FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER

PRESENTS:

Monday, April 29, 2008
Centennial AHEC Conference Room
4650 West 20th Street, Greeley, Colorado
(Take 47th Avenue to 20th Street, turn East, go 1/2 block, Centennial AHEC office on South side of street)

Audience
Certified Addition Counselors, mental health professionals, RNs, school nurses, social service caseworkers, educational paraprofessionals, teachers, and anyone with an interest in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of FASD.

Faculty
PAM GILLEN, ND, RN, CACIII is is the Project Coordinator for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Other Prenatal Substance Abuse Prevention Project, utilizing the Colorado Area Health Education Center system and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center system to provide program services to all regions of the state. She has over 25 years experiences in the Health and Human Services field. Dr. Gillen is the Principle Investigator on a Colorado ADAD FASD prevention grant and SAMHSA FASD Juvenile Justice Prevention grant. She is a national trainer for FASD Center of Excellence and one of their steering committee members. She has practiced as a public health nurse, a nurse coordinator, and a case manager for at risk pregnancies working with high-risk women of childbearing age to help prevent Prenatal alcohol and drug exposed infants. Dr. Gillen is an expert clinician, curriculum author, presenter, trainer, and counselor in crisis intervention/treatment of drug and alcohol addiction issues. Back to top of page
	Overview The goals of the course are: To gain an in-depth understanding of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) To help prevent FASD with substance abusing women of childbearing age. Back to top of page
Objectives At the end of this seminar participants should be able to: State an increase in knowledge on teratogenic effects of prenatal alcohol exposure and the multifactoral influences that play a role in causing the disability. Explain the current screening tools used in the diagnosis of FASD. Describe three specific collaborative roles that human service providers and health care providers play in working with substance abusing women and alcohol exposed children. Identify four specific concerns that parents of alcohol affected individuals have around the patterns of behavior or cognitive abnormalities that are inconsistent with the developmental levels across the life span. Back to top of page
Agenda
AM 8:00-8:30 Check-In (Section I) 8:30-10:00 Diagnostic and Clinical Evaluation of FASD New and current research Recommended diagnostic criteria New screening tools Reporting laws 10:00-10:15 Break (Section II) 10:15-12:00 Teratogenic Effects of Prenatal Exposure and the Multifactoral Influences Dose response Critical periods of exposure Effects of stopping/decreasing use identification of FASD Congenital anomalies, including birth defects Structural brain abnormalities 12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own) Back to top of page	PM (Section III) 1:00-2:30 Working With the Affected Individual Twenty minute video from the FAS Series, “The Early Years” (Video covers specific issues parents encounter when parenting young children prenatally exposed to alcohol.) Appropriate and Useful Intervention Strategies Newborn Toddler School age Adolescent Adult 2:30-2:45 Break (Section IV) 2:45-5:00 Collaboration Roles Between Health and Human Service Providers A collaborative effort Support groups/WEB Utilization of resources Role play case scenarios
Continuing Education 7 ADAD Credits for Certified Addictions Counselors: Credits applied towards the elective CAC requirements. 7.0 Contact Hours for Counselors and Social Workers CAHEC is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer CE for National Certified Counselors (Provider #5058). We adhere to NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines. 7.0 Contact Hours for Registered Nurses CAHEC is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. CAH-0204. Back to top of page

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FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER
Monday, April 29, 2008
Greeley, Colorado

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