FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME These children are said to have fetal alcohol effects. fetal alcohol syndromeis the only birth defect that is 100 percent preventable. http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cmed/alcohol/fetal_alcl.htm
Extractions: FAS is the leading known cause of mental retardation in the United States. All races and ethnic groups are at risk. The physical and mental effects of the condition are irreversible. It is believed that the learning disabilities of many children result from maternal alcohol consumption. Infants born with FAS may be misdiagnosed. Criteria have been developed to help professionals correctly identify these children, including: in area between nose and upper lip Growth deficits Central nervous system problems Cardiac abnormalities Skeletal abnormalities A large number of children may possess some, but not all, of the above conditions. These children are said to have fetal alcohol effects. Although this condition may not be as severe as FAS, it is still problematic. The financial and emotional cost of FAS is enormous. FAS children have a myriad of lifelong health issues. As infants, they may be very easily agitated and difficult to comfort. Many also manifest a poor sucking response that contributes to poor weight gain. Affected infants also have difficulty sleeping. As these children grow, their disability may become more noticeable as they begin to interact with other children. Indeed, some are not diagnosed until school performance problems indicate the need for medical intervention. Problematic behaviors may include:
Extractions: Site Index Site Options Contact Us Search for: Schools Departments About ASD School Board ... myASD This topic has information for parents regarding FASD which includes Fetal Alcohol Effect and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Clicking on these links will take you away from the Anchorage School District's Web site. Each link will open in a new window. Return to Disability Related topics The ABCs of FAS/FAE This guide is an attempt by the National Organization on FAS to encourage teachers to know what to look for, what to do if they think that have an FAS/FAE child in their class and how to support the child in their quest for meaning and education in their lives. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Resource Guide
AAP Children's Health Topics: GENETICS AAP children s Health Topics GENETICS. Fainting, Family Communication,Family Roles, Father, Febrile Seizures, fetal alcohol syndrome, Financing http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/genetics.cfm
Extractions: View documents in pop-up window GENETICS Main Topic Committee on Genetics Home Page Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ( * external resource) First Signs: Information on Screening ( * external resource) Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects Public Service Announcement GAO Report on Newborn Screening: Characteristics of State Programs (March 2003) ( * external resource) March of Dimes - Birth Defects and Genetics ( * external resource) March of Dimes - Newborn Screening ( * external resource) Mental Retardation National Fragile X Foundation ( * external resource) National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities -State Resources sheet ( * external resource) National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center ( * external resource) National Organization for Rare Disorders ( * external resource) National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ( * external resource) Report on the FAS Curriculum Resources for NBS infrastructure development ( * external resource) Section on Genetics and Birth Defects Home Page Spina Bifida Understanding Cystic Fibrosis Understanding Fragile X Syndrome ... Video: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment ( * external resource) Video: Students Like Me: Teaching Children with FAS ( * external resource) Video: Worth The Trip: Raising Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ( * external resource) What Do Pediatricians Need to Know About Fragile X Syndrome?
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME This resources helps teachers work with a students need. (Mainstream) fetal alcohol syndrome An Issue of Child and Family Health. http://www.anishinabek.ca/zagehdowin/fetal.htm
Extractions: P.O. Box 40, Naughton, Ontario, P0M 2MO FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME RESOURCE TITLE CATEGORY STAT AREA CATALOG # ABSTRACT ABC's of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects F.A.S. Give GC 2 PH-C1-456 A series of one page information sheets that deal with the facts of Fetal Alcohol syndrome. Broken Cord, The F.A.S. Lend BC 2 PFH-C1-1174 A powerful haunting story of a Native man who adopts a Native boy with FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome), which was made into an ABC-TV movie. Challenges and Opportunities F.A.S. Lend MD 3 PH-C1-1748 Clinical Recognition of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome F.A.S. Refer GC 2 PH-C1-513 "Difficulties of Detection and Diagnosis." The features of children who have FAS, and how this syndrome is both under diagnosed and over diagnosed . Mainstream content. David With F.A.S. F.A.S. Lend VC 1 VH-C1-1314 The personal story of David Vanderbrink, who has F.A.S. Explores the F.A.S. / F.A.E. Information Kit F.A.S. Refer BC 3 PH-C1-1679 FAS/E Booklet 1: Identifying FAS/FAE F.A.S.
Resources - Texas Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Consortium Division of Child Disability and Health, fetal alcohol syndrome Branch. teaching and research for the identification, understanding and management of http://www.main.org/texasfasc/resources.html
The ABC's Of FAS/FAE Definition of and facial features of fetal alcohol syndrome children. Definition andfacial characteristics of fetal alcohol Effect children http://www.lcsc.edu/education/fas/
Extractions: The following material is in GIF format. To view, turn on the Auto Image Loading feature of your browser. Back to Directory SYNOPSIS: This document is a breakdown of the personality and learning traits of FAS/FAE children. Knowing what to expect in terms of how they learn and process information, as well as what other agendas may be in their brains can make a tremendous difference in the lesson that are planned. Not only that, but because of some of the traits , such as retreating and isolating themselves, teachers will be prepared and formulate a plan of action to address the issue. At first glance, most of these seem negative-it isn't so much negative as it is how they process what you say and how you say it. Remember, just because you know what you said, they might not.
Educators Teacher Talk, 3 (3) outlines elements that make an alcohol or drug preventionprogram including biology and information on fetal alcohol syndrome. http://www.alcoholfreechildren.org/en/audiences/educators.cfm
Extractions: Home Information For You Educators EDUCATORS In this section you will find warning signs of a drinking problem, questions to ask yourself about your school or community, the elements of a sample school alcohol policy, and resources for educators, including useful publications and helpful organizations and programs. For additional information, see also Statistics, The School and What You Can Do, In the School As an educator, ask yourself these questions: Sample School Alcohol Policy The strategies below appear in the Leadership prevention guide: Keep Kids Alcohol Free: Strategies for Action A good school alcohol polic y: States that alcohol and alcohol use are not allowed on school grounds, at school-sponsored activities, and while students are representing the school Describes the consequences for violating the policy Explains how to assess and refer students who use alcohol, and guarantees that self-referral will be treated confidentially and will not be punished
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome fetal alcohol syndrome. AN OVERVIEW OF fetal alcohol syndrome AND THE EDUCATIONALIMPLICATIONS alcohol and children When Mothers Drink Socially http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/SpecialEducation/fas.htm
Extractions: A diagnostic evaluation is a starting point for understanding, treating, and managing any medical condition. After 2 decades of research and clinical observations, it still is difficult to find professionals that specialize in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and/or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). The everyday behaviors of children with FAS/FAE can be unexpected, perplexing, and even unusual. Yet, because these particular behaviors havent been clearly linked to structural anomalies in the brain and because they have not yet been described in the authoritative listing of mental disorders (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), American Psychiatric Association (APA), 1994), many professionals dont fully understand the syndrome or its complications. Incidence of FAS
AADD - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome The fetal alcohol syndrome Study Group of the National Council on alcoholism Teachers need to have conveyed to them that these children are not simply http://www.aadd.org/www/html/prevfas.html
Extractions: The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Study Group of the National Council on Alcoholism outlines minimal criteria for the diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) as being "evidence of abnormalities in three specific areas: growth, central nervous system functions, and facial characteristics." Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) is the term commonly used to describe children with fewer or less severe birth defects in the same areas. In both FAS and FAE, the birth defects are caused when a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy. FAS and FAE are 100% preventable. Alcohol Related Birth Defects (ARBD) is a term that is used to describe birth defects caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol that had previously been called FAS/FAE.
The Seattle Times: Health: Studies Offer Hope For Alcohol-damaged Kids For decades, most of the research findings on fetal alcohol syndrome have beenbleak The braindamaged children of mothers who drank during pregnancy grow http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2002003071_fas11m.html
Extractions: Seattle Times medical reporter E-mail this article Print this article Search archive Most read articles ... Most e-mailed articles Related stories Student letter gives insight into syndrome For decades, most of the research findings on fetal alcohol syndrome have been bleak: The brain-damaged children of mothers who drank during pregnancy grow up to have trouble with everything from the law to social and family relationships. Now new findings from University of Washington scientists offer some hope: Those diagnosed early with the disease and who grow up in a stable, nurturing home are much less likely to have the problems that plague so many. "They can be successful in life, but they have special needs," said Ann Streissguth, who directed the research. "We need a community that is aware of that, and when that is understood from their birth on, it is so much better for them." Streissguth, UW professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and her colleagues found, from their interviews with caregivers, that children with early diagnoses and from stable homes were two to four times less likely to have some of the most-significant problems.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Family Village Library The fetal alcohol syndrome Family Resource Institute is dedicated to the MedlinePlus fetal alcohol syndrome The ABC s of FAS/FAE Teacher s Guide and http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_fas.htm
Extractions: Web: http://www.fetalalcoholsyndrome.org/ The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Family Resource Institute is dedicated to the preservation of families through the identification, understanding and compassionate care of individuals disabled by prenatal alcohol exposure. The institute helps by sharing the grief, healing the pain, and directing parents to agencies and programs that will give hope and help. FAS*FRI has local support groups with a directory that is included in their information packet and will give assistance to anyone wishing to start a group in their locality. The Institute publishes a quarterly newsletter, FAS Times , that in included in membership fees, and brochures including, "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome," "Help Hope Healing for Birth Parents of Children with FAS/FAE,"
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Effects The National Organization on fetal alcohol syndrome NOFAS fetal alcoholsyndrome movie, Weber University, Department of Child and Family Studies http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/fetalalc.html
Extractions: Email: fen@mail.dcs.wisc.edu Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit , Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Research and Advocacy, University of Washington School of Medicine. Includes: Diagnostic criteria Parent support groups Native American Resources Resources ... Articles on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Effects The Challenge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Overcoming Secondary Disabilities , AStreissguth and JKanter (Eds.). (1997) University of Washington Press
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