FASD Hope

62 - Explained by Brain - A Conversation with Dr. Vanessa Spiller


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

 

June is Book Month on FASD Hope, to shine a light on a variety of authors in the FASD Community. Episode 62 features Dr. Vanessa Spiller, author the book "Explained by Brain: The FASD Workbook for Parents, Carers and Educators". Dr. Vanessa Spiller is a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of clinical experience. She works therapeutically using a Feedback Informed Approach with adults and young people with families and young people on issues such as anxiety, adjustment to change, trauma and grief and loss. She also works with families and young people impacted by FASD. Dr. Spiller utilizes evidence-based approaches combined with practice-based evidence to ensure that the work done together is meaningful, helpful and on-track! Dr. Spiller has also worked in several Australian universities and provides lectures and professional development activities in areas such as professional practice, child and adolescent work and adult psychology and ethics. 

 

This enlightening and resource-packed episode includes the following topics: Dr. Spiller's professional and personal journey in the FASD Community, her FASD work (and how it's grown in the past years), her current FASD work / advocacy, discussing how Australia has grown in FASD awareness / research and education, her book "Explained by Brain" and her words of hope as both a clinician and a parent of a young adult with an FASD.

 

EPISODE RESOURCES-

Dr. Vanessa Spiller - www.jumpstartpsychology.com

"Explained by Brain: The FASD Workbook for Parents, Carers and Educators"

https://www.amazon.com/Explained-Brain-Workbook-Educators-everything/dp/0995353212/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Explained+by+Brain+FASD&qid=1623696162&sr=8-1

 

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