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Family drug and alcohol courts
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      Expert Voices: In Conversation with Jasmin Hernon, Speech and Language Therapist, Gloucestershire FDAC

      We spoke to Jasmin Hernon, Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) at Gloucestershire Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC), about their role and the importance of having an SLT within this problem-solving court model.

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      Expert voice: Isobel Johnson, Occupational Therapist, Gloucestershire FDAC

      We spoke with Isobel Johnson, the Occupational Therapist at the Gloucestershire FDAC, about her role and the promise of occupational therapy within the Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC).

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      Expansion of professional forums for Family, Drug and Alcohol practitioners

      The Centre coordinates professional forums for practitioners from the fourteen different Family, Drug and Alcohol Court sites.

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      Expert voice: Paul Yates, Intelligent Fingerprinting

      We spoke to Paul Yates, from Intelligent Fingerprinting, about a new innovative and less invasive approach to drug testing. 

    • Jasmin Meier

      Expert voice: Jasmin Meier, researcher on recurrent care proceedings

      We spoke to Jasmin Meier, a Researcher and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in training, about her research interviewing mothers at risk of recurrent care proceedings in FDAC.

    • Expert voice: Gemma Hatfield, Service Manager of the New Black Country FDAC

      Albinia Stanley spoke to Gemma Hatfield, Service Manager of the Black Country FDAC about the service, its upcoming launch and COVID-19. 

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      New Practice Briefing: FDACs under COVID-19

      The Centre's Deputy-Director, Vicki Morris, introduces the new practice briefing 'Family Drug and Alcohol Courts under Covid-19', which considers if it is possible for such a service – which relies on the power of human relationships – to operate effectively during times of social distancing.

    • A welcome boost for Family Drug and Alcohol Courts

      Albinia Stanley, Family Justice Practice Officer at the Centre, writes about the Department for Education's announcement releasing new innovation funding for the expansion of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court model.

    • Judith Harwin

      A blog by Judith Harwin, a lead researcher on the FDAC model

      Judith Harwin, the Professor in Socio-legal studies at Lancaster University writes about recent meta-analysis of FDACs, reported by the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care.

    • Expanding and adapting FDAC in London

      Victoria Warden, Deputy Manager of London Family Drug and Alcohol Court writes about the expansion of the court to serve nine London boroughs.

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