ISSUP would like to invite you to attend their webinar on Children and families affected by parental drug use. hildren living in families affected by substance dependence may experience a wide array of feelings and situations, such as anger, fear, isolation from their peers, parental neglect, as well as be victims or witnesses of domestic and sexual violence. While not all parents face difficulties in handling substance dependence and taking care of themselves and dependent children at the same time, some families may require support from the community and social services. The project of the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, “Children whose parents use drugs”, lies at the intersection of children rights to the realization of their full potential and the rights of parents with substance dependence to trauma-informed treatment and stigma-free social and health services which take their parental responsibilities into account.
The project is based on the ongoing participation of a total of 18 countries and more than three hundred people, including practitioners, women who use substances and children and young adults living in families affected by substance dependence.
The outcome of the project are a dedicated webpage, two reports, four books as well as the generation of cooperation among countries and services at the international level. Thanks to this project, for the first time, children living in families affected by substance dependence are included in the Council of Europe’s Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2022-2027.
Presenter:
Corina Giacomello,
Pompidou Group consultant
Professor
Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico
