An Introduction to FASD – New – Short and Smart Session – FREE – 1 hour only

Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), panel members, children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, designated teachers, and other professionals working with children and families.

Details

Have you heard of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)?

FASD affects between 3-5% of the population, however within care experienced children and young people up to 33% may be affected. This makes it an important and significant issue for many adoptive families. Common challenges include difficulty with executive functioning skills, memory, social and emotional development, language, learning and cognition.

This short session will provide a brief introduction to FASD, its prevalence, how alcohol affects the developing fetus and discuss some of the common challenges people with FASD may experience.

Delivered by the FASD Hub Scotland team from Adoption UK the presenters, who have lived experience of parenting young people with FASD, will be on hand to answer questions and signpost to further information and support.

Learning 0utcomes

This session will provide:

• Increased knowledge of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum disorder, how alcohol exposure affects development and the common challenges people with FASD may experience.
• An awareness of support strategies for people with FASD

About the trainer

Barbara Ogston

Barbara is FASD Services Manager at Adoption UK. She manages FASD Hub Scotland and is leading the development of FASD services across the organisation. Barbara has a background in working with children and families, in particular those affected by parental substance misuse. She is an adoptive parent of 2 young people both of whom have a history of prenatal alcohol exposure.

Jo Garofalo

Jo is FASD Lead Advisor in Adoption UK and lives in Surrey. She is an adoptive parent of a young person with an FASD and co-occurring diagnoses. In the FASD Hub, Jo leads on training and family support while also developing Adoption UK’s support services across England.

Instructions

A member of staff will contact attendees one week before the event as a reminder— THERE WILL BE NO EVENT PACK FOR THIS SESSION, and because this is a SHORT AND SMART EVENT, NO RESOURCES WILL BE SHARED.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

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