Talking About Alcohol and Other Drugs
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A01=Jo Butcher
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Author_Jo Butcher
Author_Mary Ryan
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Product details
- ISBN 9781904787785
- Weight: 41g
- Dimensions: 170 x 245mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jan 2006
- Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A guide for professionals with responsibilities for looked after children and young people, Talking About Alcohol and Other Drugs provides help on developing or reviewing drug education policy and practice, and the management of drug incidents.
Chapters include: why looked after children need alcohol and drug education; a process for developing local policies for looked after children's services on alcohol and drug education and support; and guidance on positive practice.
Jo Butcher has extensive experience of working within and in partnership with government and the third sector as well as practitioners and planners across children’s services, NGOs and other stakeholders to bring marginal issues into the mainstream. She has a background in youth work, including facilitating personal, social and health education (PSHE) programmes and developmental group work and providing one to one support to vulnerable young people. Mary Ryan was a youth worker and a sexual health counsellor before becoming a project worker for young people’s health and for then special needs sexual health. Mary is now an independent management consultant working on public health and children and young people services. She has written widely on young people’s health for NCB.
