'FASD Informed' Team: Alternative Provision
- somersetmiracles
- Sep 20
- 3 min read
Thinking outside the box and adapting in the moment responsively by using alternative provision, supports the needs well of so many children who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) through Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE).
Supporting children and young people on a journey of positive change.
Providing the tools to identify and overcome institutional trauma, personal challenges, navigating challenges and seeking solutions in creative ways to provide a sense of empowerment.
'FASD-informed practice' acknowledges the need to see beyond an individual’s presenting behaviours, to consider symptoms and to ask.....
‘What does this child need?’ rather than ‘What is wrong with this child?’
We dig deep to tune into the child/ren that you support where we tailor our programme around the child/ren's individual needs. We offer practical application of educational & therapeutic strategies to support the indoor and outdoor classroom where we tune into the central nervous system damage of children who have been exposed to alcohol in the womb.
FASD continues to be a frequently misunderstood condition, those who are not appropriately trained or knowledgeable can often make inaccurate 'assumptions' due to the fact that many individuals with FASD can superficially present as more able than they actually are, due to their spiky cognitive and neurodevelopmental profiles.
With up to 428 co-occurring neurodevelopmental conditions common to FASD, spanning across 18 of 22 chapters of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) -10. The most prevalent disease conditions include congenital malformations, deformities, and chromosomal abnormalities, mental and 'behavioural' disorders..... we consider the 'symptoms' and look for a positives ways to interpret and scaffold needs.
Our 'FASD Informed' School Stage 4 programme offer's bitesize sessions tailored to your timetable, where we can adjust the time to suit your team in or out of School hours or on inset, where you can dip in and out at your pace:
FASD Informed™ Team Stage 1: What is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?….. with no assumptions, all the team starting at the same place at a gentle pace; we consider the damage of the brain and nervous system and how this impacts every part of the functioning of the child you support.
FASD Informed™ School Stage 2: Interpreting theory into practice, processing speed and the impact, out of the box working, differentiating need, providing strategies to consider to support the spectrum; digging deeper into the practical considerations with case study reflection.
FASD Informed™ School Stage 3: Understanding the needs of carers & parents, vicarious trauma, adapting practice to plan to meet short and long term needs. Supporting Child Protection, Safeguarding, CIN, Team around the Family and SEND meetings; good practice in getting support from a wider multi-agency team.
FASD Informed™ School Stage 4: FASD NICE Quality Standards, OFSTED good practice informing 'FASD Responsive' Practice; personalised care, risk assessment, safeguarding, reflection and case management; forward planning.
All participants will receive 'FASD Informed' certification, resources and membership of our FASD network of professionals.
We tailor our bespoke online FASD-Informed sessions around the needs of the families you support; every session is unique because we consider carefully the children that you support.
'It was a complete lightbulb moment for me. I attend thinking it ticks a box... this training absolutely is not that as it literally changes lives! I look at every child I support through a new lense.'
I loved everything about the sessions, it was great to bring the governance team of our School together, where we were encouraged to share skills and experience. We really dug deep to considering the children in our School who were likely to have been exposed to alcohol.... so many lightbulb moments where we all now look through the lense providing a personalised approach .... very powerful.
The experience of the speakers were so rich and valuable to my role where they provided such huge insight into the difference my job can make. So inspiring and energising, thank you.'
'FASD Informed' (TM) Education delivered by a strong experienced qualified team, tailoring a bespoke service to support your team in becoming FASD Responsive(TM)
We also offer an online 1:1 consultation service and attendance of meetings for stuck or complex cases requiring out of the box thinking to consider the spectrum of needs and to look towards finding a way forwards.
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