DATE: September 25, 2024
TIME: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
LOCATION: Online Webinar
ATTENDEES: Open to public!
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month is celebrated in September as an opportunity to raise awareness of individuals with FASD. Exposure to alcohol is the leading cause of intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in the US and results in a variety of diagnoses, collectively referred to as FASD.
In North Carolina, approximately 6,000 children, or 1 in 20, are born every year with FASD.
The Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services, DHHS, is partnering with NCFASD Informed to present this webinar to raise awareness for FASD.
Attendees will learn to recognize the symptoms associated with FASD to ensure a timely evaluation and diagnosis.
Kathy Hotelling, Ph.D, co-founder of NCFASD Informed, will present information on warning signs of FASD starting in infancy through adulthood. With personal experience as a parent of an adult daughter with FASD and a professional background as a psychologist, Dr. Hotelling brings a wealth of knowledge on this subject matter.
The following individuals will speak to their professional or personal experience in recognizing FASD.
- Susan Shepard Carlson, JD. A retired judge and Board Chair of FASD United.
- Purnima Valdez, MD, Duke Developmental-Behavioral
- Parent of a 16-year-old boy
