DETERMINING THE SEVERITY LEVEL OF FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS (FASD): FROM FOSTER CARE TO INMATES ON DEATH ROW

July 26, 2024.

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Speakers and Materials:

Dr. Kenneth Jones, M.D. University of California at San Diego UCSD

Dr. Jones Discovered FASD in 1973 in Seattle and is considered the father of FASD.

Dr. Kenneth Jones testified in the Parkland shooter death penalty trial in Florida.

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 Dr. Larry Burd, Ph.D. Professor Department of Pediatrics and Director of the FASD Clinic at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Dr Burd has published over 240 papers on FASD and Children’s Mental Health

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William J. Edwards, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender

Los Angeles County Mental Health Court

Advisory Counsel, FASD United, Washington, D.C. 

Mr. William Edwards has been representing clients with FASD for 26 years.

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Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program 
The Protection and Advocacy System for the State of Alabama

William “Bill” van der Pol, is a Senior Trial Counsel with ADAP and Jenny Ryan, a Senior Lawyer with ADAP and Director of the Children’s Clinic at the University of Alabama Law School.

Dr. Laura McGuinn, M.D, University of UAB Department of Pediatrics

Business Card – Available Here.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Criminal Justice System – A Research Summary. Click Here.

Resources in Alabama for FASD Evaluations – Click Here.

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