Understanding and Supporting Children of Substance-Using Parents (COSUP) Pathway

This presentation explores the challenges faced by children of substance-using parents, known as COSUP, and provides insights on how to identify, support, and communicate with these children within schools. It discusses the impacts of COSUP, ways to identify them, available support, and helpful resources for schools and individuals dealing with this issue.

• Substance abuse
• Parental addiction
• Support services
• Childhood trauma
• School interventions

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1. Children of Substance Using Parents- COSUP pathway

2. Agenda

3. Introduction

4. What does COSUP mean?

5. Impacts on COSUP

6. How can COSUP children be identified within schools? (behaviours you may observe etc) Behavioral disturbance, antisocial behavior (conduct disorder) Attachment difficulties Mood disturbance- anxiety Truancy and poor school achievement Social isolation Precocious maturity Difficult transitions from childhood to adolescence Anxiety or depression Attempts to escape from home- missing episodes Relationship difficulties (friendships included) Young person is using substances themselves Withdrawal from usual after school activities- this may be because they have no way of getting to/from the activities due to parents being drunk or high on substances

7. What support is available to COSUP?

8. How can schools talk to COSUP & their parents/guardians about your service? (to gain consent)

9. How to make a good referral/example

10. Useful resources Parental Addiction - Sesame Workshop Nacoa: Helping everyone affected by their parent's drinking Nacoa Home Adfam Parental substance misuse : Mentally Healthy Schools Alcohol, drugs and parenting | NSPCC RIP The impact of parental substance misuse on child development (cumbria.gov.uk)

11. Thank you Any Questions?