FASD Hope is a podcast series about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), through the lens of parent advocates with over nineteen years of lived experience.
Twice a month, FASD Hope partners with FASCETS for "FASCETS Fridays". FASCETS Facilitators teach our listeners about a variety of topics related to FASD and other brain-based diagnoses.
Episode 89 is the THIRD FASCETS Friday episode featuring Suzanne Emery and this Episode is titled “Receiving a FASD Diagnosis Later in Life". Suzanne Emery has a Master in Leadership Nursing and she is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She is a Certified Facilitator of the FASCETS Neurobehavioral Model and she is a FASCETS Program Director. Suzanne lived in Costa Rica for over 20 years serving families and children at risk. She worked as a resident nurse at a children's home and then as a supervisor of health for a large, child care organization for over 15 years. Suzanne is the founder and lead facilitator for "Created to Be Free: Hope for Families Affected by Alcohol", a project started in 2013. She leads workshops, provides consulting services and facilitates family support groups - all in the area of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, using FASCETS neurobehavioral model. She is a single mother of two wonderful young men; the younger has an FASD. She lives in the Portland area.
This 3rd FASCETS Friday Episode is titled " Receiving a FASD Diagnosis Later in Life" and Suzanne discusses the following: her journeys in parenthood and becoming a FASCETS Facilitator, why receiving a FASD Diagnosis later in life (if one is suspected) an important foundation in the NB model of parenting / caregiving, practical reasons for seeking a diagnosis later in life and words of hope for listeners.
EPISODE RESOURCES -
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You can contact Suzanne Emery through FASCETS
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Neurobehavioral Conditions Including FASD
For Professionals, Caregivers, Parents
Prerequisite: None
6 TUESDAYSOctober 5 – November 9, 2021
12:00pm-2:00pm PT (US and Canada)
6 two-hour live online sessions
https://fascets.org/workshops/
NOTE - If you decide to sign up for a FASCETS training, please let FASCETS know that you were referred by FASD Hope (as this helps in supporting us as an organization).
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https://www.fasdhope.com/
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