SHINING LIGHT ON FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER [FASD] AND NEURO-DISABILITY
E TIAHO ANA TE MARAMA i RUNGA i FETAL WAIPIRO TŪĀWHIORANGI WHAKARARURARU [FASD] ME NEURO-HAUĀTANGA
At BEACON Aotearoa we recognize that an individual diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder [FASD] has a brain injury they must manage and live with their whole life. Our service provides advice and programmes to help these individuals, their families/whānau, and the organizations trying to manage and support these individuals. Our services have been designed to support individuals diagnosed with FASD or probable FASD, but are also effective with other individuals who have behavioural problems arising from a neuro-disability.
Our philosophy is all about providing practical and realistic advice and interventions, based on our own hard-won knowledge, professional experience, and international best-practice.
Our advice and interventions focus on celebrating success, working on the individual’s strengths, and building self-esteem.
We provide individualized intervention plans, education, advocacy, and advisory services to individuals, organizations and families/whānau or caregivers struggling to understand and effectively support and manage FASD-affected individuals, throughout their life span.
Our services particularly focus on how FASD manifests itself for an individual in terms of behavior, adaptive and executive functioning, and learning.
We also provide Individualized Strategies Plans [ISPs] for clients about effective intervention and management strategies within the home, school, and other social environments.
The brain injury to an individual afflicted with FASD cannot be “fixed”, but this disability can be better understood and managed so that each individual can achieve their full potential.
“Although individuals with (FASD) face significant challenges, they are also capable of living successful, happy lives. Early intervention and appropriate forms of support are important for their success.”
