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FASD Elephant™ Podcast Re-Run: KTOO Interview with Morgan Fawcett, Flute Player
Hello everyone, It has been quite a while since the last podcast, but we are ramping up production and will have new ones soon. In the meantime, here is a re-run podcast of an interview with Morgan Fawcett, a Native American flute player with FASD. You can now purchase his CDs from the internet, and [...]
FASD Elephant™ Podcast (Bonus Track 03): KTOO Interview with Morgan Fawcett, Flute Player
Today’s podcast is an interview conducted by KTOO FM &TV of Juneau, Alaska (U.S.) with Morgan Fawcett. Morgan is a 15 year old Native flute player who also happens to have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. He describes it this way, “When I play the flute, it lowers my blood pressure and eases stress away. With fetal [...]
FASD Elephant™ #011: The Secondary Disabilities of FAS and FASD
People with FASD (including FAS) have both primary and secondary disabilities. Secondary disabilities are those disabilities that arise because of a mismatch between the brain damage and factors in the environment–they are not directly caused from the brain damage. Streissguth, et al (1996) conducted a four year study on the secondary disabilities of 415 individuals [...]
FASD Elephant™ #010: The Primary Disabilities of FAS and FASD
People with FASD (including FAS) have both primary and secondary disabilities. Primary disabilities are those with which the person is born, such as seizures, sensory integration problems, etc. These are a direct result of the brain damage from prenatal alcohol exposure, and the topic of today’s podcast. There are three types of Primary Disabilities in [...]
FASD Elephant™ Special Article #002: Evaluation Preparation Checklist
Sorry folks, but I have laryngitis this week. Tune in next Wednesday for the next installment of the FASD Elephant Podcast. In the meantime, I found an interesting website from Germany that has an animated FAS Facial Feature program, in which you can manipulate the various FAS Facial Features and visually compare them to an [...]
FASD Elephant™ #009: Preparing for an FASD Evaluation
Thinking about obtaining an FASD Evaluation? Today’s podcast talks about how to prepare for one. These evaluations often have long waiting lists and take just as long to complete. Here is a guide on how you can prepare for an evaluation, make it as thorough as possible, and hopefully speed the process up a bit. [...]
FASD Elephant™ #008: The FASD Wheel™ – The Ten Brain Domains of FAS and FASD
Today’s podcast reviews the Ten Brain Domains of FAS and FASD in a little more depth; it is still an overview but gives more flesh to the domains in the context of completing an FASD Wheel. This is the third of a multi-part series edited from a workshop on the FASD Wheel (TM) presented at [...]
FASD Elephant™ #007: The FASD Wheel™ – Brain Functioning
Today’s podcast reviews brain functioning and how it can be impacted by FASD. In order to truly understand FASD behaviors and interventions, one must truly understand how the brain works (at least the basics). Otherwise, we forget the FASD brain is injured and make those misattributions–and poor choices for interventions–that create worse outcomes… frustration, anger, [...]
FASD Elephant™ #006: The FASD Wheel™ – Misattributions and Metaphors
Today’s podcast reviews useful metaphors and non-useful misattributions regarding FASD. The information is critical in re-tooling how people can think differently about FASD and FAS, and it is great information for those newer to, and experienced with, FASD. This is the first of a multi-part series edited from a workshop on the FASD Wheel (TM) [...]
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