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Prioritising Children in Policy and Practice
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Title:
Prioritising Children in Policy and Practice
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Author:
Norah Gibbons
Chair of Alcohol Action Ireland and Director of Advocacy, Barnardos
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Published:
November 2011
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Pages:
7
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File Size:
80kb
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Format:
Portable Document Format (PDF)
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Executive Summary
As a society,
we deny or ignore the impact of parental substance misuse problems on children, yet these
children are often leading lives of quiet desperation, unseen and unheard. They get our
attention only when the most extreme cases come to light and we prefer to think of these as
isolated incidents. Children living with parental drug and alcohol problems are amongst the
most vulnerable due to the secrecy and shame attached to their family drug and alcohol
problems as well as the multiple problems they can face in many aspects of their lives.
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