Protecting our Whakapapa - Understanding and Responding to FASD
Learn how you can prevent this INVISIBLE disability affecting more than 1 in 10 Northland kids and support whānau affected by it.
About this event
Kerikeri - 16th September 9.30am to 1.00pm
Nau mai haere mai.
Free wānanga on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
If you are a community or health worker, parent, grandparent, caregiver, teacher, or front-line worker .... you need to hear about this. Reported by Northland principals, the Children's Commissioner, Judge Andrew Becroft and health professionals across NZ as a “hidden tsunami” of children in need, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a threat to our whakapapa and can lead to a lifetime of tragedy.
This free workshop highlights the latest information you should know to better assist you in working with women of child-bearing age, whānau, and those who may have been affected by prenatal alcohol exposure.
You will learn what FASD is, why it occurs, how it manifests, the important key messages, advice to share and much, much more….
