
Agenda for the FASD Regional Training.
July 21-22, 2022
Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND

Thursday July 21
1:00 Tom Donaldson and Carl Young: FASD United: Conference Welcome
1:15 How a personalized conference works.
1: 30 – 2:30 Lauren Fleming and Connor Sheridan –UND Medical students –
“FASD in North Dakota: The numbers matter “
2:40 – 3:00 Kimberly Hurby RN, MSN – Disabilities Council Initiative
3:00- 3:15 Questions and Break
3:15- 4:15 Carl Young and Parents – Parenting and FASD
4:15– 5:00 Larry Burd, PhD - “FASD: Where we are at and future plans in North Dakota”
5:00 – 7:00 Reception for families, speakers and service providers (Beverages and Hors d’oeuvres)
Friday July 22
8:50 – 9:00 Todays Agenda and Service providers
9:00 –9:45 Douglas Waite, MD (Video Presentation) FASD: An office based approach to diagnosis
and management for a pediatrician
Also
What New York City and North Dakota have in Common?
9:45-10:00 Altru FASD Screening Clinic - It’s New: Increasing Access to Services
10:00 – 11:05 Carol Weiler, Disabilities Advocate & Mandy Dendy, Staff Attorney - Protection & Advocacy, “Supported Decision-Making (SDM) in North Dakota”
11:10 – 12:00 Jennifer Modeen, MSW and Mary Burd, LSW Mentella: This is the school! You need to come
and get your child he/she is out of control. School based interventions
12:00 – 1:00 Box lunch: A Conversation with Families: What we need and when we need it
(Diagnosis, interventions, respite care, and lots more)
1:00 – 2:00 William Edwards, JD and Rachael Sinness, JD HELP: Who to Call for Services
and How to Get Them
2:15 – 3:00 Larry Burd PhD Discussion and identification of needed services