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A seminar to explore the Role of Social Work In screening for FASDs in current Child Welfare interventions

Recognizing an FASD in Youth Protection practice is practical, meaningful and necessary. However, the task of ‘recognizing’ this neurodevelopmental disability is complex and fraught with multiple challenges for the practitioner. In this seminar we will seek to explore the ‘challenges’ that youth protection workers may encounter in their practice. Getting to a comfortable place in recognising FASD and implementing a professional response is the ultimate goal of an FASD education. Recognition allows for earlier identification and referral for early developmental interventions, as well to support health and well being of birth parents through supportive intervention and harm reduction strategies; and to prevent exposure in subsequent pregnancies. FASD is preventable if the underlying social and health determinants are addressed. This seminar will explore recent government publications on FASD, while seeking to establish what role Social Work can play in responding to the recommendations of such reports and the needs of individuals and families living with this disability