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Click to view more – FASD Fact sheet – Multi-Agency Services for Adults
Foster carers have a key role to play in identifying and responding to unmet health needs of children in their care. You may be the first person to recognise that your child has or may have Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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Click to view more – FASD Factsheet – Foster Care
A Special Guardianship Order (SGO) is a legal order made by the Family Court. It places a child or young person to live with someone permanently with the ‘Special Guardian’ until they turn 18 years old.
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Click to view more – FASD Factsheet – Special Guardianship Order (SGO)
Children with Special Educational Needs (“SEN”) and Disabilities (“SEND”) may need extra help or support at nursery, school or college.
Children and young persons with FASD may have SEND and are likely to qualify for SEN support.
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Click to view more – FASD Factsheet – SEND Support
Parenting a teenager can be challenging and parenting a teenager with FASD can be particularly difficult as they transition into adulthood.
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Click to view more – FASD Factsheet – Transitioning to Adulthood
Individuals with FASD are estimated to be over 19 times more likely to encounter the criminal justice system (CJS) than individuals who do not have FASD.
Police, lawyers and courts generally have very little understanding of FASD.
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Click to view more – FASD Factsheet – the Criminal Justice System
FASD may affect a child’s ability to learn and function in a classroom setting. An Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP) may support those children.
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Click to view more – FASD Factsheet – EHCP
FASD is a complex disorder with over 400 co-concurring conditions. There is often confusion and frustration surrounding FASD and whether it is a disability and/or learning difficulty.
A ‘diagnosis’ of disability and/or learning difficulty can sometimes determine what support, benefits and legal protections an individual is entitled to.
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Click to view more – FASD Factsheet – DISABILITY
Individuals with FASD have many strengths, skills and abilities to bring to the workplace but the condition may also bring challenges.
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Click to view more – FASD Factsheet – Employment Rights