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For international FASD day (09/09/2020) I was asked to write s short piece about the added challenges faced by Special Guardians and Kinship / Connected / Friends and Family Carers. It is probably this type of family that faces maybe the biggest challenges but possible these aren’t solely caused by FASD This article can be found on www.nationalFASD.org.uk in the all shapes of families section

This is my second concern ....Am I able to assess the risks associated with children and young people returning to school. I don't think that I can. Does this have bigger implications?

I am kind of worried. On two accounts really. Both are real and quite different. This blog looks at the first of these ………The impact that returning to school will have on children and young people and how adults can best meet their learning needs.

A personal reflection about how to prepare to teach affected children and young people

In September 2016, the IWGB launched the Foster Care Workers Union at Westminster. In the week before the launch it became clear that there was no foster carer who would be able to speak at the event. This seemed wrong when the new Union was advertised as providing a vehicle for the voice of carers in the UK. With this in mind I volunteered to speak.

This is an updated copy of the abstract and conclusion that I wrote for the Adoption and Fostering Journal in 2015 in an article focusing on the education of children and young people affected by FASD

This is a copy of the speech that Georgia Roberts then aged 16 gave to the All Party Parliamentary Group on FASD on December 13th 2018