Educational Podcasts and Videos Focusing on Safeguarding
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Alcohol and Young People with Special Educational Needs
Awareness and Support around Drink Spiking
Nacoa – Info, Advice & support for those Affected by a Parent’s Drinking
Alcohol and Young People with Special Educational Needs
Wessex LMCs previous Nurse Advisor Zoe Tobin talks to Karen Perryman, Regional Manager of the Talk About Trust (formally the Alcohol Education Trust) about alcohol and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN).
Included in this discussion:
- How do you talk about alcohol the ‘drug’ to young people with SEN, including explaining Government guidance and the concept of ‘units’, and the effects of alcohol on their social. Physical and emotional wellbeing?
- How do you ensure that a young person knows where to go for help if they have been affected by alcohol?
Useful links mentioned in the podcast:
- https://alcoholeducationtrust.org/
- https://www.talkaboutalcohol.com/
- https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/
- Support around Drink Spiking
Listen to the podcast here
Awareness and Support around Drink Spiking
Dr Laura Edwards, Joint CEO at Wessex LMCs, speaks with Helena Conibear, Founder and CEO of the Talk About Trust (formally the Alcohol Education Trust). The Talk About Trust is a charity which works to keep young people safe around alcohol ,vaping, cannabis and other substances.
They discuss the ongoing issue of drink spiking including:
- The latest stats on how many people are affected
- Common substances used for spiking
- The effects of drink spiking
- How to report drink spiking & the support available
https://life-stuff.org/spiking-what-to-do/ – Information for victims of spiking and what people should do if they have been spiked.
Listen to the podcast here
Cannabis and Young People
Zoe Tobin (Wessex LMCs past Nurse Advisor) talks to Karen Perryman, Regional Manager of the Talk About Trust (formally the Alcohol Education Trust) about cannabis and young people.
Included in this discussion:
- Cannabis, what is out there?, what are the social norms around cannabis use, are there many young people using cannabis these days?
- What are the effects of cannabis and how can you approach this with a young person?
- What support is out there for a young person who is affect by cannabis use and where can we signpost?
Useful links mentioned in this podcast
- https://alcoholeducationtrust.org/
- https://life-stuff.org/
- https://www.themix.org.uk/
- https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/
Listen to the podcast here
Nacoa – Info, Advice & support for those Affected by a Parent’s Drinking
Dr Gareth Bryant, previous acting CEO for Wessex LMCs, talks with Euan Graham, a volunteer for the charity Nacoa (National Association for Children of Alcoholics). Euan talks to us about the work Nacoa does and resources available to help clinicians.
- Find out more at https://nacoa.org.uk/
- Work and Resources – a number of useful links including ‘Information for CAMHS Professionals’; ‘Information for Professionals’; and ‘Information About Counselling and Psychotherapy’.
- To obtain display posters or referral cards from Nacoa, please email admin@nacoa.org.uk
Listen to the podcast here
