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”
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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”
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.
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.”
Someone had to plant the FAS garden.
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneers – Dr. Ann Streissguth – Thank you! Ann’s work has blossomed, her seeds have scattered around the globe to help persons grow while living with FASD. The FASD worldwide community is eternally grateful to Ann Streissguth: mother, research scientist, monarch, gentle spirit, honored woman. Ann Streissguth’s gardening beganContinueContinue reading “Someone had to plant the FAS garden.”
Finding Calm in the Chaos of Life
Our next pioneer, Dr. Ann Streissguth, is being released at 9:09 this morning. She is a key researcher that has allowed parents, like Yvonne, Ann and myself to use intentional and proactive positive parenting and caregiving with the individuals we love with FASD. We share this blog first so that people can see the resultsContinueContinue reading “Finding Calm in the Chaos of Life”
Woman Pours Love into Life with FASD
Red Shoes Rock honors the FASD pioneers – Teresa Kellerman – Thank you! A one-woman, Little Engine That Could, created ripples that affected caregiving and FASD in a positive light for the past 20 years. Teresa Kellerman —is a certified FASD trainer for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, the Native American Alliance Foundation,ContinueContinue reading “Woman Pours Love into Life with FASD”
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