Recognizing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) to Improve Outcomes

Name: Recognizing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) to Improve Outcomes
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (3690 reviews)

Course: #8724Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 3690 Reviews

This course will provide information on the importance of identifying individuals who may have a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. It will examine how the brain damage from prenatal alcohol exposure affects one's behavior, and best approaches for working with individuals with FASD and their families.

Early Intervention Syndromes and Special Populations

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Course Type: Video, Audio

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Related; Calif SLPAB/1.0; IACET/0.1; IL EITP/1.0; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.0; SAC/1.0

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to list 3 brain structures affected by prenatal alcohol exposure.
After this course, participants will be able to identify the most recent prevalence rates for FASD in the U.S.
After this course, participants will be able to describe 3 approaches that can be helpful for someone with FASD.

Course created on January 10, 2019

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-10 Minutes	What is FASD and how common is it
10-15 Minutes	Challenges in Recognizing FASD
15-25 Minutes	Co-occurring issues and misdiagnoses
25-40 Minutes	Brain damage in FASD and how it affects behaviors
40-45 Minutes	A strengths-based approach to FASD
45-55 Minutes	Modifications to improve outcomes
55-60 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

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Presented By

Dan Dubovsky
MSW FASD Specialist

Dan has worked for over 40 years in the field of behavioral health, in residential, outpatient, and hospital settings. He has been involved in the field of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) for over 25 years, 14 of them as the FASD Specialist for the SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence. For this work, his son Bill has been his mentor and best teacher. In addition to FASD, Dan has developed and presented curricula for those working in mental health and substance use services on loss and grieving, psychopharmacology, child and adolescent development, stress and burnout, and others. Dan has also co-facilitated a group for non-offending caregivers of children who have been sexually abused. He currently works as a consultant, providing training and technical assistance in the U.S. and Canada.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Dan Dubovsky was paid an honorarium by SpeechPathology.com for this presentation. He was previously the FASD Specialist for the US government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) FASD Center for Excellence. Nonfinancial: Dan raised a son with FASD.

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0.10 ASHA CEUs

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