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This episode of Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast features 3 panels about practicing while parenting in different stages and unique situations, a wellness break, & a spotlight on one of the Houston Bar Association's ancillary organizations. The episode has 2 titles because the content in the 3 main segments will be helpful in different ways to different people. The guests in these segments offer support and guidance to lawyer parents in various stages of their careers, provide context for colleagues who are not parents about the challenges they face, and give practical tips to legal employers about how to retain talented lawyer parents. The guests also discuss several legal topics associated with having children, including college savings plans and cyberbullying.

I. Lawyers: Practicing While Parenting Young Children / Legal Employers: How to Support and Retain Talented Parents of Young Children
In this segment, 3 lawyers who are also parents of young children---Maryann Zaki of Zaki Law, Sara M. Prasatik of Wilson Gibbs + Gorn, and Keri Brown of Baker Botts---discuss best practices for maternity/paternity leave, changing career paths, & how to make legal work environment more inviting to parent lawyers. Keri Brown also offers advice from a tax law perspective on college savings plans.

II. Wellness Break: Eating Right While on the Go with Nutritionist Catherine Kruppa

III. Lawyers: Practicing While Parenting in the Teen, Tweens, and Twenties / Legal Employers: Considering the Needs of More Seasoned Parent Lawyers
In this segment, Rachael Thompson of Winston & Strawn and Lewis Thomas of Lewis Thomas P.C., who are parents of children in the tweens, teens, or twenties, talk about how they manage their law practice while parenting older children. Rachael also addresses how her firm supports parent lawyers, and Lewis addresses starting your own firm to increase flexibility. The panelists also provide tips relating to cyber-bullying and best practices for teen-aged drivers during a traffic stop. 

IV.  Lawyers: Practicing While Adopting  / Legal Employers: Best Practices for Supporting and Retaining Talented Adoptive Parents
Heather Potts of Nathan Sommer Jacobs adopted 2 older children internationally while she was a practicing lawyer. She provides tips for lawyer who are considering international adoption, encourages adoption of older children, & discusses how firms or legal employers can provide a healthy environment that goes beyond FMLA requirements so that adoptive parents feel supported in their decisions, which leads to the lawyer being more of an asset to the lawyer’s employer. 

V. Ancillary Organization Spotlight: HVL’s Guardianship Partnership with HYLA
In this segment, Behind the Lines Interviewer Mark Yablon interviews the Honorable Jerry Simoneaux about the partnership between Houston Volunteer Lawyers and Houston Young Lawyers' Association. The Judge encourages listeners to become HVL volunteers and consider taking these types of cases.

CLE Credit
Listeners who are also members of the HBA can receive 1.5 hours of CLE credit for listening to this entire episode. Visit the HBA's CLE page for more details. 

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*The views expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect the views of The Houston Lawyer Editorial Board or the Houston Bar Association.

Welcome to FASD Family Life the podcast for families by families where we get real about raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. I’m your host, Robbie Seale, FASD Educator, advocate and mom of four children with FASD.  I know the struggle is real, but so is success. I hope that sharing my experiences can help you feel that you are not alone and that there is hope for you and your child with FASD.  

Here we are, my friends, episode 41st of the FASD Family Life podcast. I am grateful to be spending this time with you again today wherever you are. Whether this is your first episode or your 41st, I invite you to grab a nice hot cup of coffee with me as we chat parent to parent.

Today we are doing to get REAL as I dive into the mail bag to answer one of the most common challenges faced by parents and careivers raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, some call it sass, attitude or back talk.  We all hate the way our children speak to us and their siblings. Nothing we try seems to work! Leaving us worn down, discouraged and frustrated, but there is hope.

Settle in with your nice hot cup of coffee as I explain the brain based reasons for this common and frustrating behavioural symptom and give you some practical tips on how you can reduce frustration and improve family cohesion.

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Welcome to FASD Family Life the podcast for families by families where we get real about raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. I’m your host, Robbie Seale, FASD Educator, advocate and mom of four children with FASD.  I know the struggle is real, but so is success. I hope that sharing my experiences can help you feel that you are not alone and that there is hope for you and your child with FASD. 

With more than 20 years lived experience I know it can be a struggle to find resources and research to support you, your family, and your child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. That's why I have embarked on a new initiative to interview the movers and shakers in the FASD Research and Resources community. Every Monday I will drop a Research & Resource episode to give you information on a variety of FASD Networks, resources, training events, and conferences. I will also bring you information on fascinating FASD studies for your participation and interest.

This episode of FASD Family Life Research & Resources edition highlights the work of the South Alberta FASD Network; one of 12 FASD Networks in the province of Alberta, Canada. My guest Debbie Deak is the co-coorinator of the South Alberta FASD Network and the FASD Prevention Conversation Facilitator for this network.  This network is located in the southwest corner of the province, with Lethbridge at it's centre; it covers the regon from the BC border to Bow Island, south to the USA border and north to Granum/Picture Butte.

Whether this is your first epside or your 40th, I invite you to settle in with a nice hot cup of coffee, and maybe a notebook as we learn about the many programs and services that are available for individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and their famiies in South Alberta.  https://safasd.ca/

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Welcome to FASD Family Life the podcast for families by families where we get real about raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. I’m your host, Robbie Seale, FASD Educator, advocate and mom of four children with FASD.  I know the struggle is real, but so is success. I hope that sharing my experiences can help you feel that you are not alone and that there is hope for you and your child with FASD.  

Welcome to the third episode of the FASD Family Life Podcast - Research & Resource edition featuring a one day FASD Conference on Dec 8th, 2021 hosted by our friends at the North American Council of Adoptable Children (NACAC).

It can be a struggle to find resources and research to support you, your family, and your child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. That's why I have embarked on a new initiative to interview the movers and shakers in the FASD Research and Resources community. Every Monday I will drop a Research & Resource episode to give you information on a variety of FASD Networks, resources, training events, and conferences. I will also bring you information on fascinating FASD studies for your participation and interest.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Conference on Dec 8, 2021

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are some of the most common—yet underdiagnosed—challenges facing children and families in adoption and foster care.

Join us December 8, 2021, for a one-day, virtual conference on FASD. The training—featuring a clinical expert, parents who can suggest successful strategies, and individuals who live with FASD—will highlight solutions for parents and professionals related to these disorders that are 10 times more common in foster care than they are in the general population.

 More Info & Registration:
 https://www.nacac.org/get-training/upcoming-trainings/fasd-conference/

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Welcome to FASD Family Life the podcast for families by families where we get real about raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. I’m your host, Robbie Seale, FASD Educator, advocate and mom of four children with FASD.  I know the struggle is real, but so is success. I hope that sharing my experiences can help you feel that you are not alone and that there is hope for you and your child with FASD.  

Welcome to the second episode of the FASD Family Life Podcast - Research & Resource edition featuring The Ready of Not Brain-Based Disability Study.

It can be a struggle to find resources and research to support you, your family, and your child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. That's why I have embarked on a new initiative to interview the movers and shakers in the FASD Research and Resources community. Every Monday I will drop a Research & Resource episode to give you information on a variety of FASD Networks, resources, training events, and conferences. I will also bring you information on fascinating FASD studies for your participation and interest.

With the READYorNot™ Brain-Based Disabilities Project, we are developing and evaluating e-health aids to help patients and families take charge of this transition. The CHILD-BRIGHT Network has provided a unique opportunity to develop and test an e-health intervention (app) to improve the transition of care journey. YouTube. CHILD-BRIGHT Network.

To help youth with brain-based disabilities (BBD) prepare for the transition from pediatric to adult health care, we developed the MyREADY TransitionTM BBD App in partnership with patients, families, health care stakeholders, and our industry partner 360Medlink.

We have collaborated closely with our Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) since 2017. In 2019-20 we prepared a randomized controlled trial to see if there are benefits to using the app. The PFAC, which counts five young people among its members, was instrumental in helping the trial take shape. 

Click here to find more info: https://www.child-bright.ca/readyornot

Regional Research Coordinator email:  yomna.elshamy@ahs.ca

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Welcome to the FASD Family Life Podcast - Research & Resource Edition

FASD Family Life is the podcast for families by families raising children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. I am you host, Robbie Seale.  I am an FASD educator, advocate and mother of five children, four with FASD with more than 20 years experience.  I know the struggle is real and so is success.

It can be a struggle to find resources and research to support you, your family, and your child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. That's why I have embarked on a new initiative to interview the movers and shakers in the FASD Research and Resources community. Every Monday I will drop a Research & Resource episode to give you information on a variety of FASD Networks, resources, training events, and conferences. I will also bring you information on fascinating FASD studies for your participation and interest,

This week my guest is Chad Bousman, PhD.  Associate Professor at the University of Calgary and research lead on a fascinating study on DNA guided prescribing for children and youth.  It is a fascinating study that is actively recruiting: children / youth who are starting or changing medication for their mental health to participate in pharmacogenetic testing through the research program at the University of Calgary.

Study link: https://www.psychpgxlab.com/projects/pgx-spark

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Welcome back to another episode of FASD Family Life Summer Series; Talk to the Experts.  Join me for cup of coffee and a fascinating conversation with Cindy LaJoy.  Cindy LaJoy is a homeschool mom, special education consultant, and co-author with Natalie Vecchione of Blazing New Homeschool Trails,  Educating and Launching Teens with Developmental Disabilities. Cindy and her husband have raised five children; three of whom with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Cindy knows the struggle is real, and so is success! 

I know you are going to thoroughly enjoy our conversation as Cindy and I discuss our "ah ha!" moments from raising children with FASD.  Cindy's pride in her children and enthusiasm for helping others is palpable.  Now grown,  three of  her children are operating their own award winning business and another is attending seminary. Tune in to hear about the accommodations that made success possible.

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