The Alaska Center for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), a non-profit organization, has announced their premiere of 8 Keys for Adults with FASD, a documentary film by Dan Redfield featuring seven self-advocates who experience an FASD sharing their stories and the strategies that help them to be successful living with this brain-based difference. The film premiere […]
Join us for a 5K in Nobel Park, Saturday, September 9. Walk, Jog, Roll, or Run to bring awareness to FASD. No registration necessary. Any donations collected will be given to help provide FASD resources for local families affected by FASD. Come for a beautiful day in the park, connect with local resources, and walk […]
FASD Family Day and 5K Saturday, Sept. 9th, 4-7 PM Stephenson Park 2295 N Walnut RD Las Vegas, NV 89115 Hosted by Nevada Families for FASD Awareness and Grant a Gift Autism Foundation Ackerman Center Free Click here for more information! Please join us for our third annual FASD Awareness Family Day resource fair! This […]
We are members of an FASD Parents Support Group in Illinois. We will meet at 10 A.M. on the 10th of September at the main entrance at Spring Valley Nature Center, 1111 E Schaumburg Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60194. If anyone wants to run, you are welcome to, but this will be a lovely nature walk  led […]
Join us Sunday, September 10th from 12pm-3pm Pacific Time at The Memorial at 5th and Main in Taft, California! Check out our fundraising team here. We are fundraising to support a great cause that we believe in. Help us meet our goal by donating today to support our team in raising money for FASD United in […]
Please join us for this awesome fundraiser at Stephen P. Wallace Town Park on Swift Road on September 10th at 1 pm. It will be on the Voorheesville Cross Country Course. Come raise awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders! Click here for a map of the course! Click here for a program flyer!
The FASD United Affiliate Executive Council Meeting is held the 2nd Monday of each month at 1pm Eastern. This meeting is open to Affiliate Executive Council Members only. Members of the FASD United Affiliate Executive Council will be emailed a zoom link prior to the meeting. To add an agenda item or for questions about […]
This statewide conference will be held in Gaylord, Michigan on September 12th and 13th and will include presentations from: Jacqueline Pei, PHD: Dr. Pei is a professor in the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Alberta. Having begun her career in mental health as a Forensic Counselor, Dr. Pei has a special interest in interventions […]
Families Rising presents fetal-alcohol spectrum disorders: a four part series September 5, 12, 18, and 25 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM CDT (central time zone) Virtual https://nacac.org/get-training/training-series/fasd-registration/ Families Rising’s fall one-day conferences are right around the corner! Up first: Fetal-Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Because an estimated 70-80% of children who have been in foster care are […]
It is not uncommon for a person with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) to have been diagnosed with a different developmental disability or mental health condition. There are various overlapping symptoms; however, the approach to these students/children/clients differs based on the etiology of the symptoms. While there are techniques that may address the behavioral and […]
This workshop provides information about Fetal Alcohol/Neurobehavioral Conditions(FA/NB) and the effects of alcohol and other drugs on the brains and behaviors of children, adolescents and adults. FA/NB are brain-based, neurobehavioral conditions with behavioral symptoms. The workshop will educate you on a best practices approach for increasing understanding of FA/NB, reducing frustration, and expanding options. Case […]
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 […]
