FASD Training Australia
Online and live training on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and other complex neurodiversities
with Dr Vanessa Spiller.
Training for Everyone
No matter your background - from professionals to parents and carers, support workers to teaching staff, there is training suitable for you.
Training for Professionals
Parent and Carer Training
Group Supervision
Books
Consultations
Live Web-based CPD, Self-Paced online training, Group Supervision, Consultations, Live training and more...
Dr Vanessa Spiller
A clinical psychologist for nearly 30 years Dr. Spiller has become a leading voice in FASD education and interventions across Australia and overseas
Self-Paced Online Learning
Go at your own pace and complete the learning over days, weeks or months (even years if you need to!)
Explained by Brain
The ultimate online FASD training for Parents and Carers and those who support them.
31 modules, over 200 individual lessons, 17 + hrs of videos and more.
These tried and true modules are designed to help you understand everything you need to know about FASD and, most importantly, what you can do to best support your child with FASD and give them the best chance of success. 12 months of access to a live drop-in discussion group is included in the program, and you can access the course content indefinitely.
You may be able to access NDIS funding to attend this training.
This foundation training is needed to progress to more advanced training and master classes.
New Release!
Foundational online FASD training for health and allied health professionals!
8hrs + CPD
In this self-paced program, you will learn the fundamental skills in recognising, assessing and providing successful interventions for children impacted by FASD.
Videos, readings and quizzes will be used to enhance your learning experience.
This foundation training is needed to progress to more advanced training and master classes.
Supporting Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - Hidden Disabilities in the Classroom
3hrs + self-paced CPD for Teachers and other school staff
This training focuses specifically on the needs of classroom Teachers, Special Education Staff, Teacher Aides and other school personnel who are supporting young people diagnosed or at risk of FASD. With a higher prevalence than Autism but much less recognition, this introductory training provides essential learning for all school staff who want to support their students with this hidden disability.
Videos, readings and quizzes will be used to enhance your learning experience.
Understanding and Managing Inappropriate Sexualised Behaviours in children with FASD and other neurodevelopmental conditions - Online
Coming Soon in 2024
In this self-paced Masterclass, we will focus exclusively on understanding and responding to inappropriate sexualised behaviours in young people with FASD and other complex neurodiversities.
Videos, readings and quizzes will be used to enhance your learning experience.
Training for Professionals 2024
FASD Foundations for Health Professionals
Monday, November 25th 2024
Foundational FASD training for Health and Allied Health professionals. In this comprehensive live online training, you will learn about the prevalence and ways FASD presents, the fundamentals of diagnosis and assessment, and explore evidence-based approaches to intervention. You will receive practical tools for working with FASD clients and their families. You will leave with an overall problem-solving framework to guide understanding and interventions for even the most complex behavioural symptoms.
This foundation training is needed to progress to more advanced training and master classes.
FASD Masterclass: Advanced Intervention Strategies for Professionals
Monday, December 2nd 2024
This new training picks up where the foundation training ends, providing professionals with an intense practical focus on supporting individuals and families with FASD at home and school.
Participants will be taught how to map clients' abilities using the "Ability Mapping" and "Levels of Functioning" concepts. You will be provided with practical tools to help parents, carers, schools, and the NDIS better understand FASD and the necessary supports and accommodations. We will explore complex behavioural symptoms such as aggression, inappropriate sexualised behaviours, stealing and confabulation and discuss how to structure brain-based interventions for these.
Supporting Children with Complex Needs in Out-of-Home Care: Neurodiversity + Trauma
Monday, 9th December 2024
This training is for case workers, support workers and out-of-home care agencies working with children with the highest care needs. These are the kids who have had multiple placement breakdowns and suspensions from school, often leading them to receive periods of intensive 1-to-1 care.
This training will take a unique brain-based perspective to understand these young people and their complex behavioural symptoms such as lying, stealing, sexualised behaviours, and aggression. Moving away from traditional behaviour support approaches, it will explore the brain-based frameworks that give them the best chances of success. Finally, we will explore how to support them best and link them with appropriate services as they leave care.
Understanding and Managing Inappropriate Sexualised Behaviours in children with FASD and other neurodevelopmental conditions
Monday, 5th August 2024
In this Masterclass level training for health and allied health professionals, we will explore the brain-based reasons why children with FASD and other neurodevelopmental conditions are at increased risk of having inappropriate sexualised behaviours. Participants will better understand how brain-based strengths and weaknesses can be used to design individualised interventions for these children and what kinds of supports and accomodations are most likely helpful.
Training for Parents & Carers 2024
FASD Foundations for Parents and Carers
Tuesday, November 5th 2024
This training is where it all starts for parents and carers! In this 5-hour live online training, you will learn the basics about FASD - what it is, how the damage caused by prenatal alcohol exposure translates into complex behaviour symptoms such as aggression, stealing and confabulation, and even inappropriate sexualised behaviours. Most importantly, we will explore practical interventions and strategies you can apply at home to give you and your child with FASD the best chance for success!
You may be able to access NDIS funding to attend this training.
This foundation training is needed to progress to more advanced training and master classes.
FASD Masterclass: Support Strategies for Parents and Carers
Monday, 18th November 2024
Parents and carers can extend their learning beyond the basics in this new training. You will learn the skills needed to use the mountains of assessments and reports you have about your child better. You will be taught how to condense reports and assessments into simple visuals and tables that can be used to plan supports and accommodations at school, with the NDIS and at home. Participants will be taught how to map their child's ability and their levels of functioning in clear and practical ways that highlight exactly where supports and accomodations are needed. Specific supports, accommodations and strategies and how they can be implemented will be discussed.
You may be able to access NDIS funding to attend this training.
What have people said about the training?
Professional
"Thank you for, by FAR, the best and most useful talk on FASD that I have heard. Immediately, I feel I have a clearer idea of interventions and direction to go with advocacy, interventions, psycho-education".
"One of the most engaging and valuable presentations I've ever watched. Two hours flew by!!"
Professional
"This training was extremely valuable to me. Previous FASD training I had attended had rendered a sense of powerlessness to help these people within the justice environment. I gained practical and very accessible tools/skills that I feel confident to implement within the corrections space due to the accessibility of the content and forms you have created. I have already recommended this training to my team and other psychologists".
Professional
"This was an amazing workshop and a fascinating area I am keen to explore further".
"Thank you so much for the presentation; it was one of the best I have ever attended. Thank you."
Parent/Carer
Parent/Carer
Parent/Carer
"Dr Vanessa knows exactly what it is like to live with someone with FASD and totally ‘gets it’. What I learnt most is how the 11 areas of the brain are affected by prenatal exposure. It made sense, and I’m a better/ more understanding (foster) parent after doing it!"
"The amount of detail and reality, clearly broken down, is amazing...in appreciation for your wonderful gift of education, I just needed to express gratitude; you've given me the backup I needed."
Consultations & Ability Mapping Services
Dr Spiller offers various other services, from individual consultations to student-specific presentations at schools to customised training for your organisation. You may be able to use your child's NDIS funding for these.
Dr Spiller can customise an online or live training package for your organisation or care team.
Contact her at [email protected] to discuss your needs.
If you have completed the Ability Mapping training or read the book but want to meet individually with Dr Vanessa Spiller to discuss how to complete this for your child. You can book a 1 hr consultation (excludes North America and Canada due to insurance restrictions).
You may be able to access NDIS funding to attend this consultation.
Email Dr Spiller at [email protected]
If you have completed the Ability Mapping Training but want Dr Spiller to complete your child's Ability Map and Levels of Functioning documents send an email for further information about a consultation. (Excludes North America and Canada due to insurance restrictions).
You may be able to access NDIS funding to access this service.
Email Dr Spiller at [email protected]
If Dr Spiller has completed your child's Ability Map and Levels of Functioning summary, you can opt to have her present this to your school or other support services. (Excludes North America and Canada due to insurance restrictions).
You may be able to access NDIS funding to present this training.
Email Dr Spiller at [email protected]
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