FASD Elephant™ Podcast & Blog
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FASD Elephant™ Podcast & Blog
Join Michael Harris, a Licensed Psychologist and FASD Speaker, as he discusses Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, a complicated, special needs disability that results from prenatal alcohol exposure. With insight from Michael being a psychologist (since 1997) and a foster parent (since 2012), you ca...
Recent Episodes
28 episodes
FASD Elephant™ #016: Interview with Jody Allen Crowe - Healthy Brains for Children
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3 Mistakes To Avoid With FASD and Chronic Lateness - FASD Elephant™ Podcast #020
If you've struggled with constant lateness, this story is for you!
After sharing a little about Podfest 2018, you can hear a short but not-so-si...
Not Exactly As Planned: Interview with Linda Rosenbaum - FASD Elephant™ Podcast #019
See www.FASDElephant.com for show notes.
FASD Elephant™ Podcast #018: “I Am Why… FASD Matters”
FASD Elephant™ #016: Interview with Jody Allen Crowe - Health Brains for Children
The 2013 FASD Matters Conference in November was a terrific experience! I met a lot of great new folks in the FASD community, and visited with old fri...
Relaunching the FASD Elephant Podcast & Blog 2014
This is a quick podcast announcement that the FASD Elephant™ is relaunching as a podcast AND blog. The podcasts will be more from my perspective as a...
FASD Elephant™ #015: #FASD & Suicidality
This podcast episode is an excerpt of my part speaking on a panel titled FASD and Suicidality at the 2011 IHS Action Summit for Suicide Prevention hel...
FASD Elephant™ #014: Interview with Morgan Fawcett – A Flute Like Medicine: Part 2
Welcome to the FASD Elephant™ Podcast. Today we’re going to continue with the last half of my interview with Morgan Fawcett on May 25th, 2011. More de...
FASD Elephant (TM) #013: Interview with Morgan Fawcett – A Flute Like Medicine: Part 1
Welcome to the FASD Elephant™ Podcast. After a hiatus for way too long, the podcast is back.
I’ve had a very exciting year so far in the world o...
FASD Elephant (TM) #012a: Getting Back to Ready Hand-out
This is a supplementary hand-out that outlines all the information provided in Podcast #012 (FASD School Intervention: Getting Back to Ready). You may...
FASD Elephant (TM) #012: FASD School Intervention: Getting Back to Ready
Students with FASD sometimes have "melt-downs" in school. These melt-downs can baffle and anger teachers, staff, and parents, but they are simply the...
FASD Elephant (TM) Re-Run: KTOO Interview with Morgan Fawcett, Flute Player
Feedback or comments may be sent to: Michael__at__FASDElephant__dot__com.
FASD Elephant (TM) #011: The Secondary Disabilities of FASD
People with FASD (including FAS) have both primary and secondary disabilities. Secondary disabilities are those disabilities that arise because of a m...
FASD Elephant (TM) #010: The Primary Disabilities of FASD
People with FASD (including FAS) have both primary and secondary disabilities. Primary disabilities are those with which the person is born, such as s...
FASD Elephant (TM) Special Article #002: Evaluation Preparation Checklist
Sorry folks, but I have laryngitis this week. Tune in next Wednesday for the next installment of the FASD Elephant Podcast.
In the meantime, I f...
FASD Elephant (TM) #009: Preparing for an FASD Evaluation
Thinking about obtaining an FASD Evaluation? Today's podcast talks about how to prepare for one. These evaluations often have long waiting lists and t...
FASD Elephant (TM) #008: The FASD Wheel (TM) - The Ten Brain Domains of FAS and FASD
Today's podcast reviews the Ten Brain Domains of FAS and FASD in a little more depth; it is still an overview but gives more flesh to the domains in t...
FASD Elephant (TM) #007: The FASD Wheel (TM) - Brain Functioning
Today's podcast reviews brain functioning and how it can be affected by FASD.
This is the second of a multi-part series edited from a workshop o...
FASD Elephant (TM) #006: The FASD Wheel (TM) - Misattributions and Metaphors
Today's podcast reviews useful metaphors and non-useful misattributions regarding FASD. This is the first of a multi-part series edited from a worksho...
FASD Elephant (TM) Special Article #001: The Ten Brain Domains
This week, I am sending the original article on the Ten Brain Domains from the Journal of FAS International for your review. The regular audio podcast...
FASD Elephant (TM) #005: The Ten Brain Domains
The Fetal Alcohol Diagnostic Program (FADP), in Duluth, MN, spearheaded by the Executive Director, Jeanette Lang, and her crack team, has developed th...
FASD Elephant (TM) #004: Other FASD Diagnoses
Each key feature of FASD can vary widely across individuals exposed to prenatal alcohol. While consensus exists for the diagnosis of FAS across diagno...
FASD Elephant (TM) #003: The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnosis
Any Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is diagnosed by assessing the four key features that were first identified in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)...
FASD Elephant (TM) #002: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) History and Diagnostic Introduction
The earliest known observation of possible links between maternal alcohol use and fetal damage may have been made in 1899 by Dr. William Sullivan, a L...
FASD Elephant (TM) #001: Definitions and Terminology
Today's episode covers the definiton of FASD and attempts to clear up the confusing terminology that has been used in the past.
Fetal Alcohol Sp...
FASD Elephant (TM) Bonus Track 02: KDWA Interview - Part 2
This is a beginner's bonus track - the second half of an interview conducted on-air by KDWA on December 5, 2007, with myself and Alice Garceau, an ado...
FASD Elephant (TM) Bonus Track 01: KDWA Interview (12-05-2007)
This is an introductory bonus track - the first half of an interview conducted on-air by KDWA on December 5, 2007, with myself and Alice Garceau, an a...
FASD Elephant (TM) #000: Introduction to the Podcast
This is the introductory podcast about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (frequently called by its acronym, FASD) and introduces the metaphor of the FA...