Anika Trancik, Ph. D., Neuropsychologist and FASD Expert will provide in this FREE 1-hour presentation, a brief overview of The Families Moving Forward (FMF) program, and the upcoming Specialist Training with a question and answer session.

The FMF Program is expanding and seeking candidates to become FMF Specialists.  Curious about the program and how to utilize it with families?  Register now to take advantage of this FREE 1-hour presentation.  This training offers the opportunity to learn how you can assist in expanding the FASD resource village further into our communities around the world.  Do not miss the opportunity to be a forerunner for FASD and register today!

 

ADDIITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND TRAINING:

 The FMF Program intervention is a positive parenting intervention, designed to help families raising children between 3 and 13 years old, or who are older but at a functional level in this range, who have concerning behavior problems and are affected by prenatal alcohol  (PAE), with or without a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnosis. The FMF program combines a positive behavior support (PBS) approach with motivational interviewing (MI) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help parents change their own knowledge and attitudes about PAE and FASDs, leading to improvements in their child’s behavior. The FMF Program is a scientifically validated intervention listed as a promising practice by the California Evidence Based Clearinghouse [1],[2] It is one of four behavior and education therapy services for early intervention of FASD recommended by the CDC [3].

Go to www.familiesmovingforwardprogram.org to learn more about PAE and FASDs and how clinicians trained to deliver the FMF Program intervention can provide families with FASD-informed care.

 

 

FMF Specialist Trainer:

Anika Trancik, Ph. D., Neuropsychologist and FASD Expert

Dr. Trancik is a licensed child clinical psychologist who specializes in FASD diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, with over a decade of research experience in the field.  She served as a Neuropsychologist on the Florida Center for Early Childhood FASD Clinic team for 14 years.  Florida Center's FASD Clinic is the State's first and only state-wide diagnostic and intervention clinic.  Her career in the field of FASD began 20 years ago while enrolled in graduate school at the University of Washington.  During that time she assisted Dr. Carmichael Olson in developing the FMF Program as a scientifically-validated FASD intervention.  She is now the primary FMF trainer on the East Coast.  

 

References

[1.] Bertrand J. Interventions for Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Research C. Interventions for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs): Overview of findings for five innovative research projects. Res Dev Disabil. 2009;30(5):986-1006. 

[2.] The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare. February 2021. Retrieved from https://www.cebc4cw.org/program/families-moving-forward-fmf-program/detailed

[3.] The Centers for Disease Control: FASDs Treatment. January 2022. Retrieved from FASDs: Treatments | CDC.

 

  

Training offered under the auspices of The Florida Center Training Institute in association with the Families Moving Forward Program Office