Foetally Affected Children's Service

TACT offers training in the area of foetally alcohol affected children. As well as group training, TACT can offer individual training to specific carers who may be looking after a child with this condition.

The Foetally Affected Children's Service (FACS) team is made up of an in-house team with social work, psychologist and support work expertise. We also use additional experts including a consultant paediatrician, play therapist, speech therapist. The team provides a range of advice, assessment and training.

The subject raises issues about children currently within the care system who may not be receiving appropriate services because of the lack of understanding of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) as a potential diagnosis for their behaviour, difficulties in learning and social development. For more details on the subject, read the guide, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, A guide for healthcare professionals, published by the British Medical Association (BMA).

In our view anyone fostering a child/young person should be aware of the issues involved in maternal drug misuse and the impact of this on foetal development and consequences for future care planning. This is why we've set up a series of conferences, Bruised Before Birth. The first one is taking place in Cardiff on 14 July 2010 and the second in Birmingham on 16 November 2010. If you would like more information about these, contact Charlotte Lindsell, TACT Events and Press Officer on 020 8695 2315 or c.lindsell@tactcare.org.uk. 

For more information about FACS and any future training seminars, please contact Jacqui Le Vaillant, our FACS Project Manager, on 020 8695 2313 or adoptionduty@tactcare.org.uk.