The Leaven Catholic Newspaper (USA) - Families welcome children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
At the start of a new year, it’s not uncommon for folks to take stock of the year just past and then search for ways to better give back to their communities going forward.
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LAWeekly (USA) - Andrew Keeping: Bridging
Empathy and Impact Through Disability Advocacy, Neurodiversity, and FASD
Awareness
In the grand tapestry of life, there exist individuals who transcend their
primary roles, crafting an impact through their altruism and dedication to
societal betterment.
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CanFASD (Canada) - Supporting Students with
FASD in Schools
Yesterday was the International Day of Education. Research has found that
traditional approaches in classroom management can be unsuccessful in
supporting the needs of students with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
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VIDEOS and MATERIALS
FASD Hub Australia - Unlocking opportunities for children with combined FASD
and motor control difficulties
Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and motor control
difficulties may experience difficulties with many everyday activities at home
and in school.
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YourTV Brockville-Smiths Falls - FASD -
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder
Rob Moore speaks with Kathy about FASD.
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FASD Awareness - Prof. Moira Plant -FASD
Webinar #23
If you appreciate and find this webinar useful please feel free to donate
the proceeds of a cup of coffee or whatever you feel is appropriate. We are a
charity that runs purely on donations and fundraising.
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Patricia Kasper, Your FASD Coach - Thriving
with FASD: Candid Advice for Parents with Patrick Bross
This episode features a candid conversation with Patrick Ross, a vibrant
member of the adult FASD community, whose insights and personal journey offer
hope and inspiration to others living with FASD and their families, and it
includes his candid advice to parents of littles on the spectrum.
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Central Australian Aboriginal Congress - True
or Gammon: FASD Ep. 3 Helping kids with FASD
Camille and Tahnee talk out stories about drinking grog and pregnancy and
decide whether it's true or gammon! It's never too late to get help!
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Central Australian Aboriginal Congress - True
or Gammon: FASD Ep 1- Is it safe to drink when you're pregnant?
Camille and Tahnee talk out stories about drinking grog and pregnancy and
decide whether it's true or gammon!
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Mending Families - Brain First Parenting
and FASD with Eileen Devine
On today’s episode, Eileen gives us more insight into Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders, what they are and how we can support those in our lives
living with FASD.
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Patricia Kasper, Your FASD Coach - Our
Ongoing Love Affair with a Toxin: a Candid Conversation with Susan Rich, MD
Living with FASD is an educational and human interest show for those living
with the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol, their loved one and anyone
interested in learning more about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, brought to
you by someone with both professional and living experience with FASD.
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Central Australian Aboriginal Congress - True
or Gammon: FASD Ep 2 What about Dad?
Camille and Tahnee talk out stories about drinking grog and pregnancy and
decide whether it's true or gammon!
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FASD NL - FASD Assessment & Diagnostic
Options in Newfoundland and Labrador
Download to see more information about FASD diagnostic options in
Newfoundland and Labrador.
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RESEARCH
Research in Developmental Disabilities - Developmental, sensory and
behavioral outcomes among infants and toddlers with prenatal alcohol exposure
Findings suggest that several domains of child functioning may be
vulnerable to the teratogenic impact of PAE, and that these delays are evident
in the first years of life.
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Translational Psychiatry - Synaptic and
mitochondrial mechanisms behind alcohol-induced imbalance of
excitatory/inhibitory synaptic activity and associated cognitive and behavioral
abnormalities
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can significantly impact the brain
development of the fetus, leading to long-term cognitive and behavioral
problems.
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Journal of Intellectual & Developmental
Disability - Challenges and strengths experienced by fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder diagnostic clinics in Canada
FASD clinics are more alike than not in their approach to assessment and
diagnosis. Some clinics are facing similar challenges that others have
overcome, supporting the need for mentorship and consistent operating
standards.
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Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research - Magnetic
resonance elastography captures a transient benefit of exercise intervention on
forebrain stiffness in a rat model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
This is the first application of MRE to measure the brain's mechanical
properties in a rodent model of FASD. MRE successfully captured alcohol-related
changes in forebrain stiffness and damping ratio.
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Children - Clinical Diagnosis and
Management of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Processing Disorder
in Children
This paper reviews SPDs in FASD and the interventions that can be used by
practitioners to help improve their therapeutic management, although it is
unlikely that any single intervention will be the right choice for all
patients.
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International Journal of Environmental
Research and Public Health - Strong Born—A First of Its Kind National FASD
Prevention Campaign in Australia Led by the National Aboriginal Community
Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) in Collaboration with the Aboriginal
Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs)
The Strong Born Campaign (2022–2025) was launched by the National Aboriginal
Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) in 2023. Strong Born is the
first of its kind national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
promotion campaign to address Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) within
Australia.
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Children & Society - Caregivers'
perspectives of support needs for adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder
Research focused on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is often
deficit-focused, limiting a holistic understanding of individuals' support
needs.
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Frontiers in Medicine and Primary Care - Actions
to prevent and identify fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to be implemented in
general practice: a consensus
Fetal alcohol exposure is the most common preventable cause of non-genetic
intellectual disability. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is characterized by
intellectual disability and distinctive facial features and affects 0.1% of
live births, representing approximately 800 cases per year in France.
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Research Square - The feasibility of
integrating an alcohol screening clinical decision support tool into primary
care clinical software: A review and Australian key stakeholder study
This study explored the feasibility of integrating a clinical decision
support tool into general practice clinical management software in Australia to
prompt for alcohol screening among patients who are pregnant or planning a
pregnancy.
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BioMed Research International - Meconium
Indicators of Maternal Alcohol Abuse during Pregnancy and Association with
Patient Characteristics
Women who drink higher doses of ethanol during pregnancy, according to
metabolite measures in meconium, might be less likely to admit alcohol
consumption.
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Qualitative Research in Health - Experiences
of alcohol use during pregnancy: A qualitative study of pregnant women at risk
of acquiring HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
In South Africa, alcohol use during pregnancy is prevalent and associated
with increased HIV risk. Developing locally sensitive and contextually
appropriate evidence-based interventions to address alcohol use among pregnant
and breastfeeding women in South Africa requires comprehensive understanding of
the context of perinatal alcohol use and how relationships and lived
environments may serve as barriers or supports for alcohol reduction.
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Healthcare - Primary Care Professionals’
Empathy and Its Relationship to Approaching Patients with Risky Alcohol
Consumption
The aim of this study was to estimate the level of empathy among primary
care (PC) health professionals and its relationship with their approach to
patients at risk due to alcohol consumption.
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IN OTHER LANGUAGES
NaczelnaIzba (Poland) - Webinar: FASD wyzwaniem w pracy położnej 18 stycznia
2024
Krajowe Centrum Przeciwdziałania Uzależnieniom wraz z Naczelną Izbą
Pielęgniarek i Położnych zaprasza na webinar Ewy Janiuk
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Afasaf Fasd (Spain) - Afasaf
ConNecta_Adopcion y vida adulta: "Vuelta a los Orígenes"
Sesión informativa que pretende ayudar a las familias adoptivas a acompañar
a sus hijos e hijas en el proceso de búsqueda de sus orígenes, tras alcanzar la
mayoría de edad.
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