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FASD Hope is a podcast series about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), through the lens of parent advocates with over twenty years of lived experience. The mission of FASD Hope is to bring awareness, information and inspiration to those whose lives have been touched by a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Each week, Podcast Host- Natalie Vecchione- will speak with a variety of guests about different topics related to FASD and other Brain Based Diagnoses.
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Monday Dec 28, 2020
26 - Climbing Down Holiday Mountain: A Conversation with Shannon Iacobacci
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
FASD Hope is a podcast series about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), through the lens of parent advocates with over eighteen years of lived experience.
On Episode 26, Natalie Vecchione (podcast host) speaks with Shannon Iacobacci. Shannon Iacobacci is an FASD Educator, Certified FASCETS Facilitator, Disability Advocate and Family Coach. Shannon is certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid. Shannon is a board member of both FASCETS and the FASD Network of Southern California. Shannon is also a foster / adoptive mom with four children diagnosed with FASDs. She knows first-hand what daily life is like parenting children on the FASD spectrum. She sought training from leaders within the FASD community to help her and her family understand their unique needs. After an intensive, year-long training, Shannon became a Certified Facilitator of the FASCETS Neurobehavioral Model and she has trained thousands of caregivers, foster / adoptive parents, mental health professionals, students, educators and organizations on FASD. She is currently advocating and beginning the process of setting up FASD trainings for birth families looking to reunify with their children. She believes the more we empower families with the education and tools they need, the less frustration and anxiety they will feel, making family reunification and foster / adoptive placements more successful. Shannon continues to advocate for children and teens with disabilities within the educational system.
During this thoughtful and highly educational episode, Shannon discusses the following topics: why the period after Hanukkah / Christmas / New Year's Day can be a letdown for anyone, particularly for those with an FASD (or other brain based diagnosis), how the holiday season is like a funnel of emotion and dysregulation, the analogy and comparison of emotionally "throwing oneself off the holiday mountain of activity" versus "climbing down the holiday mountain of activity / emotions", strategies that parents and caregivers can help their loved ones "climb down holiday mountain".
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Shannon Iacobacci of Diversely Designed
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What great strategies for ALL of us! Another MUST HEAR episode!!!
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
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