental health needs."^^ . "Children in care in Ireland have increased by 27% in the last decade. This population is recognized to be among the most vulnerable. This study aims to describe their placement histories, service use and mental health needs. Data was obtained on 174 children (56.5% of eligible sample) with a mean age of 10.83 (SD = 5.04). 114 (65.5%) were in care for three years or more. 29 (16.7%) did not have a SW and 49 (37.7%) had no GP. 50 (28.7%) were attending CAMHS. Long term care, frequent placement changes and residential setting were significantly related with poorer outcomes and increased MH contact. Given the increase in numbers in care and the overall decrease in resource allocation to health and social care, individual care planning and prioritizing of resources are essential."^^ . "2011" . "104" . "4" . . "Irish Medical Organisation"^^ . . . "Irish Medical Journal"^^ . . . "03323102" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "G"^^ . "Bandyopadhyay"^^ . "G Bandyopadhyay"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Belton"^^ . "M Belton"^^ . . "A"^^ . "O'Donovan"^^ . "A O'Donovan"^^ . . "P"^^ . "Doyle"^^ . "P Doyle"^^ . . "N"^^ . "O'Connor"^^ . "N O'Connor"^^ . . "Fiona"^^ . "McNicholas"^^ . "Fiona McNicholas"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #15231 \n\nLooked after children in Dublin and their mental health needs.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Dublin"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Early intervention (young children)"@en . . . "National review panel annual report 2010."^^ . "In 2010 the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) issued Guidance for the Health Service Executive for the Review of Serious Incidents including Deaths of Children in Care. This Guidance prescribes that the HSE establish a National Review Panel.\r\n\r\nThe work of the Review Panel is overseen by independent chairperson, Prof. Helen Buckley, Ph.D., School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin. This is to ensure that the Panel can produce reports that are entirely objective and independent of the HSE.\r\n\r\nClick the link above to access other reports:\r\n•\tNational Review Panel Overview of Local Reviews submitted.pdf (size 74.9 KB) \r\n•\tReview undertaken in respect of the death of a young person known to the child protection system: Executive Summary C.pdf (size 8.2 MB) \r\n•\tReview undertaken in respect of the death of a child known to the child protection system: Baby G.pdf (size 988.9 KB) \r\n•\tReview undertaken in respect of the death of a child known to the child protection system: Baby M.pdf (size 439.2 KB) \r\n•\tNational Review Panel Desk Top Review Q.pdf (size 7.4 MB) \r\n•\tReview undertaken in respect of a serious involving a child known to the child protection system: W.pdf (size 300.8 KB) \r\n•\tReview undertaken in respect of a serious incident to a young person who was in receipt of after care services from the HSE: Executive Summary.pdf (size 274.7 KB)"^^ . "2011" . . . "Health Service Executive"^^ . . . . "National Review Panel for Serious Incidents & Child Deaths"^^ . . . . . . . "National review panel annual report 2010. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "HSE_National_review_panel_2010.pdf"^^ . . . "National review panel annual report 2010. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "National review panel annual report 2010. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "National review panel annual report 2010. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "National review panel annual report 2010. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #16120 \n\nNational review panel annual report 2010.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related mortality / death"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . "Supporting information for the development of joint local protocols between drug and alcohol partnerships, children and family services."^^ . "The purpose of this document is to support local partnerships to develop joint local protocols between the drug and alcohol partnerships and children and family services. The supporting information further develops the previously published ‘Joint guidance on development of local protocols between drug and alcohol treatment services and local safeguarding and family services'."^^ . "2011" . . . "National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse"^^ . . . . . . . . "Supporting information for the development of joint local protocols between drug and alcohol partnerships, children and family services. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "NTA_supportinginformationfinal.pdf"^^ . . . "Supporting information for the development of joint local protocols between drug and alcohol partnerships, children and family services. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Supporting information for the development of joint local protocols between drug and alcohol partnerships, children and family services. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting information for the development of joint local protocols between drug and alcohol partnerships, children and family services. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting information for the development of joint local protocols between drug and alcohol partnerships, children and family services. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting information for the development of joint local protocols between drug and alcohol partnerships, children and family services. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #15227 \n\nSupporting information for the development of joint local protocols between drug and alcohol partnerships, children and family services.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Health care quality control" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Early intervention (young children)"@en . . . "Community-based treatment (primary care)"@en . . . "Growing up in Ireland: infants and their families."^^ . "2011" . . "Issue 36, Winter 2010" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Brigid"^^ . "Pike"^^ . "Brigid Pike"^^ . . . . . . "Growing up in Ireland: infants and their families. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Drugnet_36_-_Draft_5_-_as_signed_off.pdf"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland: infants and their families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland: infants and their families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland: infants and their families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland: infants and their families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Growing up in Ireland: infants and their families. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14689 \n\nGrowing up in Ireland: infants and their families.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social context"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . "eLearning: Parental substance misuse."^^ . "The Social Care Institute for Excellence’s (SCIE) Parental substance misuse elearning resource is designed to support social workers responsible for ‘children in need’ when working with families where a parent or parents are misusing drugs or alcohol. \r\n\r\nThese elearning resources provide audio, video and interactive technology to assist in exploring parental substance misuse, its effects on children and parenting capacity and the implications for social work practitioners. \r\n\r\nThe modules are presented in an accessible and engaging way. They look at: \r\n•defining and recognising substance misuse\r\n•the effects on people \r\n•health and treatment options\r\n•relationships with families. \r\n\r\nComponents:\r\n•Understanding substance misuse:\r\nAn introduction to the different types of substances commonly misused and the effects that these may have on the people taking them.\r\n\r\n•Understanding the impact on children:\r\nExplores how parenting capacity may be compromised and how children may be affected by parental substance misuse.\r\n\r\n•Implications for children’s social work practice:\r\nExplores the implications that parental substance misuse has for social work practice and to recognise when an assessment is needed."^^ . "2011" . . "Social Care Institute for Excellence"^^ . . . . "Social Care Institute for Excellence"^^ . . . . . . "HTML Summary of #16077 \n\neLearning: Parental substance misuse.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Social worker" . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Adult adjustment of survivors of institutional child abuse in Ireland."^^ . "OBJECTIVE\r\nTo document the adult adjustment of survivors of childhood institutional abuse.\r\n\r\nMETHOD\r\nTwo hundred and forty-seven adult survivors of institutional abuse with a mean age of 60 were interviewed with a protocol that included the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, modules from the Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I Disorders of DSM IV and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV Personality Disorders, the Trauma Symptom Inventory, and the Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory.\r\n\r\nRESULTS\r\nThe prevalence of psychological disorders among adult survivors of institutional abuse was over 80% and far higher than in the normal population, with anxiety, mood and substance use disorders being the most prevalent diagnoses. Survivors also had high rates of trauma symptoms and insecure adult attachment styles, and these were higher for those who had experienced both institutional and intrafamilial abuse.\r\n\r\nCONCLUSIONS\r\nThere was an association between the experience of institutional abuse in childhood and the prevalence of adult mental health problems, particularly anxiety, mood and substance use disorders.\r\n\r\nPRACTICE IMPLICATIONS\r\nPolicies, practices and procedures should be regularly reviewed and revised to maximize protection of young people in institutional care. Evidence-based psychological treatment should be made available to adult survivors of institutional abuse."^^ . "2010-07" . "34" . "7" . . "Elsevier"^^ . . . "Child Abuse & Neglect"^^ . . . "18737757" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Margaret"^^ . "Daly"^^ . "Margaret Daly"^^ . . "Jonathan"^^ . "Egan"^^ . "Jonathan Egan"^^ . . "Kevin"^^ . "Tierney"^^ . "Kevin Tierney"^^ . . "Barbara"^^ . "Dooley"^^ . "Barbara Dooley"^^ . . "Edel"^^ . "Flanagan"^^ . "Edel Flanagan"^^ . . "Megan"^^ . "White"^^ . "Megan White"^^ . . "Alan"^^ . "Carr"^^ . "Alan Carr"^^ . . "Mark"^^ . "Fitzpatrick"^^ . "Mark Fitzpatrick"^^ . . "Roisin"^^ . "Flanagan-Howard"^^ . "Roisin Flanagan-Howard"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #23448 \n\nAdult adjustment of survivors of institutional child abuse in Ireland.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "risk factors" . . . "Crime against persons (assault / abuse / intimidation) "@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Thematic paper. Children's voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues."^^ . "The purpose of this paper is to give meaning and insight into some of the key drug and alcohol issues that affect children from the perspectives of the children themselves. It is not to estimate the relative magnitude of a specific drug or alcohol problem or the numbers of children affected by it. Each section of this paper is preceded by one or two key statistics and whilst the quotations that follow may highlight a need to develop more robust and detailed statistics on a key issue, the overriding objective is to give the children a voice.\r\n\r\nTable of contents\r\n•\tIntroduction\r\n•\tLiving with parents with drug or alcohol problems\r\n•\tChildren looked after by relatives, foster carers and institutions\r\n•\tChildren’s experiences and perceptions of alcohol and drug consumption\r\n•\tChildren’s perceptions about alcohol and drug interventions\r\n•\tConclusions\r\n•\tAcknowledgements\r\n•\tReferences\r\n•\tQuotation sources"^^ . "2010-05-28" . . . "The Publications Office of the European Union"^^ . . "The Publications Office of the European Union"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gregor"^^ . "Burkhart"^^ . "Gregor Burkhart"^^ . . "Alessandra"^^ . "Bo"^^ . "Alessandra Bo"^^ . . "Deborah"^^ . "Olszewski"^^ . "Deborah Olszewski"^^ . . "European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction"^^ . . . . . . . "Thematic paper. Children's voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "EMCDDA_ChildrenVoices.pdf"^^ . . . "Thematic paper. Children's voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Thematic paper. Children's voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Thematic paper. Children's voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Thematic paper. Children's voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Thematic paper. Children's voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #13131 \n\nThematic paper. Children's voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Attitude toward drugs and alcohol" . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Europe"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Exposure to illicit drug use and alcoholism among 9-year-old Irish children."^^ . "2010-04-19" . . "Issue 33, Spring 2010" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Brigid"^^ . "Pike"^^ . "Brigid Pike"^^ . . . . . . "Exposure to illicit drug use and alcoholism among 9-year-old Irish children. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Drugnet_33.pdf"^^ . . . "Exposure to illicit drug use and alcoholism among 9-year-old Irish children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Exposure to illicit drug use and alcoholism among 9-year-old Irish children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Exposure to illicit drug use and alcoholism among 9-year-old Irish children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Exposure to illicit drug use and alcoholism among 9-year-old Irish children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Exposure to illicit drug use and alcoholism among 9-year-old Irish children. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #13021 \n\nExposure to illicit drug use and alcoholism among 9-year-old Irish children.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Alcohol dependence"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Family environment"@en . . . "Keeping it in the family survey 2009. Parental drinking among 18-40 year olds: prevalence and impact."^^ . "Frequent fear, often feeling unsafe and witnessing alcohol-related parental conflict were childhood realities for 71,000 to 90,000 children growing up in Ireland. Alcohol Action Ireland commissioned a leading market research firm to carry out the first ever prevalence survey on the impact of parental alcohol problems on children growing up in families in Ireland.\r\n\r\nIt is important for all of us to remember that this was a survey of adults but there are thousands of children in Ireland today for whom this is their current life. You can find a copy of the survey results below along with expert presentations from consutlant child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Sarah Buckley and substance misuse in the family expert Wendy Robinson.\r\n\r\nOur research is not intended to be an end but a start to recognising, understanding and meeting these children’s needs."^^ . "2010" . . . "Alcohol Action Ireland"^^ . . . . "Alcohol Action Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Keeping it in the family survey 2009. Parental drinking among 18-40 year olds: prevalence and impact. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Alcohol_action_ireland_keepingitinthefamilysurvey2009[1].pdf"^^ . . . "Keeping it in the family survey 2009. Parental drinking among 18-40 year olds: prevalence and impact. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Keeping it in the family survey 2009. Parental drinking among 18-40 year olds: prevalence and impact. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Keeping it in the family survey 2009. Parental drinking among 18-40 year olds: prevalence and impact. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Keeping it in the family survey 2009. Parental drinking among 18-40 year olds: prevalence and impact. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Keeping it in the family survey 2009. Parental drinking among 18-40 year olds: prevalence and impact. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14123 \n\nKeeping it in the family survey 2009. Parental drinking among 18-40 year olds: prevalence and impact.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Alcohol consumption"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Report of an audit of child protection research in Ireland 1990-2009."^^ . "Findings:\r\nA total of 190 research documents were identified in line with the criteria agreed between the researchers and the CAAB, and are included in the audit. The key findings from the analysis of the audit are as follows:\r\n•\tResearch identified in the audit has tended to focus on child protection and the child protection system generally, as well as sexual abuse. This research has primarily been undertaken by clinicians and academics, and spans across sectors.\r\n•\tOver half, (110 or 58%) of the research falls under the heading of policy/practice reviews/analysis. This is further reflected in the fact that the research most commonly focused on operating procedures, followed by practice issues and the policy framework, both in studies with a single focus and those with multiple foci.\r\n•\tThe most common type of publication was peer reviewed article (74 or 39%), with commissioned research accounting for just 7% (13). This is in line with the findings that 68% (128) of commissioning/publishing bodies and 74% (139) of research bodies were in the academic sector.\r\n•\tThe research published and/or commissioned by the statutory sector follows the pattern found in the audit generally, with the most common type of study being policy/practice review/analysis (27 or 48%) and the most common focus being operating procedures (22 or 39%).\r\n•\tInformation sources rarely incorporated primary research with children, with only 14 studies (8%) citing direct contact with children and young people. Information on children was more commonly gathered from case files, professionals and family members.\r\n•\tThe topics covered in the identified research were very wide-ranging but closely related to the primary subject area (type of abuse) and the sector in which the research was located.\r\n\r\nOne conclusion stated that: \r\nThere is a shortage of child protection-focused research on the factors that cause and perpetuate child abuse, such as homelessness, addiction, parental mental illness and domestic violence. The need for material on these areas is demonstrated by the nature and scale of reports to the child protection system and the removal of some children from their families into out of home care as a result of the above mentioned adversities."^^ . "2010" . . . "Children's Act Advisory Board"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Liz"^^ . "Kerrins"^^ . "Liz Kerrins"^^ . . "Helen"^^ . "Buckley"^^ . "Helen Buckley"^^ . . "Carmel"^^ . "Corrigan"^^ . "Carmel Corrigan"^^ . . . . . . "Report of an audit of child protection research in Ireland 1990-2009. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "CAAB_Report+Audit+of+Child+Protection.pdf"^^ . . . "Report of an audit of child protection research in Ireland 1990-2009. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Report of an audit of child protection research in Ireland 1990-2009. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Report of an audit of child protection research in Ireland 1990-2009. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Report of an audit of child protection research in Ireland 1990-2009. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Report of an audit of child protection research in Ireland 1990-2009. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14437 \n\nReport of an audit of child protection research in Ireland 1990-2009.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Health services, drugs and alcohol research"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts."^^ . "Childhood experiences are crucial to forming future drinking habits. Much emphasis has been placed on understanding the impact of problem drinking within the family, yet much less is known about how children learn about alcohol in so-called 'ordinary families'. This UK study found that:\r\n•\tChildren in the 7-12 age bracket have a fairly sophisticated knowledge of alcohol and its effects;\r\n•\tThe home is an important source of learning about alcohol and young children anticipate modelling their future behaviour on parents' drinking styles; and\r\n•\tParents often have limited belief in their ability to teach children to drink responsibly, in the face of external pressures."^^ . "2010" . . . . "Joseph Rowntree Foundation"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Susan"^^ . "MacAskill"^^ . "Susan MacAskill"^^ . . "Douglas"^^ . "Eadie"^^ . "Douglas Eadie"^^ . . "Alasdair"^^ . "Forsyth"^^ . "Alasdair Forsyth"^^ . . "Derek"^^ . "Heim"^^ . "Derek Heim"^^ . . "Sam"^^ . "Punch"^^ . "Sam Punch"^^ . . "Oona"^^ . "Brooks"^^ . "Oona Brooks"^^ . . . . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "JRF_pre-teens-and-alcohol.pdf"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (PDF)"^^ . . . . "JRF_pre-teens-and-alcohol-summary.pdf"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14142 \n\nPre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Alcohol consumption"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Parental attitude"@en . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Executive summary."^^ . "The term \"young carers\" refers to children and young people under the age of 18 whose lives are affected in some significant way by the care needs of another family or household member and who provide care, or help to provide care, to that person. Traditionally, the focus of carerorientated policy has been on adult carers. However, in the past 15 years there has been growing awareness of and interest in young carers. A number of key issues have emerged in the literature on young carers: - the definition of a young carer; - the impacts, both positive and negative, of caring on a child or young person; - the invisibility of young carers and mechanisms that can be used to identify them; - the services that are or should be provided to young carers.\r\n\r\nWith regard to methodological limitations, the research team failed to recruit and interview children and young people of parents with drug and alcohol addictions. It is, therefore, likely that the final sample does not include the most vulnerable categories of young carers. Given that the young participants were recruited on the basis of their parent’s or guardian’s consent, however, it was thought that the parents of vulnerable children would be less likely to volunteer information about their family life or to encourage outside interest in their family."^^ . "2010" . . . "Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "David"^^ . "Cairns"^^ . "David Cairns"^^ . . "Danielle"^^ . "Kennan"^^ . "Danielle Kennan"^^ . . "Allyn"^^ . "Fives"^^ . "Allyn Fives"^^ . . "Bernadine"^^ . "Brady"^^ . "Bernadine Brady"^^ . . "John"^^ . "Canavan"^^ . "John Canavan"^^ . . . . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Executive summary. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Young_Carers_Summary.pdf"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Executive summary. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Executive summary. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Executive summary. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Executive summary. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Executive summary. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #13992 \n\nStudy of young carers in the Irish population. Executive summary.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Full report."^^ . "The term ‘young carers’ refers to children and young people under the age of 18 whose lives are affected in some significant way by the care needs of another family or household member, and who provide care, or help to provide care, to that person.\r\n\r\nTraditionally, the focus of carer-orientated policy has been on adult carers. However, in the last 15 years there has been growing awareness of and interest in young carers. Research on this topic has greatly expanded and policy-makers and service providers are increasingly acknowledging the need for a specific policy response to address the needs of young carers and to provide support to them.\r\n\r\nThe health problems of those with care needs, being cared for by young carers, included:\r\n•\tbehavioural or learning difficulty;\r\n•\tcombined intellectual and physical disability;\r\n•\tphysical illness;\r\n•\tmental illness;\r\n•\tdrug or alcohol addiction;\r\n•\tsensory impairment"^^ . "2010" . . . "Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Danielle"^^ . "Kennan"^^ . "Danielle Kennan"^^ . . "John"^^ . "Canavan"^^ . "John Canavan"^^ . . "Allyn"^^ . "Fives"^^ . "Allyn Fives"^^ . . "David"^^ . "Cairns"^^ . "David Cairns"^^ . . "Bernadine"^^ . "Brady"^^ . "Bernadine Brady"^^ . . . . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Full report. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "HSE_STudy_of_young_carers.pdf"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Full report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Full report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Full report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Full report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Study of young carers in the Irish population. Full report. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14077 \n\nStudy of young carers in the Irish population. Full report.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Role of child"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Children affected by Parental Alcohol Problems."^^ . "This study aims to review and identify the main approaches adopted by EU Partners in addressing the issue of children affected by parental alcohol problems (ChAPAPs), drawing specifically on research, policy, practice and service development. \r\n\r\nThis is a particularly timely study as the EU Commission is placing more emphasis on member states to protect young people and children, and the unborn child, from alcohol related harm across Europe. Many EU partners are also in the process of developing and/or updating national alcohol strategies.\r\n\r\nThe above report is complemented by the following reports on all elements of the ChAPAPs project 2007-2010 (See above URL)\r\n\r\n•Recommendations for Policy Development\r\n•Good Practices Manual\r\n•Evaluation of Direct Preventative Interventions with Children of Alcoholics\r\n•Key Figures on Health Conditions and Policy Regarding Child Health and Alcohol Consumption\r\n•Economic Impact of Alcohol Consumption\r\n•Capacity Building Toolkit\r\n•ChAPAPs Literature Overview"^^ . "2010" . . . "Brunel University"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sally"^^ . "Heath"^^ . "Sally Heath"^^ . . "Judith"^^ . "Harwin"^^ . "Judith Harwin"^^ . . "Nicola"^^ . "Madge"^^ . "Nicola Madge"^^ . . . . . . "Children affected by Parental Alcohol Problems. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "2010report-on-the-research-policy-practice-and-service-development-relating-to-chapaps-across-europe1[1].pdf"^^ . . . "Children affected by Parental Alcohol Problems. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Children affected by Parental Alcohol Problems. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Children affected by Parental Alcohol Problems. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Children affected by Parental Alcohol Problems. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Children affected by Parental Alcohol Problems. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #13863 \n\nChildren affected by Parental Alcohol Problems.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Mother"@en . . . "Foetal (fetal) alcohol syndrome"@en . . . "Pregnancy"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Europe"@en . . . "If they're getting loaded, why can't I?"^^ . "The ISPCC consulted with just under 10,000 12-18 year olds in Ireland, the focus of which was attitudes towards alcohol use. \r\n\r\nThe report shows that 1 in 10 Irish children feel that their life is significantly affected by their parents alcohol use, and that 45% of 12-18 year olds are regularly drinking to excess. In their own words, Irish children relay the stark reality of alcohol mis-use in the home."^^ . "2010" . . . "Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children"^^ . . . . "Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children"^^ . . . . . . . "If they're getting loaded, why can't I? (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "ispcc_NCC+SURVEY+-+FULL+ONLINE+VERSION[1].pdf"^^ . . . "If they're getting loaded, why can't I? (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "If they're getting loaded, why can't I? (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "If they're getting loaded, why can't I? (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "If they're getting loaded, why can't I? (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "If they're getting loaded, why can't I? (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14344 \n\nIf they're getting loaded, why can't I?\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Ireland"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Attitude toward drugs and alcohol" . . . "Risk and protective factors"@en . . . "risk-taking behaviour" . . . "A formative evaluation of Jobstown Alternative Response Model."^^ . "Following an introductory chapter, Chapter 2 provides the context and rationale for the ARM, by outlining the policy and legislative context, the theoretical context, the local context and the ARM model as applied in Jobstown. Chapter 3 presents the findings on the stakeholders‘ perspectives of the Jobstown ARM. Chapter 4 offers a discussion of the findings in light of the theory discussed in Chapter 2, while Chapter 5 provides a set of conclusions and recommendations.\r\n\r\n•\tThe differential response model (DRM), also known as the alternative response model (ARM), could be viewed as a specific attempt to reconcile the inherent tensions between child protection and family support. \r\n•\tThe DRM/ARM ensures low- and moderate-risk cases are provided with a comprehensive family assessment and are offered timely services without a formal determination or substantiation of child abuse or neglect; only high-risk cases receive the traditional investigative response. \r\n•\tThe DRM/ARM can be viewed as a step towards a closer relationship between the statutory-based social work resources and the non-government sector, as well as providing more comprehensive outcomes-focused provision.\r\n\r\nThe Jobstown ARM arose in the context of the work plan of SDCSC. Key local managers attended a seminar held by the Children‘s Act Advisory Board on the differential response model in 2008. A study visit to the New Beginnings Project in Foyle Trust in Derry also took place. An inter-agency committee was brought together, and a model was developed that sought to capitalise on the strengths of the differential response model as well as operationalising the Agenda for Children‘s Services."^^ . "2010" . . . "Child and Family Research Centre"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Fergal"^^ . "Landy"^^ . "Fergal Landy"^^ . . "John"^^ . "Canavan"^^ . "John Canavan"^^ . . . . . . "A formative evaluation of Jobstown Alternative Response Model. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "a_formative_evaluation_of_jobstown_alternative_response_model_2010.pdf"^^ . . . "A formative evaluation of Jobstown Alternative Response Model. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "A formative evaluation of Jobstown Alternative Response Model. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18114 \n\nA formative evaluation of Jobstown Alternative Response Model.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Family-focused prevention"@en . . . "Dublin"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Research and evaluation"@en . . . "Programme evaluation" . . . "Family or marital therapy"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . "Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people."^^ . "The guidance is for all those who have a role in promoting the quality of life (that is, the physical health, and social, educational and emotional wellbeing) of looked-after children and young people. This includes directors of children’s services, directors of public health, people who commission and provide health and social care services, social workers, carers (including foster carers), healthcare workers, staff in independent and voluntary agencies, schools, colleges and universities, and organisations that train professionals and inspect services.\r\nThe guidance may also be of interest to looked-after children and young people, their families, prospective adopters and other members of the public.\r\n\r\nThe focus of the guidance is on how organisations, professionals and carers can work together to help looked-after children and young people reach their full potential and enjoy the same opportunities in life as their peers.\r\n\r\nThe recommendations cover local strategy and commissioning, multi-agency working, care planning and placements, and timely access to appropriate health and mental health services. In particular, they aim to:\r\n•\tpromote stable placements and nurturing relationships\r\n•\tsupport the full range of placements, including with family and friends\r\n•\tencourage educational achievement\r\n•\tsupport the transition to independent living\r\n•\tmeet the particular needs of looked-after children and young people, including those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, unaccompanied asylum seekers, and those who have disabilities\r\n•\tplaces looked-after children and young people at the heart of decision making."^^ . "2010" . . . "National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence"^^ . . . . "National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence"^^ . . . "Social Care Institute for Excellence"^^ . . . . . . . "Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "NICE_Promoting_the_quality_of_lchildren_and_young_people.pdf"^^ . . . "Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14051 \n\nPromoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)"@en . . . "Social support"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Children talking to ChildLine about parental alcohol and drug misuse."^^ . "ChildLine Casenotes is a series of reports based on analysis of calls to ChildLine, a free confidential helpline for children and young people in the UK provided by the NSPCC.\r\n\r\nThis report is based on detailed analysis of calls to ChildLine from April 2008 to March 2009.\r\n\r\nKey findings \r\n•\tChildren who were counselled by ChildLine about their parents’ alcohol and drug misuse often also talked about their experiences of physical abuse, family relationship problems, neglect and sexual abuse. \r\n•\tChildren talked about being worried, frightened and confused by their parents’ alcohol and drug misuse. \r\n•\tChildren often took on a caring role and saw it as their responsibility to solve their parents’ alcohol and drug misuse problems. \r\n•\tAlmost twice the number of children were counselled by ChildLine about their parents’ alcohol misuse than about drug misuse. \r\n•\tChildren who were cared for by habitual alcohol or drug users could be inducted to rely on alcohol and drugs in order to cope with life’s challenges."^^ . "2010" . . . "NSPCC"^^ . . . . "NSPCC"^^ . . . . . . . "Children talking to ChildLine about parental alcohol and drug misuse. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "NSPCC_clcasenoteparentalalcoholdrugabuse.pdf"^^ . . . "Children talking to ChildLine about parental alcohol and drug misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Children talking to ChildLine about parental alcohol and drug misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Children talking to ChildLine about parental alcohol and drug misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Children talking to ChildLine about parental alcohol and drug misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Children talking to ChildLine about parental alcohol and drug misuse. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #13691 \n\nChildren talking to ChildLine about parental alcohol and drug misuse.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Children talk about living with problem drug and alcohol use."^^ . "‘She knew not to go near me in the morning ’til I had my foil, then ‘mummy would play’. In the mornings the sickness was the worst … I’d just be telling her to get away. Once I had the gear [drugs] into me I’d be the best mother on the earth.’ \r\n\r\nThese words were spoken by a mother of a four-year-old girl interviewed as part of a research study in Ireland published last year. It is quoted in a new EMCDDA thematic paper on European children’s experiences and perceptions of drug and alcohol issues, published to mark International Children’s Day on 1 June.1 \r\n \r\nThe purpose of the paper is to enhance drug policies and interventions for children and young people by highlighting children’s and young people’s perspectives and their needs. Comprising quotations selected from research studies and governmental and non-governmental reports in 14 EU countries, including Ireland, the thematic paper gives voice to four main issues:\r\n\r\no\tliving with harmful parental drinking or drug taking (neglect, violence, abuse, stigma or shame),\r\no\tbeing separated from parents and looked after by relatives, foster carers or institutions,\r\no\texperiences and perceptions of alcohol and drug consumption, and\r\no\texperiences and perceptions of interventions to address alcohol and drug consumption. \r\n\r\nThe authors consulted three Irish sources2 and used quotations from them to highlight issues associated with living with parents engaging in harmful substance use, and children’s and young people’s own experience of substance use. For example, an Irish child care worker is quoted on the effect of living with a parent engaging in harmful substance use:\r\n\r\n‘They become adults very young; they’re like the carer to their parent. They actually know, you can see it in them, that they know when their parent isn’t well … it seems to be a constant worry.’ \r\n\r\nLooking back, a young Irish woman who had been abused by a member of her extended family during her childhood recalled her teenage years: \r\n\r\n‘I turned 15 that January, I just went wild then you know after that like. I did have problems at home … Like when I was growing up, that would have been the start of it, but then I just used to go wild you know with the problems and the issues that I did have, I’d end up going drinking and taking drugs, you know, and not having any, no self-respect or anything for myself.’\r\n \r\nIn concluding the report, the authors make several observations:\r\no\tgiven the complexity and diversity of children’s experiences, correspondingly flexible and holistic interventions need to be developed; \r\no\tmore qualitative drug and alcohol research is needed if Europe is to understand the real needs of children and young people and to implement fully the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC); \r\no\tlarge numbers of parents with alcohol problems may generate more problems overall for children in the EU than the smaller number of children affected by parents with illicit drug problems;\r\no\tthe quotations highlight children’s extreme vulnerability, and yet also their desire and capacity to ‘cope’ with difficulties and to make rational judgements about their own situation based on objective information and personal experience; \r\no\twhile quality care and other drug and alcohol interventions are needed to grant children in the EU their right to ‘harmonious development and protection from harmful influences’, abuse, neglect and exploitation, the root cause for many children facing both drug and alcohol problems are poverty and social exclusion.\r\n\r\n1. Olszewski D, Burkhart G and Bo A (2010) Children’s voices: experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. Thematic paper. Luxembourg: The Publications Office of the European Union. Available at www.emcdda.europa.eu \r\n2. The three Irish research studies used in the EMCDDA thematic paper were Bates T, Illback RJ, Scanlan F and Carroll L (2009) Somewhere to turn to, someone to talk to. Dublin: Headstrong – The National Centre for Youth Mental Health; Mayock P (2000) Choosers or losers: influences on young people’s choices about drugs in inner-city Dublin. Dublin: Children’s Research Centre, TCD; Mayock P and Carr N (2008) Not just homelessness … A study of ‘out of home’ young people in Cork city. Dublin: Children’s Research Centre, TCD. These three research reports are available at www.drugsandalcohol.ie"^^ . "2010" . . "Issue 34, Summer 2010" . . "Health Research Board"^^ . . . "Drugnet Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . "Brigid"^^ . "Pike"^^ . "Brigid Pike"^^ . . . . . . "Children talk about living with problem drug and alcohol use. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Drugnet_34.pdf"^^ . . . "Children talk about living with problem drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Children talk about living with problem drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Children talk about living with problem drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Children talk about living with problem drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Children talk about living with problem drug and alcohol use. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #13286 \n\nChildren talk about living with problem drug and alcohol use.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Europe"@en . . "Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people."^^ . "This guide looks at how childcare professionals can make a difference to young people's experiences of foster care. Professionals play an important role by supporting caring relationships, ensuring that school is a positive experience, and promoting the self-esteem of children and young people in the foster care system.\r\n \r\nThis guide unpacks the concept of resilience and provides helpful hints for practice as well as access to further resources. It is aimed at the qualifying and newly qualified childcare professional and outlines why they matter in the life of a foster child. \r\n\r\nPositive relationships, at any age in the life span, can help improve poor self-image. People who take an interest, who listen, who care and love people, make others feel better. They bolster self-esteem."^^ . "2010" . . . "Social Care Institute for Excellence"^^ . . . . . . . "Lisa"^^ . "Bostock"^^ . "Lisa Bostock"^^ . . . . . . "Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "SCIE_foster_children.pdf"^^ . . . "Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14055 \n\nPromoting resilience in fostered children and young people.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Social services"@en . . . "Services for children of drugs and alcohol users"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Early intervention (young children)"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Health care quality control" . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Coping skills" . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life."^^ . "This UK study examined how parents teach young children (aged 5 to 12) about alcohol. It explored parental attitudes towards alcohol, and family drinking practices, using a national survey and in-depth case studies. It found that: \r\n•\tParents are the most important influence on young children's attitudes to alcohol; \r\n•\tParents are largely successful at conveying the social pleasures and risks of drinking at home and the message that alcohol should be consumed in moderation;\r\n•\tThere are gaps in what children learn from home such as the health consequences of drinking and the potential risks of drinking outside the home."^^ . "2010" . . . . "Joseph Rowntree Foundation"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Myles"^^ . "Gould"^^ . "Myles Gould"^^ . . "Gill"^^ . "Valentine"^^ . "Gill Valentine"^^ . . "Mark"^^ . "Jayne"^^ . "Mark Jayne"^^ . . "Julia"^^ . "Keenan"^^ . "Julia Keenan"^^ . . . . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "JRF_alcohol-family-life.pdf"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (PDF)"^^ . . . . "JRF_alcohol-family-life-summary.pdf"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Alcohol consumption and family life. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14141 \n\nAlcohol consumption and family life.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Parent"@en . . . "Alcohol consumption"@en . . . "Child"@en . . . "Role of parent"@en . . . "Attitude toward drugs and alcohol" . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . "Alcohol use"@en . . . "Parental attitude"@en . . . "Hidden harm: addictions in the family."^^ . "Substance misuse impacts across communities in Northern Ireland and the term ‘hidden harm’ is commonly used to describe parental/carer substance misuse and its effect on children and other family members. A family-focused approach recognising the interdependency of individual family members and considering the welfare of children is increasingly highlighted at government policy level.\r\n\r\nHaving previously co-delivered an event to raise awareness about substance misuse in families (Behind Closed Doors, 2008), Barnardo’s NI jointly hosted a further ‘hidden harm’ conference in March 2010, entitled Addictions in the Family. This interactive event in partnership with the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) and the Public Health Agency (PHA) presented current policy and practice developments, including implementation of the Regional Hidden Harm Action Plan (PHA/HSCB, 2009). \r\n\r\nA range of leading policymakers, researchers and practitioners addressed 150 delegates working across sectors in areas where parental substance misuse impacts on children and families. Throughout the day a series of themed group discussions also explored:\r\n•\thow collective ownership of the Hidden Harm Action Plan can be achieved\r\n•\twhat best helps support children and young people in ‘hidden harm’ families\r\n•\thow addiction services and agencies can be supported to adopt a more family-focused approach.\r\n\r\nBarnardo’s practice experience and the key issues highlighted at the conference have informed this briefing and its recommendations for policy and practice."^^ . "2010" . . . "Barnardo's Northern Ireland"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Anne Marie"^^ . "Webb"^^ . "Anne Marie Webb"^^ . . "Brendan"^^ . "Nellis"^^ . "Brendan Nellis"^^ . . . . . . "Hidden harm: addictions in the family. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Barnardos_hidden_harm.pdf"^^ . . . "Hidden harm: addictions in the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Hidden harm: addictions in the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Hidden harm: addictions in the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Hidden harm: addictions in the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Hidden harm: addictions in the family. (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #14348 \n\nHidden harm: addictions in the family.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Family role"@en . . . "Northern Ireland"@en . . . "Family support"@en . . . "Child of drugs and alcohol user"@en . . . "Parent-child relations"@en . . . "Drugs and alcohol related family problems"@en .