FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER-Focus on Executive Functioning Deficits
ONE DAY CONFERENCE COST $50.00
SPONSORED BY NOFAS WASHINGTON STATE
FRIDAY August 6, 2010
EVERETT PUD AUDITORIUM 2320 California Street Everett, WA 98201
8:30am Registration
9:00am to 10:30am From Snake Oil to Fish Oil—Integrative Medicine for the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
10:30am to 10:45am Break
10:45am to 11:00am Special Presentation in Honor of Marceil TenEyck
11:00am to12:30pm Executive Function
12:30pm to 1:15pm Lunch on your own
1:15pm to 2:45pm Wired For Success: Changing Behavior & Learning Issues through Cognitive Retraining
2:45pm to 3:00pm Break
3:00pm to 4:30pm Home and School Interventions and Accommodations for Executive Function Deficits in Children and Adolescents.
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Make check payable to NOFAS Washington and mail to PO Box 13182 Mill Creek, WA 98082
From Snake Oil to Fish Oil—Integrative Medicine for the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum. A lively romp through the wilderness of complementary/alternative therapies for FASD and associated conditions like ADHD and sleep disorders, from an "alterna-friendly" pediatrician. We'll review the evidence or lack thereof, safety, and cost of interventions ranging from vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, and other
"nutriceuticals", herbs and homeopathy, elimination diets, chelation therapy, bodywork and chiropractic, developmental movement therapy, sensory and auditory integration, and bio/neurofeedback. We'll also cover ways to evaluate therapies and practitioners, and the cardinal signs of quackery.
Julian Davies, M.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington, and also one of two staff pediatricians at the UW Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network in Seattle. He is also the Co-Director of the Center for Adoption Medicine, where he provides pre-adoption consultations, post- placement evaluations, and ongoing general pediatric care for adopted children. He is the primary author for www.adoptmed.org, an online resource for medical and developmental issues in adoption and pediatrics.
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Executive Function: What can improve brain function? Many children adopted internationally and
domestically have learning difficulties, specifically problems with higher order learning –
what we call “executive functioning”. We will discuss why many adopted children are at risk for Executive Functioning Problems and explore new and old research on ways to enhance this area of brain function.
Julia Bledsoe, MD is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington, and is one of the staff pediatricians at the University of Washington Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Clinic. She founded the Center for Adoption Medicine and has worked in the field of international and domestic adoption since 1996. Prior to that time, she spent four years as a Medical Officer with the Indian Health Services of the United States Public Health Services in Crownpoint, New Mexico. Currently, Dr. Bledsoe provides pre-adoption consultations, post-placement evaluations, and ongoing general pediatric care for birth, foster and adopted children. She has traveled to orphanages in Romania, Russia, China and Guatemala. She has two children, who were adopted from Korea. Dr. Bledsoe, and her son, Sean, are involved in the Tourette Syndrome Society of America.
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Wired For Success: Changing Behavior & Learning Issues through Cognitive Retraining
Brain research has changed the options in how we can treat a variety of learning and behavior problems. We now know that the brain has “plasticity” and with proper training can reorganize itself by forming new neural pathways for life. This understanding has given way to exciting, new approaches to treating the underlying cause of many learning and behavior issues that shut kids down or make both life and school difficult and challenging for them. Come learn about research based programs that have proven success in improving sensory motor integration, attention, auditory processing, impulse control, social skills, learning difficulties and complex reasoning. Wired for Success provides parents with hopeful options that can change their child from the inside out, rather than vice versa.
Cindy Lehman, M.Ed. has spent the last 37 years working with a wide variety of children and teens with learning and behavioral challenges. For over 14 years she worked in the Shoreline School District primarily as a Special Education teacher. Having raised three children, two of whom have ADHD and/or OCD diagnosis, Cindy has had an opportunity to understand the broad spectrum of challenges for children who struggle with neurological difficulties. For the past 12 years she has developed her own business, Lehman Learning Solutions, which provides a wide range of services to students with learning and behavioral challenges. Cindy has been professionally certified in many of the cutting edge interventions that are being used nationally and internationally to treat learning, attention, and behavioral difficulties. Although Cindy is qualified and experienced in educational assessments and consultations, her primary passion and expertise has always been in the area of intervention – finding lasting solutions to the perplexing problems that interfere with success in and outside of the classroom.
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Home and School Interventions and Accommodations for Executive Function Deficits in Children and Adolescents.
Executive function skills play a critical role in the home, school, and community functioning of children, adolescents and adults. Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders such as FASDs, Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, and Learning Disabilities often have executive skills deficits. Deficits in executive functioning skills can present tremendous challenges even when individuals have good cognitive skills, motivation, and effort. We will discuss home and school accommodations for executive function challenges including problems with organization, planning, cognitive flexibility, emotion regulation, self-monitoring, and initiation. We'll explore strategies for helping children and adolescents adapt to change, get started on homework or chores, organize materials, follow through with daily responsibilities, advocate for themselves, and more.
Allison Brooks, Ph.D. is a psychologist and research investigator in the interdisciplinary clinical diagnostic and research teams at the University of Washington Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network ( FAS DPN). She is also Co-Director of the Brooks Powers Group, providing educational and psychological assessment, consultation, and intervention services to children, families, and schools. Dr. Brooks is a co-facilitator of the FASt Friends teen support group, and a board member of the Washington State chapter of the National Organization on FAS.
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