children

What is the science behind it? Praising children’s behaviour makes them feel safe and secure. Praising children the right way can improve self-esteem, increase motivation and enhance perseverance. Well measured and regular praise improves...

THE TRICKIER THE SITUATION, THE MORE THE WORKER MATTERS Cell B5’s research-derived understandings of therapeutic work in a criminal justice or family protection context funnelled into the final section, tempting the formulation of a general...

WHAT IF THE THERAPIST WORKS FOR THE JAILER? The title poses the dilemma for alcohol treatment staff (seen as) working for authorities controlling or punishing the ‘client’ or deciding on removing their children. Explores whether in these...

BEYOND THE PATIENT: TREATMENT’S IMPACTS ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY The final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix defocuses from the patient to ask what treatment can do for the rest of us, starting with this cell on the impacts of the...

On December 15, the United States National Institute on Drug Abuse announced new data from the annual Monitoring the Future study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. On December 16, a data processing error was found. This...

NIDA has worked with the International Child Art Foundation on their current issue of ChildArt which focuses on brain development and child health. It features the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development...

When an individual smokes a cigarette (or roll-up, pipe or cigar), most of the smoke doesn't go into their lungs, it goes into the air around them where anyone nearby can breathe it in. This is known as second-hand smoke. Infants and...