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'FASD Informed' Supported Internship
This course is essential training if you are an employer, provider or are supporting a young person with prenatal alcohol exposure and trauma. Supporting good practice alongside the Supported Internship Quality Assurance Framework (SIQAF) to support continuous improvement and ensure high standards across Supported Internships (SI) provision. FASD Informed™ Stage 1: What is Prenatal Alcohol Exposure & Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?….. with no assumptions start on the same pa


'FASD Informed' Specialist School (Stage 4 Programme)
For those supporting children and young people with complex presentations of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Fluctuating Capacity, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and overlapping Complex Needs. This course is designed for professionals working in specialist indoor and/or outdoor settings: Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SENCO's, Therapists, Forest School Leaders, Specialist Support staff, Mentors, Care Assistants, Medical Professionals, Educational Psychologists, Speech and Langua


'FASD Informed' School: Stage 4 Programme
For those supporting children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Complex Needs; early intervention strategies in identifying and providing effective support to children and young people who are vulnerable and at risk of poor outcomes. This course is designed for: Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SENCO's, Headteacher, DSL, Therapists, School Nurse, School Counsellor, Administration & Reception, Dinner Staff, Playtime Staff, Volunteers, Headteache


'FASD Informed' Clinic of Therapeutic Professionals
'FASD-informed' practice acknowledges the need to see beyond an individual’s presenting 'behaviours', instead to consider 'symptoms'.... ‘What does this person need?’ rather than ‘What is wrong with this person?’ Our 'FASD Informed' Clinic of Therapeutic Professionals offer's 4 Stages of bitesize online delivery tailored to your service, clinic or individual requirements; dip in and out at your pace leading to higher level qualifications: 'FASD Informed'™ Therapeutic Profess


'FASD Informed' Higher Education
Become 'FASD Informed' to foster a deeper understanding in creating a more supportive environment for those impacted by Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol. This course is designed for professionals working in higher education academic settings: Student Welfare Officers, SEND Coordinator (SENDCo) or similar leadership roles to coordinate and support students with special educational needs, Student Advisor, Student Union members, Lecturers, Head of Department, Key workers, Scribe, Ex


'FASD Informed' Foster Carer
For carers supporting children and young adults with prenatal alcohol exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and co-occurring complex needs. An 8 week specialist online course tailored to support you to how to identify and adapt to emerging needs, offer strategies to support existing needs and to navigate forward planning: 'FASD Informed' Stage 1: Identifying needs; 1:1 session booked at a time/date to suit you with an FASD Specialist, providing you space to talk about th


'FASD Informed' Multi-disciplinary Team (Stage 4)
For teams supporting complex, stuck, educational challenges, fluctuating capacity, edge of care for children or young adults with prenatal alcohol exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and co-morbid complex needs. This course is designed for: Educational teams, teachers, specialist teaching assistants, forest school leaders, alternative provision, equine teams, SENCO's, designated teachers, SEND local authority caseworkers, virtual school, social workers, kinship


'FASD Informed' Early Years Foundation
Bitesize Stage 4 early intervention programme; online live delivery for Pre-School, Nurseries, Child Care, Sure Start, Family Hubs, Start for Life, Heath & Education teams. The sessions will be tailored to the babies & children you support with prenatal alcohol exposure and adverse childhood experiences; supporting and reinforcing EYFS legal requirements, early intervention and the governments 'Giving every child the best start in life' agenda for change. This course is desi


'FASD Informed' Specialist Post-16
Preparing for the next steps and transitions is really what college life is all about, we provide a bespoke programme to consider young adults with complex presentations of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Fluctuating Capacity and overlapping complex needs. This course is designed for professionals working in your specialist settings: Key workers, Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SENCO's, Therapists, Supported Internship co-ordinators, Work Placement,


'FASD Informed' Virtual School: Stage 4 Programme
For those supporting children looked after and previously looked after with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Complex Needs. Early intervention & personalised learning for those with complex need; identifying and providing effective support for children and young people who are vulnerable. This course is designed for: Virtual School staff, Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SENCO's, Designated Teachers and other team members supporting children looked


'FASD Informed' Advocate
This course is for you if are an independent advocate for individuals or carers supporting prenatal alcohol exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) You may work for an organisation or you might be a carer, family member, friend or work colleague of someone with or supporting Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, FASD. In navigating systems like social care, education, or legal proceedings it is essential to understand the complexities of the most severe of the neurodevelopment


'FASD Informed' Social Care Professional (Stage 4)
For professionals supporting complex, stuck, educational challenges, fluctuating capacity, edge of care for children or young adults with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), Fluctuating Capacity and co-morbid complex needs. 'FASD-informed practice' acknowledges the need to see beyond an individual’s presenting behaviours, to consider 'symptoms' and to ask..... ‘What does this child or young adult need?’ rather than ‘What is wrong with this chil


'FASD PgCert' diagnostic assessment within a wider multi-disciplinary team
Online Part-time Certified Degree; Edinburgh University This programme will provide you with the skills and understanding to: recognise...


How to Manage: FASD in Community Paediatric Services
For Consultant Paediatricians, Experienced Doctors in Community Paediatrics, Neuro-developmental Paediatricians This course will help you...


'FASD Informed' Team: Alternative Provision Stage 4
Thinking outside the box and adapting in the moment responsively by using alternative provision, supports the needs well of so many children who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) through Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE). 'Supporting children and young people on a journey of positive change' is for many alternative provisions a mantra you work towards. Providing the tools to identify and overcome institutional trauma, personal challenges, fluctuating capacity, navigat


'FASD Informed' Transition Support
For those supporting children and young people with complex presentations of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and overlapping complex needs This is bespoke session designed to consider the needs of the child that your support who struggles with transitions due to preservation, fluctuating capacity, anxiety and/or aversion to change of routine which triggers feels of being unsafe and out of control. Book early , well ahead of any transitions, for exam


'FASD Informed' Professional: Designated Teacher DSL, Governance, Headteacher, SENCO
A key role in every School & Academy is to championing the educational needs of birth, looked after children and care experienced...


'FASD Informed' Personal Assistant / Enabler: Exploring the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum (FASD)
This course is designed to support direct payment workers, personal assistants, volunteers, youth workers, or charity workers supporting children or adults 1:1 or 2:1 with prenatal alcohol exposure FASD Informed™ Stage 1: What is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?….. with no assumptions start on the same page at a gentle pace; where we consider the damage of the brain and nervous system; how this impacts the whole child or adult. What should you consider in adapting your method


Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) & Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Essential training: What are the differences? 'FASD is the most severe of the neurodevelopmental disorders in terms of its far-reaching...
Equine Support & Therapy: Neuro-developmental Disorder Training in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Identify how alcohol is ‘Neurodevelopmental Trauma’ Celebrate the impact of 'walking with horses' techniques with children who have FASD...


'FASD Informed' Virtual School: What is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Stage 1
This specialist session will be tailored to consider your role in supporting children in care and previously looked after with prenatal...


FASD for Residential Settings
For professionals supporting children & young people in residential settings Providing an overview of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder &...


Stage 2 'FASD Informed': Personal Assistants, Enablers, Mentors & Youth Workers
Interpreting theory into practice, strategies to support Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder This is a follow on session from the Stage 1 where we take a deeper dive and use what we know or what information we have gathered to start considering how to ' stop before we start' ...... We start by recapping reflecting on providing a safe space for 'just being', setting new expectations and working with the family to identify a method together to 'switch' an unsafe hyper-fixation We d


'What is FASD?' for Multi-Disciplinary Teams (Stage 1)
Exploring the spectrum of need for professionals supporting stuck cases & families with complex overlapping needs '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' Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Cassie Jackson Neuro-developmental Trauma Training: FASD Informed (™) Professional Aim: To provide an overview of Fetal Alcohol Spectru


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