Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder & Developmental Trauma

Presented by Dr Jacqueline Lynch, Director & Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Chrysalis Associates, this talk will focus on the symptoms of FASD, trauma and attachment disorder. It will cover symptoms of both and focus on how to distinguish FASD in children and adults and the emotional and behavioural impact this condition has on children and adults especially when co-morbid with attachment disorder. 

The purpose of the day will be to help professionals working with children or adults become more confident in identifying symptoms of FASD in children and adults.

After attending this course delegates will be able to...

• Identify symptoms of FASD
• Identify symptoms of developmental trauma in children
• To look at the long term impact of a person's life span of the condition of FASD

Suitability

This course offers 6 CPD points and is suitable for any professional working in neurodiversity in adults and children, any professional working with children in developmental trauma, any professionals working in CAMHS and paediatrics, or adult services of mental health, forensics or addiction where diagnosis may have been missed. This course may be of particular interest to nurses and diagnosticians.