Hosted by Central Coast Breastfeeding Coalition

Date: April 14, 2025

Time: 6:30 p.m. PST

RSVP to Leslie by 4/13 at centralcoastbreastfeeding@hotmail.com or call 805-440-1271

We will discuss FASD prevalence rates, risky drinking during pregnancy, diagnosing a child with FASD, the common difficulties caregivers may face with an FASD child, and the dangers of misdiagnosing or not diagnosing a child with FASD.

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Speakers:

• Judge Charles Stevens “Steve” Crandall helped develop and present several original courses, including programs on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders at Beyond the Bench in 2019 and the Juvenile Law Institute in 2021. He will discuss FASD prevalence rates, risky drinking during pregnancy, and the dangers of misdiagnosing or not diagnosing a young child with FASD. During his 19-year tenure on the San Luis Obispo Superior Court, he served as the Assistant Presiding Judge, Presiding Judge, and Presiding Juvenile Court Judge. He served in every major assignment and later sat for one year as a justice pro tempore on the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles. He retired on September 1, 2022.
• Sid Gardner serves as President of Children and Family Futures, a national nonprofit which is based in Orange County, California. He served as Director of the Center for Collaboration for Children at California State University, Fullerton from 1991-2001. He is the author of Beyond Collaboration to Results, which reviews the recent history of community collaboratives. Mr. Gardner´s book, Cities, Counties, Kids, and Families: the Essential Role of Local Government (2005), describes a model for developing strategic policy for children and family policy in local governments.  He is a graduate of Occidental College and holds two Master’s degrees (Princeton University and Hartford Seminary) and is a Vietnam veteran.
• Annette Kunzman is President and a founder of FASD Network of Southern California, a 501(c) nonprofit organization and affiliate of FASD United, which provides information, training, and support to individuals with FASD and their caregivers and professionals. In 2020, Annette was instrumental in forming the California alliance, FASDNow! This group of FASD nonprofits and professionals was successful in advocating for the recent change to the California Education Code to include FASD under Other Health Impairment for special education services. FASDNow is currently working on a strategic plan for FASD in California. Annette holds a master’s in management degree from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She was certified as a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1988. Following a long career in commercial lending and investment management, Annette “retired” in 2006 to focus full-time on her young boys who were dealing with issues that were later diagnosed as FASD-related.

Questions? Please contact Leslie at centralcoastbreastfeeding@hotmail.com or call 805-440-1271