Family Toolkit

FASD Family Support Toolkit

A practical, strengths-based guide for parents and carers

This toolkit is written for parents, kinship carers, foster carers, adoptive parents and other significant adults supporting a child or young person with diagnosed Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), or with a history of prenatal alcohol exposure and related needs. It offers educational information and practical planning tools with an England-focused education and advocacy section.

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What this toolkit helps you do

✓Understand FASD as a lifelong, brain-based neurodevelopmental profile — not a label that defines your child's character or future
✓Identify your child's individual strengths, sensory needs, regulation difficulties and support requirements
✓Recognise how prenatal alcohol exposure can affect learning, memory, attention, communication, movement and adaptive skills
✓Use practical, strengths-based planning tools for day-to-day life at home
✓Navigate England-focused education and advocacy pathways, including EHCP processes
✓Build supportive daily routines, environments and communication approaches tailored to your child
✓Advocate confidently with schools, health services and local authorities
✓Support sibling and wider family wellbeing alongside your child's needs

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Dr Inyang Takon

Senior Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician

This toolkit provides general educational information and practical planning tools. It does not diagnose FASD, assess mental capacity, determine eligibility, provide legal or financial advice, or guarantee a service, benefit, placement, funding package or outcome. A child's profile, strengths and support needs are individual. Always seek professional advice for your specific circumstances.