The course is designed for those directly involved in the assessment and diagnosis of FASD specifically; Medical professionals, Clinical or Educational Psychologists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology and Social Workers. Other professionals will also find the content relevant to their work including; Midwives, Health visitors and teachers working with special educational needs. Applicants should be in possession of a current registration with an appropriate accrediting professional body or national organisation. Students should have a rudimentary knowledge of standardised assessments which involve scoring and analysis, e.g., use of percentiles, scaled or standard scores. Please contact the course administrator should you require further information in advance of submitting your application.Prior to commencing this course, students are required to have completed The Assessment and Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, or to have evidence of other training and experience in FASD assessment and diagnosis which is deemed a suitable foundation on which to build learning about complexities in FASD practice.If English is not the student’s first language, evidence of written and spoken English competency must be provided. Evidence of English language competency can include: A) A degree from a university in an English-speaking majority country, OR B) We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:IELTS Academic: total 7.0 with at least 6.5 in each component.TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 100 with at least 23 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.C1 Advanced (CAE) / C2 Proficiency (CPE): total 185 with at least 176 in each component.Trinity ISE: ISE III with passes in all four components.PTE Academic: total 70 with at least 62 in each component.Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.Course Fees for the 2025/26 academic yearStudents who take this course as CPD ‘for credit’ will incur a fee of £2,125.Students who take this course as CPD ‘not for credit’ will incur a fee of £945.How to ApplyPlease complete the application form (link below) and send it to CPD.FAAST@ed.ac.uk Document SHSS CPD Application Form (22.31 KB / DOCX)
