Courses

Is it defiance — or a brain-based difference? In this webinar, participants will learn how challenging behaviors in individuals with FASD often stem from brain-based differences rather than defiance. Discover how to reframe behaviors as signals of unmet needs, dysregulation, or skill gaps — and gain practical tools to foster empathy and cooperation in daily interactions.

Navigating the education system with a child with FASD can feel overwhelming—but you don’t have to do it alone. This webinar is a conversation with education, legal, mental health and caregiver experts ready to help you advocate for your child’s success in school.

This course provides caregivers with practical tools and guidance to support children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) from infancy through adulthood. Learn how FASD affects development, discover strategies for daily challenges and explore how to build an informed support team to help children thrive at every stage of life.

As a caregiver, this course will give you a better understanding of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), how they impact individuals, ways to support a child with FASD and helpful resources.

Become a volunteer with Proof Alliance and find an opportunity to connect to the community.

It is estimated that almost 70% of the children in foster care are affected by prenatal alcohol exposure in varying degrees. Knowing this, what can foster and adoptive caregivers/guardians do to support these children's needs?

Welcome to the Proof Alliance FASD Training for Educators course! In this course, you will learn about the different types of FASD, how it affects a child’s brain structure and functioning, and its impact on learning in the classroom. You will also explore various support strategies that will help you set up students with an FASD for success.

This series is for caregivers to individuals with an FASD. This webinar covers FASD basics as well as strategies in supporting communication and dysregulation.

Become a trainer and maintain PACT status by attending PACT certification annually. This course is open to enrolled PACT trainers only.

The average age that children with FASD start having trouble with the law is 12. Learn how FASD impacts cognitive development and supportive strategies that can change that pathway.

Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are highly overrepresented in the child welfare system, including foster care and out-of-home placement. On average, a child with FASD is 17 to 19 times more likely to be in the child welfare system than someone without an FASD.

During this session, presenters will address the intersection of child welfare and FASD, including how the child welfare system currently cares for children with FASD, how to improve child welfare practice for FASD and how FASD intersects with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

The Providing Culturally Competent Care to American Indian Patients course is a starting point for providers seeking to provide quality care to American Indian patients. In this course, you will have the opportunity to grow in each of these areas. This course is broken into the following lessons:

-Diversity of Native Communities
-Understanding Native Culture
-Gaining Context: Understanding Historical Trauma
-Providing Culturally Competent Care
-Incorporating Traditional Medicine

Learn how Minnesota clinics are screening for alcohol use before and during pregnancy, what their needs are, and how clinics can be supported to improve their screening and brief intervention processes.

ProofCON Pro is a quarterly conference series that takes a deep dive into the intersection of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and a relevant topic. Our inaugural event is on mental health. These sessions will provide attendees with leading research and evidence-based programming, as well as personal experience and historical perspectives.

This series helps caregivers and guardians to understand county services such as waivers, grants, financial support, respite and community activities.

This series provides “Tips for Safe Technology Use for Students with Disabilities” as well as walks caregivers through resources to mitigate dangers of social media use.

This series provides “Tips for Safe Technology Use for Students with Disabilities” as well as walks caregivers through resources to mitigate dangers of social media use.

Effective August 1, 2020, a prenatal alcohol exposure screening is required for any child entering foster care in Minnesota as soon as practicable but no later than 45 days after the removal of the child from the child’s home, if the agency has determined that the child has not previously been screened or identified as prenatally exposed to alcohol.

This is the third part in a series discussing the disparities and variance in Native American communities and their impact on preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). This series will also discuss approaches moving forward together to decrease FASD in Indian Country.

This is the second part in a series discussing the disparities and variance in Native American communities and their impact on preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). This series will also discuss approaches moving forward together to decrease FASD in Indian Country.

This is the first part in a series discussing the disparities and variance in Native American communities and their impact on preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). This series will also discuss approaches moving forward together to decrease FASD in Indian Country.