FASD Helpline Our helpline is open 4 days a week and provides support and advice to parents and carers across Scotland. Expand Looking for advice or information about FASD? Or maybe a listening ear or to find out more about our FASD Hub services. Our helpline is open to all those in Scotland caring for a child/young person with FASD or a history of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Our friendly and knowledgeable helpline advisors are available Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 2.30pm and you can speak to them by calling 0300 666 0006 (select option 2). Out of hours, you can leave a message or email us at [email protected] and we will get back to you within 2 working days. There’s no such thing as a silly question – we are here to help!
FASD Hub Community Finding a community of people who understand you and get your journey can make all the difference. Find out how to join our community today. Expand At FASD Hub Scotland one of the key aspects of our service is making connections and building community. To support those parenting a loved one with a history of PAE or FASD and Adults with FASD we run and moderate two online communities through closed Facebook groups. Our Peer Support Group provides a closed and safe space for parents and carers to gain peer support, share their journey and knowledge with one another and interact with the Hub team. The group is moderated by members of the Hub team, the FASD Hub Parent Partners and volunteer moderators. Fortnightly a virtual meetup is run, which is open only to those within the group. To ensure the group continues to be a safe and supportive space for peer support, to identify potential sources of help or information we can provide, and to help us get to know our members a little better, we ask anyone who would like to join the group to complete our online registration form before we add them to the group: Join FASD Hub Scotland Peer Support Group If you are an Adult with FASD (aged 17+), and you either have an FASD diagnosis, or would identify as having FASD because of a history of prenatal alcohol exposure you are invited to join the group. The group was launched in May 2021, and established in collaboration with its founding member Carol Hunter, an adult with FASD. Please find details about the group and join through our FASD Hub Scotland Facebook page. “The Adults with FASD Group has identified the gap in support for individuals like me living with FASD. It is not uncommon for the amazing support that is in place for care-experienced people or those living with FASD to stop once we reach a certain age. However, our experiences and barriers do not simply vanish, we still have difficulties to overcome as an adult, which need to be addressed and supported separately to younger individuals. The new group addresses this, with a safe space provided to build up an online community, where experiences can be shared, voices can be heard, and responsive support can be put in place as and where required. I am so pleased to see this finally in place and to have had the opportunity to be involved with the discussions leading up to the new crucial line of support.” We look forward to welcoming you online and getting to know you.
Our Family Support Service We provide 1:1 support for all parents/carers across Scotland. Expand Struggling with navigating diagnosis? Looking for support in parenting strategies? Through our Family Support Service, we can offer support to parents and carers of children/young people with FASD or Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE). No diagnosis is required to access our services, and we welcome adoptive, biological, fostering, kinship and step families. Parents and carers are matched with one of our FASD Advisors or Parent Partners, who all have lived experience of FASD and will work alongside you in identifying areas of support. Our team can offer advice, a listening ear and signposting to useful resources. We can also offer families, subject to funding, access to enhanced therapeutic services, including parent reflective sessions with our clinical psychologist, counselling services and a range of therapies. We accept self-referrals: get in touch via our helpline or email [email protected] to find out more.
Scottish FASD Network The Scottish FASD Network has been established to provide and enable connections between third sector organisations within Scotland who are working to raise awareness of FASD, supporting individuals with FASD and/or their parents and carers Expand The Scottish FASD Network was established in May 2021 by FASD Hub Scotland. The group is chaired by Professor Moira Plant and facilitated by the FASD Hub Scotland team. The group meets quarterly. The purpose of the group is to provide a forum for third sector organisations and charities within Scotland to network, share information, provide support, share best practice, and collectively raise awareness of FASD and the voice of the individual with FASD and their parents/carers. These organisations will work directly with, or be involved in, providing support service to individuals with a history of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) / FASD and/or their parents/carers, or have service users where PAE/FASD may be a consideration or influencing factor, or advocating on behalf of those impacted by prenatal alcohol exposure. If you are interested in your organisation joining the Scottish FASD Network, please email [email protected] and our Project Manager Aliy Brown will be happy to chat with you. Current network member organisations: FASD Hub Scotland Adoption UK in Scotland Kinship Care Advice Service for Scotland (KCAS) FASD Fife Oshay’s FASD Sleep Scotland Alcohol Focus Scotland St Andrews Children’s Society Visibility Scotland About Moira Plant: Moira Plant is Emeritus Professor of Alcohol Studies at the University of West of England in Bristol UK and Adjunct Professor at Curtin University Perth Australia. Her main interests include women, alcohol and mental health, drinking in pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. She has published on these and related subjects in peer reviewed journals and books. Moira has worked as a researcher in the field of FASD for over 40 years. She has acted as consultant to the World Health Organisation, the UK and other governments, the Centre for Addiction Research & Education Scotland (CARES), the US Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD) and is a member of the steering group of the Scottish Heath Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP). Moira is a psychotherapist and trains and supervises counsellors.