FASD Webinar

New FASD with Judy Archer, MSW, RSW 

Recommended Audience:

• Prospective and adoptive families and the professionals who work with them 

Our new webinar on prenatal exposure to alcohol and drugs with Judy Archer, Adoption Counsellor and Consultant, will provide a comprehensive introduction to information about prenatal exposure to alcohol and drugs that is critical for adoptive parents to consider when parenting or planning to parent a child by adoption.

Goals: Raise awareness about the lifelong impact of FASD as well as tools, strategies and resources for optimizing the child’s adaptive functioning.

Objectives: By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Put FASD into context by explaining the extent of alcohol consumption in Canada
• Pinpoint contributors to and symptoms of FASD: primary and secondary
• Summarize the new diagnostic guidelines for FASD
• Explain lifelong implications and realities of living with a brain-based disability
• List strengths of children with FASD
• Describe contributors to adaptive functioning in children with FASD
• Identify formal and informal supports available to parents of children with a history of prenatal exposure to FASD

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Thursday, July 16th, 2020 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM | Online Webinar

Categories: Education Events, All ACO Events