Presenter: Kathryn Page and Peggy Black, MA
When: Friday, February 28, 2014
Time: 12:30 - 2 p.m.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders is a common, complex neurodevelopmental disability that often goes unrecognized, masquerading instead as other difficulties. One costume often worn by FASD is mental illness; almost all affected persons will be diagnosed with at least one mental health disorder. The failure to diagnose FASD and recognize the brain basis of the disability leads to serious consequences for the affected person and his or her family, as approaches to parenting, education, and intervention are diagnosis specific. This lecture will present the basic information about FASD, share methods for screening clients, and address how mental health treatment can be modified to meet the needs of these clients.

Kathryn Page, former clinical director of two hospital-based FASD diagnostic clinics, is currently the mental health coordinator of a large multi-service agency in San Rafael.  She has been advocating, writing and training on FASD for 15 years and is the adopted mother of a 32-year-old with probable FASD. Peggy Black, MA, is a parent liaison and trainer in FASD; she is also a speech and language pathologist at the West Contra Costa Unified School District, where she works with many students who present with the profile consistent with FASD. Ms. Black is the adopted mother of a 26-year-old daughter who is diagnosed with Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disability, the most common of the FASD diagnoses. Dr. Page and Ms. Black are on the California Task Force on FASD and the executive board of NOFAS Northern California. 

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