Today's News-Herald (USA) - Special
Needs Advocacy Coalition gives support
For Debbie Bauer,
much of the day is devoted to coordinating meetings with doctors,
therapists and teachers on behalf of her 12-year-old daughter, who
has special needs. “It gets overwhelming,” Bauer said. “You
have to get this referral, and then you go there and they send you
somewhere else or they send you back.”
The Chronicle of
Social Change - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in America, Pt.
3: The Criminal Justice System
Individuals with
an FASD are involved with the criminal justice system at an alarming
rate. Youth and adults with FASD have a form of brain damage that may
make it difficult for them to stay out of trouble with the law.
The Chronicle of
Social Change - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in America, Pt.
4: Educating Students with FASD
Individuals with
FASD may have problems that affect learning and behavior. Therefore,
it is important that we understand how alcohol impacts
neurodevelopment throughout the lifespan of individuals affected.
NordAN (Estonia) -
FASD mathematics from Estonia
Last week, October
24-25, several NordAN board members and representatives from member
organisations participated at a conference in Marijampole in
Lithuania. Conference was titled “Nordic and Baltic countries
against drugs” and organized under the auspices of Lithuanian
presidency of the European Union.
Keeping in Touch -
FASD Informed Practice for Community Based Programs
FASD Informed
Practice for Community Based Programs developed as a result of
recommendations from an FASD consultation meeting in 2012 where
CPNP, CAPC and AHS frontline workers and coordinators recognized the
need for practical information and steps to support FASD informed
practice.
Culture War
Reporters - Shame Day: How I Met Your Mother and FASD
I’ve fallen in
love with How I Met Your Mother. I chose my timing wisely, waiting
until the very last season began to air before I let myself become
sucked in. As a member of the generation of binge or marathon
watchers (depending on what kind of spin you want to give to it) I
just can’t handle waiting each week for a new episode. This way the
control is in my hands.
MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
Irish
Foster Carers Association - PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR
MANAGING CHILDREN/ADOLESCENTS with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
including FAS or ARND
This document has
been over 6 years in gestation since the first author’s ( KOM )
return to Ireland from the USA in 2006, and the continuation of his
psychiatric consultation work with children exposed to alcohol in
pregnancy.
The Invisible Children and Families
of FASD part 1
FASD: Dealing With Stealing - Nathan
Ory
In Part Two of a
two part video set dealing with stealing, Nathan Ory speaks about
strategies and approaches to use when kids steal.
YourAlberta -
Values and Addiction – FASD
Kirsty Prasad
reflects on our beliefs of women who use substances, gives an
overview of myths and facts in order to provide information for
practice and gives an introduction to the topic of gender and
addiction.
COMING UP
2013 Alberta FASD Conference
This important
multidisciplinary conference is focused on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder (FASD) and its impact on individuals, families, communities
and society at large. The conference will feature keynote
presentations and over 30 breakout sessions on the latest practices
in FASD prevention, assessment and support.
RESEARCH
Pediatrics -
Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Child Care
Settings: A Meta-analysis
The results
confirm that children and youth housed in or under the guardianship
of the wide range of child-care systems constitute a population that
is high-risk for FASD. It is imperative that screening be implemented
in these at-risk populations.
Alcohol and
Alcoholism - Drinking or Not Drinking in Pregnancy: The
Multiplicity of Confounding Influences
Significant
differences were observed between the intake groups on virtually all
parameters. Significant differences were observed between the
abstaining groups and the high-intake groups. The exploratory factor
analyses identified a number of latent variables between the
potential confounding variables.
Alcohol and
Alcoholism - What Research Is Being Done on Prenatal Alcohol
Exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the Russian Research
Community?
Alcohol preventive
measures in Russia warrant immediate attention. More research focused
on alcohol prevention and policy is needed in order to reduce
alcohol-related harm, especially in the field of FASD.
Otago University -
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis and intervention: An
investigation of professional practice in New Zealand
The research
presented in this thesis is theoretically and methodologically
grounded in applied medical anthropology, involving extensive
participant- observation fieldwork in health and allied health
training contexts in New Zealand and internationally. Over thirty
in-depth semi-structured interviews were carried out with health,
allied health and social service professionals in New Zealand.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
SBS (Burma) - FASD
Funding review causes concern
The World Health
Organisation says Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the number one
preventable cause of intellectual and developmental disability
globally.
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