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Contents
Acknowledgements
First edition
Thanks to the Department of Health for funding the development and publication of the original toolkit, now updated, and the following people, who generously contributed their time and expertise:
Dima Abdulrahim, Specialist Adviser, National Treatment Agency
Celia Atherton, Director, Research in Practice
Dr Kath Burton, Associate Specialist in Community Paediatrics, and Medical Adviser to the Stoke-on-Trent Adoption Panel
Brenda Celestine, Specialist Midwife, Camden and Islington PCT
Valerie Corbett, Assistant Regional Director, Aberlour Trust
Annie Darby, Specialist Health Visitor Substance Misuse, North East Lincolnshire PCT/DAT
Dr Mary Hepburn, Consultant Obstetrician, Princess Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow (retired)
Caroline Little, Solicitor and Co-chair of the Association of Lawyers for Children
Faye Macrory, Consultant Midwife, Manchester Specialist Midwifery Service
Michael Murphy, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Salford
John Simmonds, Director of Policy, Research & Development, BAAF
Jo Manning, Programme Manager, STARS project, Nottingham
Julie Murray, DAAT Coordinator, Borders Drug and Alcohol Action Team
Gill Watson, Parental Substance Misuse and Child Care Social Worker, Islington Childrens Services/Mental Health and Social Care Trust
all staff in the two pilot local authorities who shared their experiences and expertise
and, finally, the children who describe their experiences so eloquently throughout the text.
Second edition
Rachael Evans, Policy and Research Officer, Adfam
Sue Bancroft, Independent Consultant and Trainer
Elaine Wilson, Partnership Drugs Initiative and Strategic Support Manager, Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland
Kelly McFadden, Partnership Drugs Initiative Project Lead, Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland