Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- About the authors
- Introduction
- PART 1: FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- 1. Understanding families with alcohol and other drug problems
- 2. Conceptualising needs and professional responses
- PART 2: SOUND BEGINNINGS
- 3. Connecting with parents
- 4. Connecting with children
- 5. Identifying what you need to know
- PART 3: FACILITATING CHANGE AND GROWTH
- 6. Keeping children and families safe
- 7. Improving family life from the inside
- 8. Enhancing informal and formal family support
- 9. Supporting families when children are in care
- PART 4: BEING AT YOUR BEST
- 10. Self-care and professional development
- PART 5: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Chart: Key messages for practice
- Glossary of terms
- References
- Useful websites and resources
- Index
Author Bio:
DR Menka Tsantefski is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, specialising in child and family-related subjects.
DR Stefan Gruenert is a registered psychologist and CEO of Odyssey House, Victoria.
DR Lynda Campbell has over forty years’ experience in the child and family welfare sector including twenty years as a lecturer in Social Work at the University of Melbourne.
Review:
“The optimism, wisdom and insight collated in this work… makes this required reading for all of those whose working lives coincide with substance-using parents or their children.” – Professor David Best, Chair, Sheffield Addiction Recovery Research Group; founder and co-chair of Recovery Academy Australia