ICCFASD Justice Issues Work Group

The Justice Issues Work Group – one of four work groups established by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD) to address special issues and to plan and implement directed activities – is led by Scott Pestridge, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Mr. Pestridge is also the U.S. Department of Justice representative to the ICCFASD where he coordinates the work of the group with Dr. Sally Anderson, NIAAA, FASD Activities Coordinator, ICCFASD. For the past several years, the highest priority of the work group has been to increase awareness of legal and justice professionals about the challenges they face when individuals with an FASD are involved with the justice system. The overall goal of current activities is to help attorneys and judges increase their understanding of FASD so that they may better serve clients with FASD and their families and better consider a broader range of options when they have, or think they may have a youth with an FASD in their court.

Links

• Watch a Webinar: "Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): Promising Practices for System Involved Youth with FASD" (April 12, 2017)

- CLICK HERE to access the on-demand recording of the webinar. You will be prompted to register using your name and email address to access the recording, powerpoint handout, and supplemental materials

• "Alcohol-Related Birth Disorders and the Law: How Should Attorneys & Judges Respond to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders", Proceedings from a Continuing Legal Education Credit Program held at the American Bar Association Meeting in NewOrleans, a Continuing Legal Education program.

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Implications for Juvenile and Family Court Judges

ICCFASD Justice Issues Work Group

Scott Pestridge, M.P.P.

(Work Group Leader)

Senior Policy Advisor

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention/OJJDP

Office of Justice Programs

U.S. Department of Justice

810 7th St. NW, room #7347

Washington, DC 20531

Phone: (202) 514-5655

E-mail: Scott.Pestridge@usdoj.gov

Sally M. Anderson, Ph.D.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

National Institutes of Health
6700B Rockledge Drive
Room 1246, MSC 6902
Bethesda, MD 20892–6902
Phone: 301-443-6371
Fax: 301-443-7043
E-mail: sanders1@mail.nih.gov
For overnight express mail:
6700B Rockledge Drive, Room 1246, MSC 6902, Bethesda, MD 20817

Eileen B. Bisgard, J.D.

Guardian ad Litem – Retired

Former Executive Director, NOFAS, Colorado

6145 Laural Green

Frederick, CO 80530

Phone: 720-394-1525

E-mail: ebisgard@gmail.com

Hon. Susan Carlson, J.D

500 East Grant Street, #1906

Minneapolis, MN 55404

Phone: (612) 414-3125

E-mail: susca719@gmail.com