Sponsored and moderated by the Frontier Regional FASD Training Center and supported by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. January 30, 2013, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern. Click here to learn more and register.

Facilitator Training:
Triumph Through the Challenges of FAS, Parent Classes
To offer these comprehensive classes on understanding and raising a child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), facilitators can attend a 3 ½-day training session to increase knowledge of FASD and facilitation techniques. The curriculum includes complete, easy-to-follow lesson plans with transparencies or PowerPoint slides and parent workbooks with handouts and supplemental reading.

Link to register: www.doublearc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FACILITATOR-flier-2013.pdf

Website. The Best Start Resource Centre Conference is an annual event for service providers and policy makers working in maternal and child health to meet, share, reflect, network and be inspired. NOFAS Vice-President Kathy Mitchell will be speaking.

Taking The Sting Out of Behavior
Participants will learn how to work with children to eliminate inappropriate behaviors
and how to teach children skills that allow them to self-monitor their actions.
The difference between punishment and discipline will be discussed. The
various types of behavior and the techniques and methods for working with
behaviors also are presented.

Presented by
Sandy Brickner
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities

*FREE CHILDCARE WILL BE PROVIDED*

The Arctic FASD RTC is now offering FASD201 training to community professionals, students, parents and caregivers, and all other interested members of the public. All workshops take place at RADACT.

Registration

Registration is required.

Please register by noon on the Thursday prior to the scheduled workshop. Workshops with fewer than five registrants may be subject to cancellation. On-site registrations will be accepted on a space available basis.

Register online.

Target Audience

• Health and allied health professionals
• Students in health and allied health programs
• Educators
• Professionals who may work with individuals with FASD

These workshops meet the requirements for the State of Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services’ FASD201: Developing Successful Interventions and Supports.

All participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the workshop.

Prerequisites

Prior completion of at least one of the following is required prior to attending this workshop:

• FASD101
• FASD Foundations
• Online courses on FASDs offered through the UAA Department of Psychology/WICHE ICE
• Arctic FASD RTC Comprehensive FASD Workshop
• Arctic FASD RTC Train the Trainer Workshop

Learning Objectives

• Describe FASDs.
• Identify characteristics of FASDs within all life stages.
• Describe the importance of early identification and intervention.
• Describe secondary disabilities associated with FASDs.
• Design intervention strategies to help people with FASDs and their families.
• Discuss treatments and therapies available for individuals with FAS/FASDs.

The purpose of this activity is to increase nurses’ ability to effectively work with individuals who may be living with an FASD and their families, and to develop individualized intervention strategies. Criteria for successful completion of this activity include attendance at 100% of the session and active participation in group discussion. There is no identified conflict of interest for any planner or presenter involved in this educational activity.

Continuing Education Credits/Contact Hours

Continuing education (CE) credits or contact hours are available through the UAA Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (CBHRS).

Participants will be eligible to receive four (4) continuing education (CE) credits/contact hours for the completion of the workshop. The processing fee for these four credits is $25.00.

CBHRS is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CBHRS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. These CE credits may be accepted by several licensing boards and for other professional purposes. Please consult with your licensing board to confirm the acceptance of these credits.

This activity has been submitted to the Montana Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. Montana Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

If you wish to register and receive continuing education credits for completing FASD201, please print and submit the CE credit form, along with the $25.00 CE processing fee.

Significant criminal justice and other legal developments have occurred in relation to FASD in a number of jurisdictions over the past few years.  The Canadian Bar Association presented its resolution on FASD in 2010.     This was followed in 2012 by the American Bar Association’s resolution.    Moves are now afoot to follow this with resolutions in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. This is an invitation to all who are engaged in working with FASD in the context of the law or who are interested in the subject to come together to discuss these developments and share ideas about how to move forward on the difficult issues surrounding justice for those with FASD.

Attendees include the Hon. Heino Lilles, Territorial Judge and Rod Snow, Past President of the Canadian Bar Association.

Please email faslaw@uw.edu to indicate you will attend and if you’d like to talk about the work you are doing on FASD and the law.

We look forward to seeing you all there, from the organisers:

Kathryn Kelly, Project Director, FASD Legal Issues Resource Center, U. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Heather Douglas, Professor of Law at the University of Queensland, Australia

Fia Jampolsky, Attorney, Cabott and Cabott, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, CA