Working with Famillies
The Hertfordshire Young People’s
Substance Misuse and Crime Reduction Services team has published
some invaluable guidance: Targeted
Drug Education for Parents
and Carers. The team strongly recommends that family interventions
should have a ‘broad-spectrum’ approach to drug
and alcohol prevention. It also recommends that the focus
of the support being provided should focus on developing
generic life skills – such as building self-esteem
and improving communication skills – rather than concentrating
solely on child and adolescent alcohol and other drug use.
The guidance provides information on engaging with parents
and carers, content for programmes and a section on the importance
of evaluation. It also states that parents and carers may
require ongoing guidance and support to enable them to negotiate
difficult boundaries with their children – or indeed
to renegotiate those boundaries as their children grow up
and mature.
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