Substance misuse and child care - How to understand, assist and intervene when drugs affect parenting
This book is not just concerned with the misuse of drugs. It is concerned with the effect that substance misuse has on parenting and on the care and well-being of children. It:
- outlines and explores the extent of the problem
- addresses difficult issues involved in inter-agency substance and child-care work
- describes and explores the helpful professional responses to problematic parental misuse, when working with children, their parents and whole families