1-Day FASD Training for Community Professionals    

This training is provided by the Clinical Team at the University of Washington FAS DPN Clinic.
  • What are Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD
  FAS is a birth defect syndrome characterized by growth deficiency, cognitive/behavioral problems and a unique cluster of minor facial anomalies. FAS is caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. Not all individuals exposed to alcohol in utero are born with FAS, but all fetal alcohol exposed children are at risk for FAS or other physical, cognitive or behavioral problems. FASD is a new umbrella term that refers to the full spectrum of outcomes caused by prenatal alcohol exposure.
  • What is the FAS DPN?
  The FAS DPN is a network of six clinic sites located in Spokane, Yakima, Whitman, King, and Snohomish counties linked through a core research, training and diagnostic clinic located at the University of Washington, Center for Human Development and Disabilities (CHDD). The FAS DPN provides diagnostic and referral services to individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure, referral to prevention intervention for women at high risk for producing children damaged by prenatal alcohol exposure, screening and surveillance services to high risk populations, and FAS training to community professionals. The FAS clinic at the University of Washington is staffed by an interdisciplinary team including a pediatrician, psychologists, an educational consultant, a speech-language pathologist, an occupational therapist, a family advocate and a maternal advocate.
  • Content
  This one-day session includes an overview of current assessment, diagnostic and treatment strategies for FASD and related conditions. The day begins with a didactic lecture given by the director, Susan Astley, Ph.D. followed by observation of two comprehensive diagnostic evaluations. There will be opportunities for discussion within each specialty as well as with the entire FAS clinical team.
  • Objectives
 

Participants will learn:
· What Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is and how it is diagnosed.
· Who benefits from a diagnostic evaluation.
· What services the Washington State FAS DPN provides and how to utilize them.
· What your role is in the referral, diagnostic, and service provision process.
· What information is needed to conduct a diagnostic evaluation.
  • Cost
  The training is free.
  • Who will benefit most from attending?
  Professionals providing care to children with FAS or related conditions and their families. Professions include, but are not limited to: public health nurses, psychologists, medical doctors, foster/adoptive care providers, K-12 educators, mental health professionals, chemical dependency counselors, social workers and juvenile justice/rehabilitation. Space is limited.
  • How to register for a training
  To register, please contact the FAS DPN at (206) 598-7666, or email us at fasdpn@u.washington.edu with Community Training in the subject line. All trainings are held on Friday from 7:50am to 5:30pm, with the didactic lecture beginning promptly at 8:00.
  • Location
  The FAS DPN Clinic is located at the University of Washington, Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD) in Seattle Washington.
  • Recommended Reading
  Before you attend the training, we suggest that you read the following papers which can be accessed by clicking on the underlined links below. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print some of these papers. If you don't already have it installed on your computer, you can download it for free from Adobe

  • To open (view) an article online - simply left-mouse click on the link and wait for the article to open.

  • To download an article (suggested for modem connections and/or large files) - right-mouse click on the link, choose Save Target As, and then choose the location on your hard drive where you want to save the article. Once the article has finished downloading, just double click on the file to open it.

    1. Diagnosing the full spectrum of fetal alcohol exposed individuals: Introducing the 4-Digit Diagnostic Code.

    2. Measuring the facial phenotype of individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure: Correlations with brain dysfunction.

    3. A Child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

    4. Application of the fetal alcohol syndrome facial photographic screening tool in a foster care population.

    5. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention in Washington State: Evidence of Success.
  The FAS DPN is a cooperative effort between the University of Washington CHDD, the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, and the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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