Tackling volatile substance abuse in Scotland
a training course for the social care workforce

Course content: Table of contents

• 1. Substance recognition
  • Which products can be abused?
  • Warning signs
  • Fuel gases
  • Aerosols
  • Solvent-based glue
  • Typewriter correction fluid
  • Petrol
  • Key points
• 2. Risks
  • Health risks
  • Social risks
  • Case study (part one)
  • Legal risks
  • Key points
• 3. Communication
  • Attitudes, behaviour and motivations of youong people
  • Factors effecting communication
  • Encouraging a positive approach
  • Key points
• 4. Assessment
  • The Integrated Assesment Planning and Recording Framework (IAF)
  • The Assessment Triangle
  • Guidance on the child’s or young person’s plans
  • Case study (part two)
  • The law
  • Children’s hearings
  • Recognising young people at risk
  • Evidence of VSA
  • Reasons why people use volatile substances
  • User categories
  • Length and frequency of abuse
  • Long-term use
  • Case study (user categories) — an experimental user
  • Case study (user categories) — an accelerator
  • Case study (user categories) — a problematic user
  • Key points
• 5. Intervention & referral
  • Helping young people at risk
  • Referral
  • The purpose of couselling
  • Reducing the risk
  • The local community
  • Key points
  • Further sources of help
  • Case study (part three)
• 6. Prevention
  • Ensuring fewer young people have VSA problems
  • Key points
• 7. Medical emergencies
  • Drug situations
  • First aid
• 8. Products associated with VSA
  • Product table