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This is a summary of brain-based approaches to managing the behavioural symptoms of FASD. A resource suitable for parents, carers, teachers and other professionals. It provides a responsive and flexible framework and offers both reactive and proactive strategies to understand and better help people with FASD achieve success!
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The FASD Ability Wheel is a one-page mapping tool which will help parents and carers, teachers, support workers and more to quickly and accurately communicate a person's functioning in 11 brain-based domains! it is ideal for sharing with others so they can better understand your child and their abilities - strengths and weaknesses! Read the "Mind the Gaps" ebook for full instructions on how to use this great resource.
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Why are everyday tasks like getting off the X-box, following instructions or filling out forms challenging for people with FASD? This worksheet helps you to break down any task or activity to the brain domains required and allows you to match these to a person's skills and abilities, highlighting where support and accommodations will be needed most. A great resource for problem-solving challenging issues with teachers and support workers!
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Ever wonder why young people with complex needs say one thing but do another? Wonder why they can tell you what the right thing to do is but can't seem actually to do it? This resource sheet explains why "saying", "knowing" and "doing" are three different sets of skills, with doing being the hardest!
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Even parenting and behaviour management strategies rely on underlying brain-based skills and abilities! This educational resource provides brain-based reminders about why young people with FASD frequently get less benefit from common behaviour management techniques. It is suitable for sharing with teachers.
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This resource explores the overlap in brain domains impacted by some of the most common diagnoses including ADHD, Autism, Anxiety etc. Suitable for sharing with teachers. By understanding the underlying brain domains impacted in young people, we can better understand their strengths and challenges and find the supports and interventions that work for them.
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Why Do Kids with FASD Seem To Go From 1 - 100 so fast?
A short video to understand the brain-based reasons for anger and aggression in people with FASD and strategies that can help.
Getting the day started...how hard can it be??!!
A short video about the many skills needed to successfully start your day and why people with FASD will find this difficult.
Why Do Kids with FASD seem so possessive?
A short video to understand the brain-based reasons for "possessiveness" in people with FASD and why they can look so demanding! Explore strategies to help!
Restrictive Practices, Ability Mapping and Exercise - Prevention Not Detention Conference (2024)
FARE Australia Parenting a Child with FASD (2024)
Levels of Functioning
A short video describing the support needs of people with FASD and other complex neurodiversities (and everyone else) and how to meet them where they are at.
Diversity in FASD - FASD Hub
A webinar about about understanding the different needs of people with FASD and how these can be best supported (2022).
Understanding and Using the Ability Wheel for people with FASD and other complex neurodiversity.
Vanessa's Story - FASD Hub
Why are people with FASD all so different?
A short video explaining why multiple factors impact on the development of FASD and how this leads to multiple presentations.
FASD-Can Annual Hui Keynote Presentation (2020)
FASD basics for Drug and Alcohol Professionals (2019)
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