1 / 107

FASD and Education An Ontario Perspective

Cunningham www.faseout.ca 2008. Acknowledgements. Mary Cunningham is a parent of a young adult with ARND. She has been learning about FASD from her daughter and her students since 1998.Diane Malbin, (Oregon) Donna Debolt (Lethbridge), Chris Margetson (Guelph), Bonnie Buxton (FASworld Toronto), C

ash
Download Presentation

FASD and Education An Ontario Perspective

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

    1. Cunningham www.faseout.ca 2008 FASD and Education An Ontario Perspective Authored by Mary K. Cunningham B.Ed. P.H.Ec.

    2. Cunningham www.faseout.ca 2008 Acknowledgements Mary Cunningham is a parent of a young adult with ARND. She has been learning about FASD from her daughter and her students since 1998. Diane Malbin, (Oregon) Donna Debolt (Lethbridge), Chris Margetson (Guelph), Bonnie Buxton (FASworld Toronto), Cheryl Duquette (Ottawa), Laura Spero(London) Alberta Government – Education ministry

    3. Cunningham www.faseout.ca 2008 Presenter Information Parenting consultant and FASD advocate Retired from 30 years in education system as a teacher, department head and consultant Has two young adult children, one with ARND Is married to another retired educator Co-author of Parenting in Canada, 2003 Co-founder of ON Coalition for Parenting Ed. Lives in Kitchener, ON cunninghammary@rogers.com A few words by way of Introduction….. A few words by way of Introduction…..

    4. Cunningham www.faseout.ca 2008 FASD and Education An Ontario Perspective Part I-Educational Success for Students Affected by FASD Part II-Advocating Successfully within the School System Now that I have introduced myself I need to know who you are….. Put up your hand if you are: A teacher An education paraprofessional such as a classroom assistant A Child and Youth worker A social worker A psychologist A parent or caregiver -  An advocate for individuals with FASD - Another frontline professional Have I missed anyone? Now that I have introduced myself I need to know who you are….. Put up your hand if you are: A teacher An education paraprofessional such as a classroom assistant A Child and Youth worker A social worker A psychologist A parent or caregiver -  An advocate for individuals with FASD - Another frontline professional Have I missed anyone?

    5. Cunningham www.faseout.ca 2008 FASD and Education An Ontario Perspective Part I Educational Success for Students with FASD

    6. Cunningham www.faseout.ca 2008 Educational Success for Students with FASD 1- Introduction 2- FASD 101 for Educators 3- What FASD Looks Like at School 4- Brain Damage = Behaviour 5- How Secondary Effects Develop 6- Success for Students with FASD

    7. Cunningham www.faseout.ca 2008 FASD is an umbrella term for: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) (obvious to all) Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (pFAS) Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND) ARBD, Static Encephalopathy

More Related