Presentations

Helen Oakwater (founder of FAB Parents) is a frequent and popular conference speaker who always receives outstanding feedback. If you’d like her to speak at your event, get in touch.

What lurks below the behaviour you observe in a hurt child?

Live streamed Keynote Presentation to New South Wales Child Protection conference. (6 x 8-12 minute videos).

Meet Sandy, Tamie and Tim who are in the same class. Discover why they each respond differently to a teacher’s request.

Hanna Heinonen - CEO, Central Union for Child Welfare Finland

"Helen Oakwater gave an interesting lecture in our National Child Welfare Conference in Jyväskylä, Finland on 27-28 September 2016. The conference had nearly 1,200 participants and it was aimed for professionals in the field of child welfare. Helen’s lecture Does Lack of Truth-Telling Destabilise a Child’s Life Journey? was valued among participants.

I can warmly recommend Helen for other conferences to speak about similar topics. Helen’s talent as a lecturer would certainly bring additional value to other events. The feedback from the participants supports my opinion:

  • “Helen Oakwater was brilliant and the content was important. We need more speakers like her!”

  • “The way she lectures is great and it is easy to understand.”

  • “The content of the lecture was remarkably interesting and good.”

  • “Helen was impressive, the lecture was full of information, emotional, important and superbly presented.”

  • “Helen Oakwater was the star of the conference! An important topic and she had a charming way to
    present.“

  • “The lecture of Helen Oakwater was one of the best I have ever heard – and I have heard many.”

EUFASD Conference, Sept 2016

“How consequences of maltreatment and neglect overlap with FASD symptoms”. A workshop with Helen Oakwater.

This presentation offers a new model and way of thinking about the impact of prenatal alcohol and/or maltreatment on children. Put simply prenatal alcohol causes irreversible brain damage (“swiss cheese brain”) while maltreatment causes the brain to be wired for trauma and threat.