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The City of Edinburgh Council
Caring for Vulnerable Babies
The number of babies being referred to the Council for temporary foster care because of parental substance misuse has doubled in the last year, with 99 babies under six months old being referred in 2008. Fifty of those babies were referred before they were born and two thirds of all the babies were suffering from the effects of alcohol or drug addiction as a result of the mothers addiction problems.
To read an overview of this DVD and what it contains please click here.
The Moray Alcohol and Drug Partnership now own a copy of the Caring for Vulnerable Babies DVD. If you would like to take this DVD out on loan for training purposes please contact myself on 01343 551564 or at donna.matthew@moray.gov.uk.
Re-Solv
~ Not to be sniffed at ~ Campaign
A new campaign, not to be sniffed at, has been launched by the Grampian Alcohol & Drug Partnerships. The campaign aims to encourage parents to be more aware of Volatile Substance Abuse (VSA) by getting the facts and encouraging them to talk to their children about the risks and dangers associated with VSA.....................To read more about this and how you can take part click here.
Aberlour Child Care Trust
Upcoming Training with National Parenting Development
Your last opportunity to book a place on one of these two popular courses (Flyer)
Due to a few cancellations, the National Parenting Development Project is able to offer a number of places on both of the upcoming courses:
NHS Grampian
Hep C Action Plan - Stakeholders Event - Year 1 Progress
The first Grampian Hepatitis C Action Plan Stakeholder Conference will be held on Thursday 1st October 2009 at Thainstone House Hotel, Inverurie. This meeting is open to anyone with an involvement or interest in the prevention, testing, diagnosis or treatment of Hepatitis C infection. To reserve your place please complete and return the form by 17th September 2009. A programme for the day will be issued with confirmation of your place.
EWODOR
Recovery Careers: the quality of care and life - 12th International EWODOR Symposium
The provisional programme for the 12th International EWODOR (European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research) Symposium is now available on the symposium website at:
http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/old-site/ewodor/
In light of the holiday period and following a number of requests, the Scientific Committee has agreed to extend the deadline for abstract submissions to 11th September. Successful authors/presenters will be notified on or before 14th September. Those authors/presenters who have already submitted, or who submit before the original deadline of 28th August will still be notified on 31st August.
The EWODOR symposium has a deserved reputation for cutting-edge research with a consistent recovery focus and for bridging the divisions between the research and the practitioner communities.
The event will also mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Scottish Addiction Studies (and there will be cake!).
So join us in Stirling for an event that has over the years come to be seen as one of the major research gatherings in the European calendar. UK recipients of this message should note that this is the first time since it was established in 1983 that EWODOR has held its Symposium in the UK!
Confirmed Speakers:
Ingemar Arn (Sweden) David Best (Scotland) Eric Broekaert (Belgium - Flanders) Bob Campbell (England) Martin Daumling (Germany) Jessica De Maeyer (Belgium - Flanders) Mark Gilman (England) Rune Hafsted (Norway) Rex Haigh (England) Hakan Jenner (Sweden) Jonas Larsson (Sweden) Marion Logan (Scotland) Tomas Ohlsson (Sweden) Albert Sabates (Spain) Anthony Slater (Norway) Vera Segraus (Sweden) Karin Trulsson (Sweden) Jos Van Loon (Netherlands) Annemarie Ward (Scotland) Rowdy Yates (Scotland)
Rowdy Yates
Senior Research Fellow
Scottish Addiction Studies
Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology Section
Department of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling
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