Parents Who Misuse Drugs and Alcohol

Donald Forrester is Professor of Social Work Research and Director of the Tilda Goldberg Centre at the University of Bedfordshire. Judith Harwin is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for Child and Youth Research at Brunel University.

• About the Authors. Acknowledgements.Part 1.Introduction.1 What is 'Substance Misuse'?2 The Impact of Parental Substance Misuse on Child Welfare.Part 2.3 Parental Substance Misuse and Children’s Services.4 The Social Worker Assessments.5 What Happened to the Children and Their Parents?Part 3.6 Assessment.7 What Works in Engaging Parents Who Misuse Drugs or Alcohol?8 What Works? Substance Misuse Treatment and Evidence-Based Social Work.9 Motivational Interviewing and Effective Work with Families in which Parents Misuse Drugs and/or Alcohol.10 Family Interventions with Parental Substance Misuse.Conclusion.References.Index.

"There are some books that deserve a place in the small and well-thumbed libraries that accrue in practice settings, and this is one of them. I would regard it as essential reading for all those seeking to develop or improve practice with substance-misusing parents." (Oxford Journals Clippings, 1 January 2012)