**ORPARC Training** Supporting Kids with FASD and Challenging Behaviors from a Brain First Lens: How to Navigate the Chaos

Time – 11am – 1pm

Location – Online via zoom!

Neuroscience research teaches us that pre- or post-natal toxic stress such as trauma, alcohol exposure and drug exposure can impact the developing brain and nervous system. Our experience also tells us that many children who have been impacted in such ways struggle behaviorally. Why is this, exactly? Additionally, why do the standard, commonly accepted parenting techniques fail when applied to these children? And, most importantly, what can parents and providers do to support these children differently (and more successfully)?

Eileen’s training will provide information on how to support children who struggle with FASD and other neurobehavioral challenges from a Brain First lens. In her training, she will focus on how parents and caregivers can navigate the chaos that often accompanies these behavioral symptoms and some strategies they can begin implementing immediately to help their children and loved ones experience less distress and more calm in their environments.

About the Presenter:

Eileen Devine is a licensed clinical social worker and founder of Brain First Parenting. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two teenage children, one of whom lives with FASD. She has over 20 years of clinical experience and for the last ten of those years, has focused solely on supporting parents who have kids with neurobehavioral conditions. In addition to her clinical work with parents, she facilitates dozens of workshops and trainings each year for parents, teachers, and mental health professionals and is a trainer for the Center for Adoption Support and Education’s (C.A.S.E.) accredited Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) Program hosted in Oregon by ORPARC, where she instructs other clinicians across the state of Oregon on what it means to be an adoption and foster competent therapist.