146 - All About FASD - FASD and Friendship Skills with Dr. Jerrod Brown

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

Episode 146 is the first of a two part episode special in preparing for "Back to School / Back to Homeschool" - FASD and Friendship Skills with regular guest, Dr. Jerrod Brown.  Jerrod Brown, Ph.D., M.A., M.S., M.S., M.S. is a professor, trainer, researcher and consultant with multiple years of experience teaching collegiate courses. Jerrod is also the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic  Studies (AIAFS) and the Editor in Chief of Forensic Scholar Today (FST). 

In this episode, Jerrod explores the following topics: the basics of friendship skills, what skills are required in making and maintaining friends, the risk factors that individuals with FASD (and other brain based diagnoses) have in not having healthy friendships, the protective factors for helping individuals with FASD make and maintain friendships, advice and words of encouragement and hope.

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