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The Impact of Substance Misuse on Parenting Capacity
Target Audience
Multi-disciplinary / agency staff working with
parents and children where substance misuse
is an issue
• TBC
• 9:30am - 4:30pm
• Face to Face
Course Tutor
Michael Murphy Child Protection Consultant /
Researcher
Course Co-ordinator
Roisin McCann Multi-disciplinary Training
Officer (Child Protection)
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course
participants will:
• Know about different types
of drug use and have
explored their own and
society's attitudes to these
• Understands the risks to
children where their
parents/carers are drug
users
• Have explored frameworks
for assessing children in
need and assessing risk
• Have explored the needs of
children with drug using
parents and factors which
protect from risk and future
problematic drug use