THE VOICE OF CHILDREN - Drug Misuse Information Scotland

“THE VOICE OF CHILDREN”
Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre
13 & 14 September 2007
Thursday 13 September 2007
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
0900 REGISTRATION – COFFEE/TEA
0945 Opening Remarks – Mr Richard Carey, Chief Executive, NHS
Grampian
Chair - Dr Andrew Robinson, Consultant Psychiatrist, NHS Grampian
1000 Session 1 – “Children of Substance Misusing Parents”
Dr D Lloyd, Consultant Neonatologist and Dr Liz
Myerscough, Consultant Paediatrician (Child
Protection), Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
1045 Session 2 – “Issues arising from the two Aberlour/SAADAT
Think Tanks”
Mr Bruce Thomson, Assistant Regional Director, West
Region, Aberlour Child Care Trust
1130 COFFEE/TEA & STANDS
1200 Session 3 – “Child Protection and Substance Misuse”
Inspector Peter Reilly and Detective Constable
Averil Duncan, Community Partnerships, Grampian
Police
1245 LUNCH
1345 Workshops – Session 1 (Details over)
1445 COFFEE/TEA & STANDS
1515 Workshops – Session 2 (Details over)
1930 Conference Dinner
Friday 14 September 2007
0900 COFFEE/TEA
0930 Opening Remarks – Dr Roelf Dijkhuizen, Medical Director, NHS Grampian
Chair – Dr Bruce Davidson, Consultant Psychiatrist, NHS Grampian
0945 Session 1 – “Domestic Abuse; Through the eyes of a child”
Ms Sandra Paton, Training and Prevention Worker with Women’s Aid and Freelance
Domestic Abuse Trainer
1030 Session 2 – “Alcohol and Drug Use in Pregnancy – The development of a routine enquiry
approach for midwives and health visitors in Aberdeenshire”
Ms Jane Livingston, Research Assistant, Aberdeenshire ADAT
1115 COFFEE/TEA
1145 Session 3 – “Hidden Harm – Scottish Executive Current Position and Future Plans”
Ms Ria Din, Hidden Harm Implementation (secondee), Scottish Executive
1230 Closing Remarks and Summing Up – Dr Roelf Dijkhuizen, Medical Director, NHS Grampian

WORKSHOPS – PLEASE INDICATE YOUR CHOICE OF WORKSHOP ON THE BOOKING FORM
Workshop 1 –
Workshop 2 –
“Workshop using the `Time 4 U’ DVD - A day
in the life of a young person affected by
parental substance misuse”
Ms Lis Bardell, Project Manager, National
Parenting Development Project and Ms Mary
Irvine, Outreach Worker, Victoria Project,
Aberlour Child Care Trust
Workshop 3 –
“The importance of involving the extended
family at an early stage of assessment”
Ms Nicola Clark, Senior Practitioner and Ms
Marleen Safian, Family Support Worker,
Substance Misuse, Children’s Services East
Lothian
Workshop 5 –
“Parenting capacity and the effects on children”
Ms Phyllis Smart, Child Protection Nurse
Consultant, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital,
NHS Grampian
“Child Protection and Substance Misuse”
Inspector Peter Reilly and Detective Constable Averil
Duncan, Community Partnerships, Grampian Police
Workshop 4 –
“The Road to Safety: Working effectively with
families to reduce harm and increase resilience”
Ms Nicola Young, JADAT Children and Young People’s
Development Officer, Ms Nicky Matthews, Children’s
Services Manager, Barnardos and Mr Brian Duncan, Drugs
Worker Supervisor, Drugs Action
Workshop 6 –
“Telling Stories: Therapeutic group work with children
under 12 affected by parental drug misuse”
Ms Katie Alexander, Co-ordinator, Midlothian Young
Carers, Children 1 st , Dalkeith
Workshop 7 –
“Engaging young people (education prevention approaches)”
Ms Ceri Wilson, Development Officer, Fast Forward Positive Lifestyles, Edinburgh
This 2 day Conference has been organised by NHS Grampian in association with Grampian Police. The
Conference aims to highlight the impact alcohol and drug misuse has on children.
The Conference is useful to all Health and Social Services Professionals, Primary Health Care Teams,
Voluntary Organisations and others involved in providing services to people with substance misuse
problems.
For further information please contact:
Nicola Shand, Conference Secretary,
Fulton Clinic, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZH
Tel: 01224 557 610 Fax: 01224 557 312
e-mail: nicola.shand@gpct.grampian.scot.nhs.uk
Registration fee (includes coffee, lunch and conference dinner):
£165

BOOKING FORM
“THE VOICE OF CHILDREN”
Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre
13 & 14 September 2007
Please complete this form and return to:
Nicola Shand, Conference Secretary, Fulton Clinic, Royal Cornhill Hospital,
Aberdeen, AB25 2ZH
Please delete as appropriate:
I wish to attend the conference on 13 & 14 September 2007.
* I will/will not be attending the Conference Dinner
* I will/will not be requiring a vegetarian meal
* I am enclosing a cheque for the amount of £165 (made payable
to NHS Grampian)
* Please send me an invoice (address if different from overleaf)
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Please note there is no reduction in cost for non-attendance at the
dinner.
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Please indicate your 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd workshop preference (workshops will
be allocated as booking forms are received)
Session 1
Workshops
No 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 No 5 No 6 No 7
Session 2