blocked care

Blocked Care Is Not Failure: Seven Truths Caregivers Need to Hear

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FASD and Blocked Care Need Restoration - Caregiver standing in front of a lake at sunset contemplating this.

Caregiving in the world of FASD and other high-needs conditions asks more of people than most systems acknowledge. Over time, many caregivers find themselves doing everything “right” while feeling less and less like themselves. They show up.They keep going.They still love their child. And yet something feels muted, flat, or unreachable. This experience has a … Read more

Unlocking Blocked Care: 7 Simple Steps to Rekindle Your FASD Caregiving

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AI representation of blocked care as a caregiver navigating a chasm.

In the unique and often misunderstood world of parenting children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), caregivers frequently face a challenging phenomenon known as blocked care. This issue arises not from a lack of love or effort, but from an ongoing cycle of adversarial parent-child interactions that cause caregivers to lose touch with their feelings … Read more