FASD: Best Practices in the Last Frontier

This conference is focused on providing up-to-date information about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, including treatment and intervention strategies, research updates, and advocacy strategies for professionals, individuals with an FASD, and their families.

The conference is designed for a wide variety of health, allied health, education, social, and human service professionals and providers, as well as the learning and networking needs of individuals with an FASD and their families, and the professionals working with them.

Local experts will be joined by presenters from aournd the country, including Kathy Mitchell of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS), Morgan Fawcett, Dr. Roger Zoorob of the Southeast FASD Regional Training Center, and Dr. Yasmin Senturias of the Southeast FASD Regional Training Center. The Arctic FASD Regional Training Center national consultants Dr. Susan Astley, Dr. Sterling Clarren, Dr. Heather Carmichael Olson, Dr. Tracy Jirikowic, and Dr. Truman Coggins will also speak at the conference.

We hope that you will join us in May for an opportunity to learn about what's happening around FASDs in Alaska, to connect with families and professionals, and to continue to provide support for individuals with an FASD, their families, and for women who may be at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy. 

Application forms for speakers and poster presentations are available here.

Funding for this conference was made possible in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Grant # 1H13DD000973-01). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Services, nor does mention of the trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Additional funds for training access have been provided by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.