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.
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).
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.
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.
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, 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.
