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”
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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”
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”
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”
Starting a fire to melt FASD
At that moment, Deb Evensen transformed to an outspoken advocate for those living with FASD, and behavior specialist with more than 35 years’ experience teaching children, adolescents and adults. She is a pioneer in discovering practical solutions that work for individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Collaboration Makes Hard Work, Work!
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneers – What if person can change a city as big as New York City? Susan Rose – Thank you! Susan Rose, tackled the hidden the white elephant in NYC and her writing goes around the globe. What do you do if you are the aunt of a childContinueContinue reading “Collaboration Makes Hard Work, Work!”
Little Dreams Grow Big Rainbow!
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneers – Patty Munter – Thank you! It takes a spark to get the fire started. Patti Munter was just the Spark needed to start NOFAS In South Dakota, Patti Munter launched a movement to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies and give hope to families who had been ignored. Her determinationContinueContinue reading “Little Dreams Grow Big Rainbow!”
Help! We Needed FAS Times.
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneers – Jocie DeVries – Thank you! This Tower of Power Shone Light in the Darkness of FASD Jocie DeVries: mother, FAS*FRI founder, advocate, visionary. Frantic calls poured into the Washington State Adoption Program in 1991 from overwhelmed and desperate parents trying to raise adoptive children with special needs.ContinueContinue reading “Help! We Needed FAS Times.”
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