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HEALTHY MINDS PESENTS:
3-Part FASD Webinar Series

Families with children impacted by FASD, this 3-part series is designed with you in mind!

Interested but cannot attend?  Worried about missing a session at the last minute?  We will be offering all registrants access to recordings of the sessions they signed up for; recordings will be available for viewing for 45 days after the respective session.

**Registration for Session 3 is now Closed!**

Individual webinars are $37 each.

ID: headshot of Kelly Rain Collin, a white woman with dark brown long hair wearing a deep-sea green shirt and a silver necklace with a green stone, she is smiling and looking directly at the camera/viewerAdvocating for an FASD-Informed IEP
August 14th | 4:00-6:00pm Pacific
Presented by Kelly Rain Collin, Ed.M.

**REGISTRATION FOR THIS SESSION IS NOW CLOSED**
Many families experience multiple barriers to receiving Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for their child with FASD. For those who do receive IEPs, many find the supports and services to be ineffective or inappropriate. In this training, educational consultant Kelly Rain Collin will share strategies for creating an FASD-informed IEP designed to meet your child’s educational needs while serving to both educate the school on your child’s unique needs and providing you with a more robust dataset should you need to file for Due Process.

Image of presenter Shannon Iocabacci; white female with long blonde hair, wearing a dark shirt, she is smiling and the image shows her from the neck up, with blurred image of the background behind herID: headshot of Kelly Rain Collin, a white woman with dark brown long hair wearing a deep-sea green shirt and a silver necklace with a green stone, she is smiling and looking directly at the camera/viewerTransition Planning for Students with FASD
September 25th | 4:00-6:00pm Pacific
Presented by Shannon Iacobacci, M.Psych and Kelly Rain Collin, Ed.M.

**REGISTRATION FOR THIS SESSION IS NOW CLOSED**
Creating appropriate Individual Transition Plans (ITP) for students with FASD requires understanding and incorporating supports that address the underlying challenges with brain processing. In this training, FASD consultant Shannon Iacobacci and educational consultant Kelly Rain Collin will explore the elements needed to create robust and supportive ITPs for students with FASD and other neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Image of presenter Nate Sheets; white male, bald with dark brown beard, wearing a blue shirt, he is smiling and the image shows him from the neck up, with blurred image of green leafy trees or bushes behind him.

Functional Behavior Assessments & Behavior Intervention Plans for Students with FASD
October 23rd | 4:00-6:00pm Pacific
Presented by Nate Sheets, author of Essential FASD Supports

**REGISTRATION FOR THIS SESSION IS NOW CLOSED**
Behavior assessments and behavior plans are a part of many student’s IEPs. In this training, behavior consultant Nate Sheets will help you understand how Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) can both help and hinder students with FASD. The training covers the history of these documents and helps participants understand how the documents can be designed to effectively support students with FASD and other neurodevelopmental disabilities.

**If you need accommodations please use our Contact Us page to notify us of your request at least 2 weeks before the training date.**

Healthy Minds offers a variety of trainings for education and mental health professionals, parents, and related service providers. Please CONTACT US for more information on any of our current training offerings or to schedule a training for your school or organization.

  • Understanding the IEP Document
    This personalized 2-hour interactive training unveils the meaning of each section of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) document and ensures parents understand this essential and important guide to their child’s special education services.
  • Beyond SMART Goals
    Learn how to write IEP goals that are not only appropriate and measurable but also reasonable and logical. Having appropriate, well written goals is a defining feature of a solid, supportive IEP that allows you to accurately and effectively measure student progress.  This 3-hour training incorporates both presentation and practice and is appropriate for educators, parents, service providers, and anyone participating in IEP goal creation.
  • FASD and the IEP
    Nearly 1 in 20 students has been prenatally exposed to alcohol. Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are frequently mislabeled and given interventions that exacerbate, rather than alleviate, their challenges. This training will discuss the brain-based nature of this disability, which traditional interventions to avoid (and why), and how to create an IEP that is supportive and effective.  This 2-hour training is appropriate for anyone who participates in IEP development. 
  • Educational Advocacy: The Role of the Mental Health Professional
    This is an 8-hour training provided at your agency, providing instruction in baseline educational advocacy, the basics of navigating the special education system, ethical considerations when advocating in schools, and consideration of learning disabilities when choosing or applying therapeutic interventions. We will work with your agency to provide continuing education units for your staff.  This training is designed for mental health professionals, Full Service Partnership (FSP), and Wraparound providers who attend IEPs with their clients.