Significance of Study of the History of FASD For many years, it has been assumed that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a “new” malady. Although the etiology of the disorder was first mentioned in 1968 paper by Dr. Paul Lemoine, it does not mean that the symptoms were not recognized years if not centuries before. ContinueContinue reading “Delving into the History of FASD”
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Translation is a bridge to understanding
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneers – Peggy Seo Oba – Thank you! Peggy Seo Oba tenaciously has been a driving force to help parents and professionals connect the puzzle pieces of FASD by helping us connect the research studies. Peggy Oba’s work in The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Information Network (FASIN) offers information regardingContinueContinue reading “Translation is a bridge to understanding”
Journey Through the Healing Circle
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneer – Dr. Robin LaDue – Thank you! Dr. LaDue’s work opens understanding and created healing. The award-winning author of the Journey through the Healing Circle books and video, Dr. LaDue has lectured worldwide on the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure and historical trauma in Native American communities, asContinueContinue reading “Journey Through the Healing Circle”
Each starfish matters to Dr. Jones
Red Shoes Rock honors FASD pioneer – Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones – Thank you! Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones was one of two doctors at the University of Washington who first identified FAS in the United States in 1973. He is a pediatrician by training, specializing in the identification and treatment of birth defects. He isContinueContinue reading “Each starfish matters to Dr. Jones”
FASD Rock Star
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneer – Dr. Pi Nian Chang – Thank you! On November 29, 2010–They just wanted to see him. Say hello. Shake his hand. Say Thank you to a dear friend retiring. Hundreds, if not thousands of families in Minnesota arrived at the University of Minnesota’s FASD Diagnostic Clinic, greetedContinueContinue reading “FASD Rock Star”
It took a judge’s eye (and heart).
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneer – Juvenile Judge Hon. Susan Carlson – Thank you! Susan Shepard Carlson is founder of the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, a retired Hennepin County judicial officer and former first lady of Minnesota. Twenty years ago, the Hon. Susan Carlson, JD had a big idea: toContinueContinue reading “It took a judge’s eye (and heart).”
Life guard strategies
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneer – Jan Lutke – Thank you! Jan Lutke is a first-person/child thinker and doer. She is also a giver back to empower her community—the world. Albert Einstein said: “The problems that we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them” Jan’s work threwContinueContinue reading “Life guard strategies”
Compassion builds communities
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneer – Audrey Salahub – Thank you! In 1993, citizens from the community of Maple Ridge, BC, began a coordinated and strategic process to address the issue of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This grassroots-based group implemented their community action plan, which resulted in the creation of the FASDContinueContinue reading “Compassion builds communities”
Red Shoes Rock and 99 Days to FASDay
20 Years of FASDay – Red Shoes Rocks steps us up to the celebration finish line building awareness #FASD #REDSHOESROCK
Someone had to be the key
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneers – Her name appropriately was given as a clue. Kee Warner is a true KEY to FASD life with purpose. Thank you! Kee Warner and Whitecrow Village envision a world where people with FASD are valued for the gifts they bring to all It will be a worldContinueContinue reading “Someone had to be the key”
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