Of all substances of abuse, alcohol causes the most serious long-term effects in a fetus, resulting in permanent brain damage. Many children with FASDs often go undiagnosed and suffer lifelong social challenges, serious mental health problems, and involvement with the juvenile justice system. Proper identification and intervention can help prevent many of these challenges. This […]
The dependency court system experiences many challenges based on decentralized record-keeping, communication struggles, and privacy concerns. OurFamilyWizard streamlines and centralizes communication and records in one secure platform, thereby reducing conflict, improving transparency, and ensuring continuity despite case manager turnover. OurFamilyWizard helps parents track their therapy sessions and drug tests, safeguarded by strict privacy protections, and […]
Creating a Family has developed an evidence-based, specialized training aimed at increasing child welfare professionals’ knowledge of prenatal substance exposure and enhancing their confidence in supporting affected children and their foster, adoptive, and kinship parents. Through Creating a Family’s Prenatal Substance Exposure Training for Child Welfare Staff, participants will be able to recognize the prevalence […]
Creating a Family has developed an evidence-based, specialized training aimed at increasing child welfare professionals’ knowledge of prenatal substance exposure and enhancing their confidence in supporting affected children and their foster, adoptive, and kinship parents. Through Creating a Family’s Prenatal Substance Exposure Training for Child Welfare Staff, participants will be able to recognize the prevalence […]
Join us in Orlando, Florida October 6-8, 2025 for an educational event that covers a wide variety of foster care and adoption related topics—to meet the diverse needs and experience levels of adoptive, foster, and kinship parents, child welfare professionals, and individuals with lived childhood experience in adoption or foster care. Additional info on Families Rising website.
Formed Families Forward is offering 4 webinars focused on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 7-8pm: FASD 101: Understanding Symptoms and Providing Support with Dr. Stacia Stribling and Dr. Kelly Henderson (Formed Families Forward) Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 7-8pm: Diagnosing FASD with Dr. Ali Sturgill (University of Virginia Children’s Hospital) Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 7-8pm: The Role […]
Formed Families Forward is offering 4 webinars focused on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 7-8pm: FASD 101: Understanding Symptoms and Providing Support with Dr. Stacia Stribling and Dr. Kelly Henderson (Formed Families Forward) Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 7-8pm: Diagnosing FASD with Dr. Ali Sturgill (University of Virginia Children’s Hospital) Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 7-8pm: The Role […]
Formed Families Forward is offering 4 webinars focused on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 7-8pm: FASD 101: Understanding Symptoms and Providing Support with Dr. Stacia Stribling and Dr. Kelly Henderson (Formed Families Forward) Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 7-8pm: Diagnosing FASD with Dr. Ali Sturgill (University of Virginia Children’s Hospital) Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 7-8pm: The Role […]
Join us for Early Childhood Court: A Collaborative Approach to Child Well-Being on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. CST, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. MST, and 9:00–11:00 a.m. PST). This training is ideal for professionals working in child welfare, early childhood, health, behavioral health, and legal systems. Team leaders […]
This presentation explores the lifelong and often unrecognized grief experienced by individuals with FASD, beginning in childhood and continuing into adulthood. Drawing on the lived experience and professional expertise of the ALC of FASD Changemakers, it examines how ongoing, unacknowledged losses and “don’t ask, don’t tell, never talk about it” patterns of denial impact mental […]
Formed Families Forward is offering 4 webinars focused on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 7-8pm: FASD 101: Understanding Symptoms and Providing Support with Dr. Stacia Stribling and Dr. Kelly Henderson (Formed Families Forward) Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 7-8pm: Diagnosing FASD with Dr. Ali Sturgill (University of Virginia Children’s Hospital) Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 7-8pm: The Role […]
