FASD Family Life

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the FASD Family Life podcast with host Robbie Seale. FASD Family Life is the podcast where we get real about raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. In this special episode Robbie draws from her email inbox and answers your questions; everything from toothpaste in the sink, accepting "no" as an answer, bad attitude, to refusal to do ch...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to FASD Family Life the podcast where we get real about raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Robbie Seale, podcast host, is the mother of five amazing kids; four of whom were adopted and prenatally exposed to alcohol. Robbie is also an FASD Educator and Advocate passionate to help families raising children with FASD thrive. Robbie knows the stru...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the 13th episode of FASD Family Life! In this episode our host, Robbie Seale, answers your questions about transitions and why they are so difficult for child and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.  Using her 20+ years experience raising children with FASD Robbie gives parents and caregivers an understanding of what makes transitions so difficult. Robbie also s...

Send us Fan Mail In episode 12 of FASD Family Life, a podcast for families by families raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder features an expert, Matthew Pakozdy, a 41 yr old with FASD.   Together Matthew and I discuss his experiences of transracial adoption, difficulties in school,  receiving a diagnosis of FASD and the accommodations and supports needed for Matthew to be...

Send us Fan Mail In episode 11 of FASD Family Life, the podcast for families by families raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder,  host, Robbie Seale, focuses on YOU the grandparent or parent.  A parent herself and an FASD Educator, Robbie knows the struggle and the heavy burdens carried by parents and grandparents raising children with this invisible disability.  What if t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to episode #10 of FASD Family Life, a podcast for families raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.  This episode features Robbie Seale's guest appearance on the ORPHANS NO MORE podcast, hosted by Sandra Flach.  Orphans No More is a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care, and fam...

Send us Fan Mail From my heart to yours, Happy Mother's Day. You are loved. You are not alone. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail FASD Family Life episode 9 Dysmaturity Demystified. Want to reduce stress, build you're child's capacity and improve family cohesion?  In this episode Robbie Seale, mother of 5, FASD Educator, Advocate and Podcast Host talks about Dysmaturity; that is the gap between developmental age and chronological age as it relates to children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum D...

Send us Fan Mail In this 8th episode Robbie Seale examines the relationship between challenging behaviors and the primary disabilities inherent in FASD; and askes "What if it's brain, not behavior?"  Together we explore a number of common friction points experienced by families along with creative solutions to alleviate family stress. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Robbie Seale, mother of five, explains why typical parenting DOESN'T WORK and reaches back into her own personal experiences raising three young children with FASD to give listeners tips and tricks to tackle the morning mayhem.  Robbie answers your questions and helps parents transform their chaos to calm.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Want to know more about Robbie's story from adoptive mom to FASD educator and podcast host?  We've got it here.  Tune in to hear Robbie Seale share her story when she was a guest on FASD Hope podcast, hosted by Natalie Vecchione. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In episode 5 Robbie Seale answers your questions and explores some tried and tested accommodations that will reduce the daily struggles for you and your child with FASD. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this fourth episode of FASD Family Life Robbie talks with an expert. who has FASD.  Robbie's teen daughter will answer some frequently asked questions about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder with wisdom and insight.  Be sure to listen to this fun mother daughter conversation. The struggle is real and so is success. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we dive deep into the prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the U.S. and Canada.  Stop by and listen as Robbie  addresses the top three questions about FASD: What? Why? Who?  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this second episode of FASD Family Life Robbie discusses one of the most common struggles parents have with their children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Integrating FASD research and her own 20 years experience as a parent raising four children with FASD, Robbie helps parents understand these behaviors and walks them through the process of removing obstacles in order to...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Robbie Seale shares stories from her 20 years experience raising four children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Robbie provides a definition of FASD and explains that many of the challenging behaviours are symptoms of the brain injury caused by prenatal alcohol exposure.  Robbie shares strategies that will address the root cause of challenging behaviors, reduc...