Hope for Women in Recovery Summits Focus on FASD Prevention

Through its summits for women in recovery, the FASD Center for Excellence raises awareness of FASD among women in treatment. Many have children, some with an FASD. The summits provide a safe, supportive place to learn about FASD and to explore various issues related to parenting children with an FASD. The FASD Center held the first-ever summit in Baltimore in 2003. The Center sponsored a summit in Phoenix in 2004, which was attended primarily by Native American women and incorporated Native culture. The third summit was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, in July 2005. The summits also include a session for policymakers, which sets the stage for statewide FASD efforts, and a town hall meeting where participants talk about their needs. The summits were coordinated by the FASD Center and the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS).

2005 Hope for Women in Recovery Summit Proceedings (Raleigh, NC – July 2005)
Through its summits for women in recovery, the FASD Center for Excellence raises awareness of FASD among women in treatment. The summits provide a safe, supportive place to learn about FASD and to explore various issues related to parenting children with an FASD. The third summit was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, in July 2005.

2004 Hope for Women in Recovery Summit Proceedings (Phoenix, AZ – June 2004)
Through its summits for women in recovery, the FASD Center for Excellence raises awareness of FASD among women in treatment. The summits provide a safe, supportive place to learn about FASD and to explore various issues related to parenting children with an FASD. The Center sponsored a summit in Phoenix in 2004, which was attended primarily by Native American women and incorporated Native culture.

2003 Hope for Women in Recovery Summit Proceedings
Through its summits for women in recovery, the FASD Center for Excellence raises awareness of FASD among women in treatment. The summits provide a safe, supportive place to learn about FASD and to explore various issues related to parenting children with an FASD. The FASD Center held the first-ever summit in Baltimore in 2003. The summits were coordinated by the FASD Center and the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS).

Diane Malbin, birth mother of an adult with an FASD, talks about intervention strategies.	Birth mothers talk about their experiences giving birth to and raising children with an FASD.
Cheryl Jill Plumage leads a Native spiritual ceremony.	Dr. Kathleen Sulik describes effects of alcohol on a fetus.