In this training, you will learn how alcohol and other drugs affect the developing brain and cause distinct behaviors in children, adolescents, and adults. You will also learn how to approach these behaviors through a brain-based, trauma-informed lens, reducing frustration and expanding options for therapeutic interventions. As caregivers and professionals, learn effective strategies and how […]
Join the AAP for a national office hours session on FASD. Members of the AAP FASD Regional Education and Awareness Liaisons (REAL) Champions Network will share their expertise and answer questions regarding early identification, diagnosis, and care of children and families living with FASD. The AAP FASD REAL champions serve as advocates for change at […]
You’ll enjoy connecting with your fellow caregivers at the beautiful Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center, MN on May 18th and 19th 2023! This event is for adoptive, biological, kinship and foster parents of individuals with a known or suspected FASD. We also welcome professionals that support and care for individuals on the FASD spectrum. Keynotes: […]
All people are different. We communicate differently, we experience emotions differently, our bodies are shaped differently, we have different hair colors, drive different cars, and live in different houses. Our brains even work differently… and as you’ll learn in this session, the 1 in 7 children with prenatal exposure to alcohol have brains that have […]
This mentorship opportunity is designed to provide continuing education for people working with students with FASD who have (or need) IEPs. The Coalition meets on the second Thursday of every month from 5:30pm – 7:00pm PDT and will combine direct interaction, discourse, case studies, and education relating to FASD & the IEP. Group participation and […]
FASD affects us all, and we’re bringing top experts together to examine the many intersections of FASD and society through a series of quarterly virtual events. Join us online on June 29 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CST for this informative session on FASD and Child Welfare.
This webinar will help attendees identify red flags and signs that may indicate a child has brain-based difficulties as a result of prenatal alcohol exposure. The presentation will also help shift one’s perspective, viewing social/emotional problems, difficult behaviors, and learning challenges of these individuals as a symptom of brain dysfunction and not willful defiance and […]
This mentorship opportunity is designed to provide continuing education for people working with students with FASD who have (or need) IEPs. The Coalition meets on the second Thursday of every month from 5:30pm – 7:00pm PDT and will combine direct interaction, discourse, case studies, and education relating to FASD & the IEP. Group participation and […]
This mentorship opportunity is designed to provide continuing education for people working with students with FASD who have (or need) IEPs. The Coalition meets on the second Thursday of every month from 5:30pm – 7:00pm PDT and will combine direct interaction, discourse, case studies, and education relating to FASD & the IEP. Group participation and […]
This NEW in 2023 webinar will help attendees better understand how prenatal alcohol exposure impacts a child’s behavior. The training will address the importance of asking questions specifically related to in-utero exposure and how not doing so can affect the trajectory of treatment and support for the individual. The training will explore personal biases when […]
When a child is diagnosed with a disability, parents feel a sense of loss and grieve for those dreams that must be modified. This presentation will focus on the nonfinite or ongoing losses experienced by parents of children with special needs. We will discuss ways the grief experienced in response to these losses is often […]
The Families Moving Forward (FMF) Specialist Training six-day course, and ensuing 10-hour intervention fidelity training, teachers professionals to deliver the FMF Program as an FMF Specialist. FMF Specialists are approved to deliver FMF, an evidence-based intervention clinically proven to help families, and their children, ages 3-13 years, living with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) or fetal […]
