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Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Brain Development and Learning
August 15, 2019 @ 12:00 am - 3:00 pm
Free
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders with special guest speaker Tamra Cajo. Each year in the U.S. between 35,000 and 40,000 babies are born with a fetal alcohol-related disorder. Most individuals with FASD are never diagnosed.
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Please join us to explore prevention, early intervention and long term treatment interventions for individuals affected by FASD. Participants will be able to distinguish between FASD and FAS; participants will be able to identify the three characteristics of FAS; participants will identify three cognitive deficits that are typical for a child with prenatal alcohol exposure with guest speaker: Tamra Cajo.
Tamra Cajo is a bilingual licensed clinical social worker with over 15 years of experience working with children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders. Tamra is the Program Director for the Fetal Alcohol Diagnostic and Intervention Clinic at The Florida Center. Tamra has extensive experience providing treatment to children and their families. Previously, Tamra was the lead trainer in the Midwest for ACT Raising Safe Kids, an evidence-based violence prevention curriculum. In addition, Tamra has been trained in a number of other evidence-based curriculums including Circle of Security Parenting, Families Moving Forward (FMF), Fussy Baby, Helping the Non-Compliant Child, Chicago Parent Program and Youth Mental Health First Aid.
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