Parenting is an extraordinary job under the best of circumstances but becomes even more daunting when parents are attempting to parent Children with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
She has extensive experience with attachment disorders, trauma, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders..
Anne is the mother of eight children, home grown and adopted.
Mary\'s Catholic Hospital in Reno, Nevada.
Anne began as a volunteer at a neighbourhood nursing home, worked briefly for Easter Seals, then entered college to earn her degree in Social Work under the supervision of Sister Benjamin Boyle at St.
About the Author: Anne Hedelius MA LSW has been working in social services with individuals with developmental disabilities since 1980.
This paper addresses the challenges of creating and sustaining a support network for parents of Children with an FASD.
Parents can find tremendous benefit from participating in a support group designed to address these unique challenges.
Permanency is important for these Children because frequent interruption in Caregivers increases their risk of developing secondary disabilities and mental health disorders.
By improving and implementing supports in the home, school and community, placements can be stabilized.
A majority of Children with an FASD live in out of home placements and often are at high risk of placement disruption.
Parents may have been ill prepared to deal with the special challenges of parenting Children with an FASD and the secondary disabilities that often accompany them.
Often they are parenting Children that have come into their home via kinship, foster or adoptive placement.
Parenting is an extraordinary job under the best of circumstances but becomes even more daunting when parents are attempting to parent Children with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
