FASD Hope is a podcast series about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), through the lens of parent advocates with over nineteen years of lived experience.

FASD Hope welcomes back Suzanne Emery to FASD Hope! Suzanne previously guested in Episode 89 "FASCETS Friday".  Suzanne Emery has a Master in Leadership Nursing and she is a Family Nurse Practitioner. (She is a Certified Facilitator of the FASCETS Neurobehavioral Model and she is a FASCETS Program Director.) Suzanne lived in Costa Rica for over 20 years, serving families and children at risk. She worked as a resident nurse at a children's home and then as a supervisor of health for a large, childcare organization for over 15 years. Suzanne is the founder and lead facilitator of "Created to Be Free: Hope for Families Affected by Alcohol", a project started in 2013. She leads workshops, provides consulting services and facilitates family support groups - all in the area of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, using the FASCETS neurobehavioral model. She is a single mother of two, wonderful young men, the younger has an FASD. She lives in the Portland area.

In this FAITH-FILLED episode, Suzanne discusses the following topics: her personal and professional journey in the FASD / NB community, becoming a missionary and starting "Created to Be Free", how the church and faith-communities need to better understand and support those with FASD / NB diagnoses, comparing the NB model with Grace Based Parenting, how the church and faith-communities can better support and understand individuals with FASD / NB Diagnoses (and their families), her words of faith and hope....and what her sons have taught her.

"For judgement is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement." 

- James 2:13

EPISODE RESOURCES -

Suzanne Emery -

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https://uwm.org/missionaries/27381/

Created to Be Free -

https://www.facebook.com/Created-to-be-Free-hope-for-children-affected-by-alcohol-318252581629117

The video that Suzanne mentioned in this episode - 

https://youtu.be/t7n-4-0h4mc

FASD Hope -

FASD Hope -

https://www.fasdhope.com/

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