Background
FASD is a significant public health issue for Scotland and is a lifelong condition, and without early diagnosis and appropriate support starting in childhood, is associated with secondary disabilities including reduced educational attainment and outcomes, mental health and addiction problems, involvement with the criminal justice system, and premature death from violence, accidents and suicide. Timely intervention can however ameliorate such risks allowing individuals to achieve their full potential.
Invitation
Therefore, we invite Health and Social Care Practitioners to attend our 90 minute training course on the Fundamentals of FASD, which will provide you with an in-depth overview of prenatal alcohol exposure and FASD.
The course includes the following topics:
- Scotland's relationship with alcohol and consolidated understanding of alcohol units and alcohol guidelines.
- Factors that can contribute towards alcohol use during pregnancy as well as how alcohol affects the developing fetus.
- An introduction to FASD and how it can affect people who have the condition.
- The prevalence of FASD.
- Sources of further information and signposting opportunties.
Contact Us:
The training will be delivered by members of the Scottish Government funded Fetal Alcohol Advisory Support and Training (FAAST) Team. Please follow our Eventbrite page to keep up to date with events being delivered by the Team. Also, feel free to visit our website (www.FAAST.ed.ac.uk) for further information. If you need to contact us directly, please e-mail us at faast@ed.ac.uk
Joining Instructions:
Please note joining instructions for this event will be sent out on the morning of the event. Each attendee is advised to double check they received a confirmation email from Eventbrite via the email address they entered. Failure to do so may result in you not receiving the joining instructions and could obstruct you from attending the event. We recommend you contact us should you not receive joining instructions by 1 hour before the event time. We advise you to check your junk files for emails about the event.
Further Information
- Who should attend: NHS Scotland Health and Social Care professionals
- Where: Online via MS Teams
- When: Monday 1st September, 12pm-1.30pm
- Price: Free
