FASD Webinar: A Complicated and Beautiful Brain

FASD Webinar
Aired: Tuesday December 5th 2023
Title: A Complicated and Beautiful Brain: An opportunity for us to do more to reduce the incidents and the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure/Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Description: This presentation will help the participants to recognize that FASD is a part of all of our job descriptions. We will discuss the urgent need for us on the front line to understand that drinking during pregnancy is actually on the rise despite what we know. We will explore what FASD looks like across the lifespan from the front line and family perspective. This presentation will help us to be better positioned to dig deeper and screen and identify individuals and families who have more complex needs allowing us to help place them on a path to more relevant and helpful support.
Angela Geddes CYW, BA (Psych), MSW, RSW, MYACT- YTT
Angela has over 25 years of experience supporting individuals in a variety of settings and have continued her research dedicated to understanding what FASD looks like across the lifespan and across sectors from the family and front-line perspective. She has recently authored a book titled, A Complicated and Beautiful Brain, to help deepen understanding of the condition itself, the prevalence rates, and to highlight the ‘missed ones’ there are out there who are struggling to be better understood. Angela is currently in private practice with a small but FASD and Trauma informed clinicians providing education, advocacy, assessment and direct support for individuals and families experiencing complex mental health and developmental issues including the impact of PAE/FASD. She remains passionate and committed to reducing the stigma and the incidents and the impact of PAE