FASD - Tris Casson Rennie

Episode 610 of the The Adoption and Fostering Podcast podcast, hosted by Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie, titled "FASD - Tris Casson Rennie" was published on March 7, 2026 and runs 53 minutes.

March 7, 2026 ·53m · The Adoption and Fostering Podcast

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Summary

Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast. In this recording adoptive parent and founder of FASD Ireland shares his family's story and unpacks the realities, challenges and some of the solutions to parenting a child with FASD This is a different kind of episode, in January Tris Casson Rennie joined one one the peer support group sessions that I host with Walking with Families. We are a community of adoptive parents who are living with challenging behaviour and Tris is an adoptive parent and the founder of FASD Ireland. In this session he was able to unpack Feotal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - FASD- with us and help us make sense of behaviour and what can help with that. He gives a pocket sized training then answers some of the questions from the community. You can find out more of the work that Tris and his husband Scott do here FASD Ireland. If you’re an adoptive parent and would like to join the community. Below is the link to the joining form, we meet weekly online on Monday lunchtimes as well as during the month in the evenings. https://forms.office.com/e/drdn16BLZ2 We also have a FB group that will be part of the community and you can join that here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1620682492650215/ As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected] Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here

Episode Description

Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast.

In this recording adoptive parent and founder of FASD Ireland shares his family's story and unpacks the realities, challenges and some of the solutions to parenting a child with FASD

This is a different kind of episode, in January Tris Casson Rennie joined one one the peer support group sessions that I host with Walking with Families. We are a community of adoptive parents who are living with challenging behaviour and Tris is an adoptive parent and the founder of FASD Ireland. In this session he was able to unpack Feotal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - FASD- with us and help us make sense of behaviour and what can help with that. He gives a pocket sized training then answers some of the questions from the community.

You can find out more of the work that Tris and his husband Scott do here FASD Ireland.

If you’re an adoptive parent and would like to join the community. Below is the link to the joining form, we meet weekly online on Monday lunchtimes as well as during the month in the evenings.

https://forms.office.com/e/drdn16BLZ2

We also have a FB group that will be part of the community and you can join that here.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1620682492650215/

As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected]

Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here