This workshop has changed the dynamics in our home for the better. I would recommend it to anyone who parents or has contact with a developmentally delayed child, including teachers and grandparents. ~Linda Q, Mom to 3 Special Children
Thank you again for your presentation. I honestly have never enjoyed ANY training as much as your workshop! I appreciated the information that you gave because you gave real examples of why things worked and didn’t work with FASD kids. ~ S.S., mom to a teenager with an FASD
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a brain-based physical disability with behavioral symptoms. The brain-based approach to living with, caring for, and working with individuals and families impacted by FASD acknowledges the source of behaviors: the brain, and provides a set of research-based best practices for helping people with fetal alcohol exposure.
FAFASD is pleased to offer a variety of workshops and trainings focusing on FASD as a neurobehavioral disorder. These trainings explain FASD and help caregivers and professionals working with individuals and families affected by FASD create a plan for success.
The workshops and trainings are based on current research and writings around best practices when parenting, working with, or supporting persons with FASDs, and include many personal anecdotes, stories, and examples of positive change.
If you would like to schedule a workshop or receive a longer description of each workshop or webinar, including goals and objectives, please contact Adrienne Bashista, our trainer, at adrienne@fafasd.org or (413)570-5966.
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Upcoming in-person workshops:
March 12+13, 2019. Hudson, MA. 9-3 each day.
FASD and the Brain-Based Approach, for parents and professionals
For full details and to register, CLICK HERE.
Coffee, snacks, and lunch will be provided. Cost: $90
Our workshops for parents and professionals look at fetal alcohol spectrum disorders from the brain-based approach. We cover facts and statistics about FASDs, diagnosis, its neurobehavioral profile, and will use a research-based model to suggest a parenting, caregiving and professional approach to give individuals with FASDs their best chance at success. Examples, stories, and individual experiences are used throughout the webinar to illustrate the presentation, and participation is encouraged. 3-hour, 1, 2, and 3-day long presentations are available.
To set up an in-person training for your group or organization please contact Adrienne Bashista at adrienne@fafasd.org
Upcoming Webinars:
No webinars are currently scheduled. Check back as we update our offerings!
Topics covered:
- Facts, figures and statistics
- Diagnosis
- Neurobehavioral Profile: primary and secondary characteristics
- Accommodations and environmental change
- Barriers to implementation: personal
- Barriers to implementation: systemic
- Planning for support
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a brain-based physical disability with behavioral symptoms. The brain-based approach to living with, caring for, and working with individuals and families impacted by FASD acknowledges the source of behaviors: the brain, and provides a set of research-based best practices for helping people with fetal alcohol exposure.
The workshops and trainings are based on current research and writings around best practices when parenting, working with, or supporting persons with FASDs, and include many personal anecdotes, stories, and examples of positive change.
Each webinar session will be recorded and a link to the recording as well as a copy of the slides sent out to all participants.
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Our FASD and the Brain-Based Approach trainers:
Adrienne Bashista, co-founder of FAFASD and Training Director, is available for workshop presentations on FASD, its impact on families, and best practices for helping children with FASD succeed at home and at school. She has 6 years of training experience and has taught thousands of people about FASDs. She is located in Massachusetts but travels throughout North America to deliver workshops and trainings.
She is a writer, special needs parent advocate, entrepreneur, and teacher. Her youngest son was diagnosed with FASD in 2011 after searching for answers for 6 years.
Click here for her training resume. For information about her programs or to schedule a workshop, please contact her at adrienne@fafasd.org.
Karen Anderson also trains for FAFASD and is on our Board of Directors. She is an educator in FASD and neurobehavioral disorders and received her training through the Great Lakes Regional Training Center, MRFASTC, and fascets.org, with Diane Malbin. Karen and her husband are long-time foster and adoptive parents with six children, the youngest of whom has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. She works with foster and adoptive parents and serves on the board of directors for NOFAS – Missouri and the Missouri State Foster Care Advisory Board. She gives workshops regionally and nationally. Karen can be reached at kbanderson6