PREVENTIVE ACTION GUIDE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FAMILIES WITH ALCOHOL PROBLEMS
PRESENTATION
When referring to the issue of the impact of the problems associated with alcohol and other drugs is no doubt that there are segments of the population considered high risk youth, who need more intensive preventive interventions that rest of the population. One of the most numerous groups at risk is to the children of alcoholics.
Therefore, according to the priority line established for the risk groups by both the Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan in its National Drug Strategy (2000-2008) and by the European Alcohol Action Plan (2000 - 2005), in Socidrogalcohol we have done over the years an applied research project has studied the needs of this population at risk and systematize various experiences of preventive intervention.
ALFIL Program is indexed in specialized databases and EDDRA Idea-Prevention and the Catalog of Programs for Prevention of Drug Addiction (Drug Enforcement Agency).
has also participated in the creation of the European Network addressing (European Network for Children Affected by Risky Environments Within the family). With the experience gained over 7 years in the program ALFIL, Socidrogalcohol now exposes a new publication intended as a guide for those wishing to speak preventive and therapeutically with the children of alcoholics in our country, from different possible areas: the treatment centers, associations, school or primary care centers. We intend to contribute our grain of sand so you can get to meet one of the objectives set by WHO to reduce the problems caused by alcohol in the family: "ensure that prevention programs and family-based treatment are widely available and be implemented. "
Serve as the publication of this guide to raise awareness of the need to continue working between all the extension and optimization of such operations in our country. Definitely, the effort can not remain stagnant. INTRODUCTION
Many times, when families with alcohol problems contacting a support service, children of these families have developed emotional or behavioral problems requiring therapeutic intervention, or have become rebellious teenagers who refuse any kind of intervention. It is late for true prevention. A few years later, a considerable number of these young people end up in mental health consultation or drug treatment centers. It is inevitable question Could have done something before?. Probably yes but ... Who? ... Where? ... How?.
children with alcohol problems in your family could be detected early by his teachers, his personal physician or other health situation that is in frequent contact with them or their families, in order to prevent the development of complications related familial alcoholism. However, despite its good intentions in most cases, professionals involved in this type of screening are difficult to deal with these families as the lack of time, expertise, resources, fear of making mistakes in their views or to violate the privacy of business "family." Also
service professionals specializing in the treatment of alcoholism may have an important role in the detection and prevention in children of alcoholics. However, this is not common practice. Seems to have forgotten that alcoholism is a disease that affects the whole family. The usual focus of treatment is usually the patient and, at most, their partners or family members responsible for giving the medication, but children remain the invisible victims of the disease. There are still myths such as that if the alcoholic stops drinking, all at home will adjust automatically, or that if the alcoholic does not want to do treatment, there is nothing to do. Nothing could be further from the truth. The idea for this guide came from the finding that in our country there were only specialized in intervention programs with children of alcoholics.
was intended to meet the increasing demand for professional technical support for this type of intervention.
The overall objective of this guide is to promote preventive interventions with children of alcoholics in our country, the natural and respectful way possible, from all areas: family, school and community. It aims to raise awareness, provide basic information, criteria for intervention and some practical recommendations for each of the professionals involved to perform its share within a comprehensive intervention plan that would include from early detection through psychoeducational approach and psychotherapy of these young people as part of a family with peculiar characteristics.
This guide is primarily aimed at socio-health professionals and education that are in frequent contact with family members with alcohol problems. However, most of the contents of this guide can be applied generally to other families affected by drug addiction and, in some respects, to the families affected by mental disorders that interfere with the ability to parenting.
In preparing this guide we have used different methodologies. On the one hand, it has carried out a literature review on specific prevention strategies for children of alcoholics and other youth at risk. On the other hand, has made an effort to systematize the experience gained in the program BISHOP (1997-2003). In addition, the program's participation in the European ALFIL Network for Children Affected by Risky Environments in Their family (face) funded by the European Community has allowed the exchange of information and materials with other countries. Were also collected through focus groups and focus groups the experiences of professionals who have experience in this type of intervention. Finally, it has been advised by experts from our country on various topics related to this field.
The guide is divided into 6 sections. The first describes the characteristics of families with alcohol problems and the mechanisms used by different members to deal with the situation. The second section focuses on the analysis of the negative consequences of parental alcoholism on children and raises the question of whether it is permissible to intervene in this population at risk. Chapter 3 reviews the programs for children of alcoholics who have done so far in different countries, concluding on the optimal characteristics of the programs have been effective. Paragraph 4 is devoted to describing what could be a comprehensive intervention plan applicable to youth in families with alcohol problems and made special mention of how to deal with children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Chapter 5 is addressed "to whom it may concern" and it suggests some strategies for making progress in the intervention with children of alcoholics in our country. Finally, Chapter 6 contains materials and resources that we have in our environment to work with this population at risk.
Finally, one can only point out that this guide is usually the masculine gender used to talk to the person affected by alcoholism in the family for reasons of simplicity in the wording, though obviously alcoholism affects both sexes. Full report
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