Understanding FASD Training

FASD Awareness

There are more children born each year with FASD than with ASD, Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome &amp; Sudden Infant  Death Syndrome

Did you know…There are more children born each year with FASD than with ASD, Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) combined, and yet the condition often remains hidden or misunderstood by the wider population. #BeAware. FASD Awareness charity was established in 2018 to support the FASD community and raise awareness of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). These two aims are met by providing support and friendship groups, activity days, education, training, and information to the FASD community and the wider population.The Understanding FASD training sessions are suitable for anyone wishing to learn more about FASD.Service providers and government agencies, are provided with the opportunity to learn more about the challenges their clients and families experience and how they can provide FASD-informed services as recommended in the FASD NICE Standards.During the training, you will learn:• What is FASD• What alcohol can do to a foetus• How FASD can happen to any family• Living with FASD• Living alongside FASD• The importance of the correct diagnosis- understanding FASD management/support plans• Our services- FASD community feedbackA certificate of completion will be issued, once completed. The PresentersAndrew Keeping is the CEO of FASD Awareness, he has become an instrumental figure in reshaping the narrative surrounding disabilities, through his FASD training and educational approaches in music. With an intricate understanding of neurodiversity born out of two decades of fostering children, Andrew has worked closely with an array of therapists in merging music and neurodiversity. His work has helped to pave the way for individuals with neurodivergent profiles to achieve new levels of cognitive functioning, social interaction, and personal growth.Andrew hosts the popular FASD Webinar series interviewing many of the leading lights in the world of FASD and gives a vital voice and platform for those with lived experience of FASD. Tracy Allen founded FASD Awareness after fostering children with disabilities for over twenty years, she specialises in FASD, due to caring long term for children presenting at different ends of the FASD spectrum.Commended for her Charity work, Tracy volunteered for over a decade at Medway Mediation, honing her skills in Advocacy, Anger Management, Mediation and as a Family Group Coordinator.People are her passion, listen to why she believes a person-centred approach towards positive pathways is the key to unlock a persons potential. Maggie May is a young adult diagnosed with FASD; she is a passionate Ambassador and Advocate for the charity FASD Awareness, sharing her insights about growing up and living on the FASD spectrum, as a child and now as an adult.As an international speaker, Maggie May shares her FASD insights to help educate the general population, this is not only inspirational, but it also ensures the FASD communities voice is heard. Maggie May serves many organisations, Flying With Broken Wings and she is very proud to be an International Ambassador for the Adult Leadership Committee, ALC of FASD Changemakers.Listen to her honest and eye-opening insights about living life the FASD way. Offering helpful hints and strategies, that she has found along the way to accepting her own diagnosis. FASD Awareness is a family-focused organisation and is the essential bridge, linking those with lived experience with clinicians and support services.FASD Awareness offer many services to enhance your FASDjourney, check out what is available here:<a href="https://www.fasdawareness.org.uk/" title="https://www.fasdawareness.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.fasdawareness.org.uk/</a> To enquire about our bespoke training please contact<a href="mailto:info@fasdawareness.org.uk" title="mailto:info@fasdawareness.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">info@fasdawareness.org.uk</a>

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