Austin Founder Lions Club

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Presentation

  • 21 Jul 2011
  • 11:45 AM - 12:59 PM
  • Wells Fargo Building, 400 W. 15th Street, 3rd floor Auditorium REGISTER BEFORE WED - NOON

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Presentation
Introduction by Lion President Jacqueline Hammett


Using the national average of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevalence (1 in 100), and the 2008 census data, Texas has approximately 4,055 children a year born with completely preventable, irreversible brain damage.

This week's speaker, Sheryl Draker, will be addressing the leading cause of mental retardation and learning disabilities in the nation- fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. When children are exposed to alcohol in the womb, it damages the heart, kidneys, growth, teeth, facial features, and most importantly, the brain.

Herself the adoptive parent of a child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and a member of the Texas FASD Leadership and Planning Collaborative, Sheryl will present on the devastating effects of alcohol on the developing brain, what can be done to improve the lives of the children already living with an FASD in Texas, and what can be done to help put a stop to this totally preventable, life long birth defect.

 Speaker's Bio:
Sheryl Draker, Lions Club, Fetal Alcohol SyndromeSheryl Draker is a native Austinite who graduated from the University of Texas with a B.S. in Advertising and minor in Marketing.

Upon graduation, she moved to NYC. After a stint in The big apple she returned to Texas and attended the University of Houston Law School where she was inducted into a honors fraternity. She was a teaching fellow, tutor. She was elected to the Student Bar Association and was a 2 year executive board member of the Advocates where she competed in moot court and mock trial competitions.

Upon graduation, she was one of eighteen students selected to serve as a Briefing Attorney to the Texas Supreme Court. After she term ended, she moved to Dallas and begin her litigation career working on then cutting edge issues such as blood bank liability for the transmission of AIDS.

While continuing her litigation career she embarked upon another course of study receiving a Master of Arts in Psychology.She was again inducted into the academic honors fraternity. She combine she knowledge of communications, law and psychology and begin working as a juror consultant.

Sheryl considers her legal high to have been working with the state of Texas Tobacco team, as well as the National team, against big Tobacco. Sheryl has written and delivered speeches for various State Bar Associations on effective preparation of trial witnesses and juror selection. She has been quoted in the Dallas Morning News, various Bar Journals, featured in Money magazine, Readers Digest and the Austin American Statesman.

Sheryl is the proud adoptive mother of Tatiana who is now 10. They enjoy anything involving water, animals, travel, adventure and fun!
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