About FASD Informed UK

Specialist FASD consultation, training and workforce development for education, commissioners, providers and multi-agency services

FASD Informed UK provides specialist consultation, advocacy, training and resources to support commissioners, service leaders and providers to strengthen local responses to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and prenatal alcohol exposure.

Our work helps organisations build informed, confident and consistent practice across health, social care, education, justice and community settings, supporting improved outcomes for children, young people, adults and families affected by FASD.

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Summary for commissioners

FASD Informed UK supports commissioners to develop effective, evidence-informed and sustainable responses to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, prenatal alcohol exposure and alcohol-related risk across all local systems.

• Strengthens workforce capability across health, social care, education, justice and community services.

• Supports alignment with NICE FASD quality standards, alcohol early intervention guidance, UK clinical alcohol treatment guidelines and safeguarding responsibilities.

• Helps services embed early identification, brief advice, referral pathways, proportionate safeguarding escalation and trauma-informed practice.

• Promotes multi-agency consistency, improved pathway design and more coordinated support for children, young people, adults and families.

• Provides flexible training and consultancy that can be tailored to local commissioning priorities, service improvement plans and workforce development strategies.

• Offers bespoke consultation around the child or children being supported, exploring needs in depth and identifying practical strategies for complex or stuck cases and future planning.​

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Strategic approach

We design bespoke, evidence-informed learning and consultancy programmes that respond to local need, workforce priorities and the realities of multi-agency practice. Where support is needed around a specific child, group of children or complex case, we take time to understand the full picture, explore needs in depth and help teams identify practical, realistic strategies that can be applied in day-to-day practice.

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Our work supports organisations to align practice with the Ofsted, CQC, NICE Quality Standard for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, NICE alcohol-use disorder prevention guidance, and UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment, including early identification, intervention, referral pathways, pregnancy and perinatal care, and safeguarding-informed multi-agency practice.

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Commissioning and service priorities

We work with commissioners and providers across health, social care, mental health, therapeutic services, clinical practice, educational psychology, schools, alternative provision, virtual schools, further and higher education, and the criminal justice system.

Our consultancy and training support Ofsted- and CQC-regulated services to embed good practice, improve workforce understanding of prenatal alcohol exposure and strengthen support for people living with FASD and associated co-occurring needs.

We can support local systems to connect FASD-informed practice with alcohol early intervention, maternity and perinatal pathways, children’s services, adult services and safeguarding processes, ensuring that responses to alcohol-related risk are timely, proportionate, compassionate and coordinated.

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How we add value

We help commissioners and service leaders identify gaps in knowledge, strengthen local pathways, improve consistency of practice and develop proportionate, needs-led responses across the system.

Our offer can support workforce development strategies, service improvement plans, multi-agency collaboration, early identification, effective signposting and improved confidence when working with people affected by prenatal alcohol exposure.

Our consultancy also helps services embed clear expectations around alcohol screening, brief advice, onward referral and safeguarding escalation, supporting professionals to identify risk earlier while maintaining a non-stigmatising and family-centred approach.

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This includes support for cases where professionals feel stuck, where current approaches are not achieving the intended outcomes, or where services need a clearer plan for stabilisation, coordinated support and future provision.

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Examples of practical support for complex or stuck cases

For complex or stuck cases, we offer bespoke consultation that looks beyond presenting behaviour to understand the child’s developmental profile, strengths, triggers, unmet needs and environmental context.

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• Deep-dive case consultation to understand the child’s needs, strengths, triggers and environmental pressures.

• Reframing behaviour through a neurodevelopmental lens, helping teams move from “won’t” to “can’t yet” and adapt expectations accordingly.

• Practical environmental adaptations, such as reducing sensory load, simplifying instructions, creating predictable routines and using visual supports.

• Communication strategies tailored to the child’s processing needs, including shorter language, repetition, concrete prompts and check-back approaches.

• Regulation and co-regulation planning, including proactive calming strategies, safe spaces, transition support and adult responses during escalation.

• Multi-agency formulation meetings that bring education, health, social care and family perspectives together around one shared plan.

• Stabilisation planning for children at risk of placement breakdown, exclusion, family crisis or repeated service escalation.

• Support for future planning, including transition points, EHCP reviews, care planning, pathway planning and preparation for adulthood.

• Family-centred action planning that gives carers and professionals realistic next steps rather than broad recommendations.

• Reviewing what has already been tried, identifying why approaches may not have worked and what needs to change.

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By building FASD-informed capability across services, we support organisations to reduce misunderstanding, improve engagement with families and deliver more consistent, compassionate and effective support.

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Training and consultancy delivery

We deliver high-quality training through flexible formats that can be commissioned to meet local workforce needs, including live online learning, blended learning and practical skills-based programmes.

Delivery is led by a highly experienced, qualified multi-disciplinary team with expertise across FASD, clinical, neurodiversity, lived experience, education, clinical health, legal practice and social care.

Our programmes are designed to translate specialist knowledge into practical application, helping teams recognise need earlier, adapt communication and support, and respond more effectively to the complex profile of FASD.

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Partnerships, co-production and system impact

People living with FASD and the families who support them benefit when services work together around shared understanding, clear pathways and coordinated practice. We support integrated working across agencies so that learning is embedded beyond a single team or training event.

We are committed to forming and sustaining partnerships within and beyond the FASD field, building networks that improve access, consistency and outcomes for people impacted by prenatal alcohol exposure.

Co-production is central to our approach. We believe children, young people, adults and families impacted by FASD should be active participants in shaping support, informing service design and strengthening community understanding.

 

Work with FASD Informed UK to develop confident, capable and responsive services for children, young people, adults and families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

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