Leading expert Joanna Buckard from Red Balloon Training will be leading two one-day courses on 3 and 4 April.

Courses will be held at Delancey Campus from 9.00am to 3.00pm and cost £75.

About the trainer

Joanna is a specialist trainer a qualified Health and Social Care lecturer and has been working in the social care sector for 20 years. She previously worked for a Social Services Children and Families assessment team and as a Residential Social Worker for children with significant emotional and behavioural problems.

Joanna has delivered training throughout the UK to various children and families social workers, fostering and adoption teams, foster carers, family support workers, residential social workers, teachers, inclusion teams, midwives, doctors, psychologists and many more.

She has spoken at various conferences throughout the UK, taken part in and consulted on two FASD films, written booklets and presented at international conferences. She has also presented to the Duke of Kent and High Sheriff of Cheshire and spoken in the House of Commons on FASD.

Joanna also arranged Pregnant Pause Events working with members of the public, an actor, MP and students to raise awareness about FASD. You tube films were made about these which went viral. She has been interviewed on ITV news, quoted in newspapers, Midwives Magazine and in an FASD book.

Joanna has trained clients from a wide variety of backgrounds and levels within their organisations. Her feedback analysis shows that she is passionate, engaging and knowledgeable and that she uses a wide variety of learning methods and tools making learning enjoyable.

About FASD

FASD is the leading known preventable intellectual disability and is only caused by prenatal alcohol exposure.

Undiagnosed children may be diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, as being on the autistic spectrum, as having behavioural problems or as having had poor parenting.

Studies suggest that without the correct diagnosis and support, an individual is more likely to have a range of issues including: mental health problems, trouble with the police, homelessness and difficulty with social relationships and employment.

About the course

By the end of the course participants should be able to: ·

• Identify the causes and the long term effects of FASD
• Explain the difference between FAS (Foetal Alcohol Syndrome) and FASD
• Identify the behaviours and needs of someone with FASD throughout their different life stages
• Explore the possibility that some of their clients may be affected by FASD
• Understand how to get a diagnosis
• Assess how the clients can best be supported and identify strategies to achieve this

The course is suitable for professionals from a wide range of sectors including:

Health Care Workers, Youth Workers, Midwives, those working in drug or alcohol support, Nurses, Health Visitors

To book contact Julie Jones email: juliej@gcfe.net or tel: 750200 ext 8897