Spotlight On FASD (Spotlight On FASD)

This week Clare and Jessica are chatting with Tris Casson-Rennie, CEO of FASD Ireland! With such a busy year ahead, we caught up with Tris in the very early days of the organisation so be sure to check out their website and follow on social media to see all they've been up to since!
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

We are back with another season and this time focusing on one very specific topic, education! And where better to start right at the beginning. This entire season is going to be so important for those working in education in any capacity due to the scale of FASD in the UK and the issues that can arise from being disengaged with education. It's real and raw, but one that must be shared. |
With Clare Devanney-Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

In this weeks episode were acknowledging the realities that come with not returning to school after the Christmas break, the last minute closures and navigating home learning whilst trying to hold it all together. Or at least look like you're holding it all together!
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

With Clare Devanney Glynn and Dr. Jessica Rutherford.

This week we are chatting to Judith Knox; Mum, advocate and co-ordinator of Scotland's newest local support service, FASD Fife.
We'd like to apologise up front for the poor sound quality on Clare's audio but it's Judith you need to be listening to anyway!
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

You'll find the link to the resource she's created here:
www.fifecurnieclubs.org/fasd-fife-service and you can contact her on fasd.fife@fassaction.org.uk

In this weeks episode we talk about the benefits of reduced hours during the typical school day and the potential of part-time timetables for children and young people living with FASD.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

Season 5 launches with a wonderful celebration for the FASD community in England. We celebrate in this episode with Prof Raja Mukherjee and Sandy Butcher about the creation and launch of our very first NICE Quality standards for FASD.

With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

In this weeks episode we're highlighting the message at the core of everything we do. There's still a stigma hovering around FASD due to it being caused by prenatal alcohol exposure, but we want to open conversations in ways that project absolutely no shame or blame. Whilst this stigma remains, we make it almost impossible for women to have open and honest conversations of alcohol use in pregnancy, preventing those possibly impacted by FASD from getting the support they need.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we chat with Natalie Vecchione, creator and host of FASD Hope, a wonderful American podcast.  Natalie talks to us about parenting a child with FASD and her reasons for creating her podcast and her message of hope.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

In this episode Jessica talks to Laura Hernandez, founder of Mama Systems.

With Jessica Rutherford and Clare Devanney-Glynn.

This week we're chatting with Professor Penny Cook from Salford University, Principal Investigator of the UK's first FASD prevalence study. Penny shares with us how the study evolved, the challenges faced along the way and what the findings mean for the future of FASD in the UK.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we talk about how and why Christmas looks very  different for FASD families. Then we talk tips and strategies to make Christmas a different kind of lovely.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week Jessica is joined by Maryelen Mcphail, the founder of Oshay's Brain Domains, whose mission is to raise awareness and provide support to families affected by FASD. With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we talk all things Sensory and FASD to the wonderful Maggie Morton, Paediatric Occupational Therapist. We discuss how an OT assessment can be life changing for a child or young person living with FASD.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we are joined by Researchers from Indiana University's School of Medicine, whose work seeks to understand more about how genetics play a role in the impact and presentation of FASD.
The study seeks to recruit participants from around the world, and the more individuals who are involved, the greater the understanding they can gain around this very important topic. To get involved, visit: https://digfasd.org/ and follow @FASDResearch for more information and to keep up to date with the study!
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

Jessica joins Natalie Vecchione of FASD Hope and Robbie Seale of FASD Family Life for this very special episode bringing together the women of FASD Podcasting. They share reflections of 2021and their hopes and dreams for 2022, along with some of their own thoughts and experiences  on FASD and where their journey stands today.

In this episode we are so happy to be back after our break and are talking about the Red Shoes Rock movement and celebrating the first year of our podcast.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we talk to Martin Clarke and listen to his wonderfully honest take on FASDs and Social Work. Martin has over 25 years of experience as a social worker in child protection and has spent the last 14 years delivering FASDs training on behalf of TACT  to foster carers and other professionals. Martin talks to us about how learning about FASDs and what they are, changed his professional practice and his life.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

We're back with another episode in our Criminal Justice mini series with Jerrod Brown, this time looking at at False Confessions and the dangers associated with this in a criminal justice setting.
With Clare Devanney-Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

Who are we and why have we created a podcast on FASD?
With Clare Devanney-Glynn and Jessica Rutherford

In this episode we start to scratch the surface about how sleep is impacted by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford

We end our criminal justice mini series chatting with David Junior Gilbert, Doctoral Researcher at the Univeristy of Salford.

Gilbert's research looks into the encounters of individuals with FASD in the Criminal Justice system, listen now to hear about it from Gilbert himself!

With Clare Devanney-Glynn and Jessica Rutherford. 

In this episode we acknowledge the additional pressures placed on parents/carers as we face a second National lockdown.

With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

Continuing our series of conversations with Jerrod Brown, this time we're exploring FASD and Sexualised Behaviours.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week's episode is the beginning of our mini series of interviews with Jerrod Brown; professor, researcher, consultant and trainer from Minnesota. In this first episode we're talking about interviewing persons with FASD and best practice approaches to them.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we are tying up our second season of Spotlight on FASD in conversation with Angie, an inspirational biological mother of a child with FASD from Melbourne, Australia.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we're talking to Shushma, mum to a little girl with FASD and author of Layla's life, My Words. Hear how her journey of navigating the education system for her daughter led to homeschooling and the publication of a book helping those around her to understand her daughter's need.
With Clare Devanney-Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

We're back in conversation with Jerrod Brown, exploring FASD and Firesetting Behaviours.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

In the second part of our brilliant interview with Dr Raja Mukherjee, he talks about why the narrative around FASD needs to change.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

Vulnerability and Victimization, two very important considerations when FASD and the criminal justice system collide, and the focus of this weeks discussion with Jerrod Brown. With Jessica Rutherford and Clare Devanney-Glynn.

This week we talk to Dr Alan Price about some of his research around FASD and trauma, the prevalence of FASD in the UK and his PHD on FASD and Trauma.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

In this episode we cover what Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is. With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

With Clare Devanney-Glynn and Dr. Jessica Rutherford

In this weeks episode we cover some of what we consider to be the most important things teachers and education professionals need to know about FASD in an education setting.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

We're back in conversation with Jerrod Brown, stepping a little further out of Criminal Justice to dive deeper into connections between FASD and Trauma.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

We're back! Happy New Year and welcome to Season 2 of Spotlight on FASD! This week we're chatting to Nick & Sharon Tassone, the wonderful, determined and motivated mother and son duo who co-founded CAMP- A FASD Community. 

This week we talk about something that every parent and carer of a child with additional needs will have encountered. When all appears to me “fine” during the school day but the struggle is only at home. We explore how it has to be accepted that this is a school issue as well and how we might handle it with kindness and compassion.
With Clare Devanney-Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week delve deeper into our sensory journey with Emily from 21st Sensory Podcast about navigating life with SPD and Autism alongside a sibling with FASD.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we talk about how and when you might talk to your child or young person about their diagnosis of FASD. We understand that everyone's story is unique so we offer some tips and advice that will help with this vital step in your journey.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

Todays episode is a lovely chat that Clare enjoyed on the FASD Family Life Podcast with our friends, the Women of FASD Podcasting, Robbie Seale host of FASD Family Life and Natalie Vecchione host of FASD Hope. We talk about real life as mother’s raising children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

In this weeks episode we want to highlight the positives. The abilities of those with FASD to give us an insight into their world, the things they teach us, they way they make us laugh. We chat about how our personal journies with FASD have brought joy to our lives, and we reflect on 2020.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

In this weeks episode, part 1 of our very first guest interview, we welcome the one and only Dr Raja Mukherjee. With almost 20 years experience he’s a big deal in the FASD world so this episode is definitely one not to be missed! Come back next week to listen to part 2!
With Clare Devanney-Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we're chatting to Ailsa: teacher, FASD Education Advisor and Mum to get her insights on how educators manage neurodiverse classrooms and what she has learned from parenting and homeschooling a child with FASD.
With Clare Devanney-Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week we talk about a topic that is an integral part of living with FASD - Sensory needs. We start to explore exactly what that means and how it impacts those with FASD and the people supporting them.
With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

In this week's episode we open up the conversation around this very tricky aspect of living with FASD. So many parents, carers, teachers and other professionals really struggle with what feels like being lied to, we talk about what it really is and how we make the adjustments required to handle it. With Clare Devanney Glynn and Jessica Rutherford.

This week Jessica is flying solo with a short episode on identifying FASD in the classroom, what might the indicators be and what could you do if you suspect a child has FASD?
With Jessica Rutherford.