Open to CASA volunteers, volunteers in training, CASA staff, families served by CASA, service providers with whom CASA collaborates and community members

Presented by Douglas Waite, MD, FAAP, Douglas Waite, MD, FAAP, is a specialist in Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics with the BronxCare Health System and the former Medical Director for the Keith Haring Clinic at Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry. He is a graduate of New York Medical College. Waite is also a former member of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care and former member of the Board of Directors of the Child Welfare League of America.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are a group of medical conditions that describe a range of effects that can occur in an individual exposed to alcohol in utero. These effects, often invisible, may include mental, behavioral, and or learning disabilities with lifelong implications. FASD has major implications for the child welfare system. Judges, professionals and CASA volunteers may encounter children with histories of prenatal alcohol exposure. Parents with histories of prenatal alcohol exposure may struggle to take care of their children. In this workshop, we’ll discuss the different disorders that fall within FASD and how these may manifest, hopefully giving staff and volunteers tools to be better advocates for children and families.

2 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS FOR CASA VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF

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