Dr Cassie Jackson Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Dr Neil Jackson FASD Lead Paediatrician

Consultant Clinical Psychologist Cassie Jackson and her husband Dr Neil Jackson, experienced Consultant Paediatrician specialising in the diagnosis and management of neurodevelopmental conditions including FASD, ASD and ADHD, and other developmental/genetic disorder presentations; join us for an evening of your questions.

We welcome back our friend Dr Cassie Jackson Consultant Clinical Psychologist who promises not to talk over her husband... but no guarantees.... she says 'it should be an entertaining evening!'

Cassie is a long term friend of our FASD community where her work is talked about by families & professionals across the whole of the UK. She shines a light on complex presentations where her reports help professionals navigate pathways to support & scaffold needs to make a plan forwards.

Our 'Ask the Expert' encourages you to ask any medical questions that you may have about assessment, diagnosis and management of FASD and co-occurring conditions.

We will build the questions before the event where we welcome you to email us so we can ask the question for you:

Email early to get in your question: info@fasdinformed.co.uk

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Examples of questions so far:

1. What is 'perseveration'?

2. Hyper-fixated symptoms, first stealing, then sexualised needs; how might these fixated unsafe symptoms be supported in a child with FASD?

3. How can a person with FASD have fluctuating capacity?

4. What is the difference between stimulant and non-stimulant ADHD medications and what might be most effective for ADHD secondary to FASD?

5. My child is constantly unwell, why might this be, how can we support the immune system?

6. My child is on constant alert, very anxious and easily triggered why might this be?

7. Why might a child with FASD have chronic constipation, many of the children in our community have this. How do you manage constipation from a medical perspective?

8. My child has been diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, what services should be supporting me?

9. How does melatonin help with sleep onset problems in FASD? Are there any alternatives if melatonin doesnt work?

10. What are your thoughts on cranial osteopathy for FASD if Retained Primitive Reflexes are suggested?

11. Why might a child with FASD not find the co-occuring diagnosis of Autism easily, we have just waited several years to get to the appointment where he doesn’t fit the criteria, has 'autistic traits' on our report?

12. What are the more likely conditions to look out for in co-occuring conditions with FASD? What should we look out for?

13. I have heard many families talk about the importance of getting a neuropsychological assessment, what does this mean and what difference could this make?

    
    

Our sessions are not recorded due to confidentiality but we do keep detailed notes where we share after the event.