Have you considered the full impact of prenatal alcohol exposure?

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'FASD is the most severe of the neurodevelopmental disorders in terms of its far-reaching impact on functioning across the lifespan, and requires a unique approach to support and understanding.

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Those who are not appropriately trained or knowledgeable can often make assumptions due to the fact that many individuals with FASD can superficially present as more able than they actually are or where their ‘symptoms’ are misinterpreted as ‘behaviour’ due to spiky cognitive and neurodevelopmental profile.

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There is also often the assumption that symptoms of FASD will improve over time, or a child will outgrow their emotion regulation challenges or poor adaptive functioning for example, when unfortunately, the opposite is true; the developmental gap continues to widen and diverge away from the norm over the course of childhood.

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This necessitates increased, rather than decreased, need for support and services. FASD must be understood as an enduring brain injury, similar to any other acquired brain injury.'

 Dr Cassie Jackson Consultant Clinical Psychologist 

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We tailor our bespoke 'FASD-Informed' sessions around your team and the needs of the families you support.

 

FASD continues to be a frequently misunderstood condition, those who are not appropriately trained or knowledgeable can often make inaccurate assumptions due to the fact that many individuals with FASD can superficially present as more able than they actually are, due to their spiky cognitive and neurodevelopmental profiles.

 

With up to 428 co-occurring neurodevelopmental conditions common to FASD, spanning across 18 of 22 chapters of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) -10. The most prevalent disease conditions include congenital malformations, deformities, and chromosomal abnormalities, mental and 'behavioural' disorders..... we consider the symptoms and look outside the box for a way forward.

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We are committed to empowering multi-disciplinary professionals who work with birth, previously looked after children, in care or on the edge of care families. 

 

Our comprehensive services including supervision, reflective practice, consultation, support for EHCP or SEND meetings and FASD Informed training.

 

Our courses are designed to support and elevate your work with children and adults with prenatal alcohol exposure. 

 

We aim to equip you with the essential tools and knowledge needed to make a significant impact in the lives of vulnerable children and their families. 

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