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'FASD Informed': Supported Living

  • Writer: somersetmiracles
    somersetmiracles
  • May 13
  • 2 min read

Updated: May 31

What do you need to consider in supporting the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum?



  • What is Neurodevelopmental Trauma?

  • What do you need to consider in adapting your methods of communication?

  • What is confabulation?

  • What do you need to consider in risk managing vulnerabilities?

  • How can you tune in to support the sensory needs of an adult with FASD?

  • What should we look for if masking & blending in to keep safe?

  • How do we carefully support a brain injured adult to feel safe?

  • What should be considered as part of transition planning?

  • New framework for OFSTED & the NICE Quality Standards for FASD


Good practice in providing neurodevelopmental support informs us that working towards being an ‘FASD Responsive' organisation includes a 'whole team' approach which in turn will empower & inspire all professionals & carers that comes into contact with adults with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) to be inclusive.


In practical terms, what would the indicators be for a professional when considering how FASD impacts a young person’s life story?


Although individual indicators vary greatly, this is an illustrative example of what life might be like for someone with an FASD profile:


  • I might appear to be very articulate but have problems understanding what you have just told me, as well as keeping track of what I was asked to do to correct my behaviour.


  • I might be dreadful at keeping appointments and generally organising my life, including poor money concepts and an inability to either plan or follow through on other’s plans for me.


  • I might be very impulsive without thinking of the consequences; and, even if corrected, I may do it again because I have great difficulty learning from experience.


  • I might appear truculent and challenging and act inappropriately for my age.


  • I might be anxious and developing mental health issues because I am being bullied or misunderstood so often.


  • I might have real skills and talents I am unable to demonstrate consistently because my life is so disorganised and stressful.


  • I might say I am Ok but I am not.


(Hayes, Moritz and Reid, 2020)


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