Alaska Dispatch News (USA) - Proposal
may ease access to education services for FASD
A proposed change
to statewide regulations may ease the path toward special education
services for Alaska students with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders by
expanding the range of professionals who can diagnose the condition,
according to medical and special education professionals.
NBCNews.com (USA)
- One in 10 Pregnant Women Admit They Drink Sometimes
One in 10 pregnant
women in the U.S. admit to drinking alcohol at least every now and
then, and a third of the drinkers admit to binge drinking, federal
researchers said Thursday.
The Australian
(Australia) - Test kids before courts for fetal alcohol syndrome:
magistrate
A Perth Children’s
Court magistrate says every child charged with a criminal offence
should be promptly screened for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Ottawa Citizen
(Canada) - Public largely ignorant of damage alcohol can cause
unborn babies, says report
The public needs
educating about the effects of alcohol on unborn children in an
effort to stem the growing number of babies born with brain damage,
says a new, groundbreaking provincial report.
Press Examiner
(USA) - Pregnant Women Are Frequent Binge Drinkers
According to the
findings of a new study, pregnant women are binge drinking more than
those who are not in their pregnancies. This has medical
professionals worried, as binge drinking could have harmful effects
on pregnancy. It can even cause birth defects.
Irish Independent
(Ireland) - Test babies to check if pregnant mums had been
drinking: doctor
The extent to
which babies are being harmed because their mothers are drinking
alcohol during pregnancy needs to be publicly acknowledged, a
specialist warned yesterday.
VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
AlcoholFreePregnancy
- Nicholas Speaks About Living with FASD
AGLCdotCA - FASD
- Kelly and Patricia Morgan
In this one-minute
video, Kelly Morgan, an adult living with FASD and her adoptive
mother, Patricia Morgan, discuss some of the challenges of living
with FASD.
and
AlcoholFreePregnancy
- Dr. William Kennedy Smith - NOFAS Excellence Award
This video is from
the 2015 NOFAS International Gala at the Embassy of France in
Washington, DC.
POPFASD -
Research: Assessment of a Professional Development Program
Would increasing
teachers' understanding of FASD and then providing ongoing mentor
support throughout a school year improve outcomes for students with
FASD?
POPFASD - Dan
Dubovsky - Rewards and Consequences
Dan Dubovsky
speaks about why rewards and consequences may not work well for our
students living with FASD.
POPFASD - School
Experiences
Youth with FASD
and a parent speak about their school experiences and what worked
well.
Their stories
clearly support the importance of understanding the learner and
providing appropriate accommodations.
maraetv - Child
Youth and Family Caregivers
The New Zealand
Government wants more voluntary caregivers to help them look after
children in state care. But is the Government doing enough to help
caregivers now?
RESEARCH
NCBI - Prevalence
and characteristics of fetal alcohol syndrome and partial fetal
alcohol syndrome in a Rocky Mountain Region City
This active case
ascertainment study in a Rocky Mountain Region City assessed the
prevalence and traits of children with FAS and PFAS and linked them
to maternal risk factors. Diagnoses made by expert clinical
dysmorphologists in multidisciplinary case conferences utilized all
components of the study: dysmorphology and physical growth,
neurobehavior, and maternal risk interviews.
Current
Developmental Disorders Reports - Improving recognition of
children affected by prenatal alcohol exposure: detection of exposure
in pediatric care
Early
identification of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) is
important for providing services and preventing secondary
disabilities. Recent studies indicate that many FASDs are
undiagnosed, partly because there is a need to improve detection of
prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE).
Current
Developmental Disorders Reports - Neurobehavioral disorder
associated with prenatal alcohol exposure (ND-PAE): review of
evidence and guidelines for assessment
The effects of
prenatal alcohol use have been well documented. In this review, we
discuss the inclusion of Neurobehavioral Disorder Associated with
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (ND-PAE) as a condition for further study
in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth
Edition (DSM-5).
Current
Developmental Disorders Reports - Advancing recognition of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders: the proposed DSM-5 diagnosis of
'Neurobehavioral Disorder associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
(ND-PAE)'
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASD) are a surprisingly common, yet
under-identified set of lifelong neurodevelopmental disabilities with
substantial economic and social costs—and high rates of
debilitating secondary conditions.
Clinical Chemistry
and Laboratory Medicine - Fetal exposure to ethanol: relationship
between ethyl glucuronide in maternal hair during pregnancy and ethyl
glucuronide in neonatal meconium
In recent years,
fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) and ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in
meconium emerged as reliable, direct biological markers for
establishing gestational ethanol exposure. We investigated whether
EtG in maternal hair measured during the three trimesters of
pregnancy correlated with EtG and FAEEs in neonatal meconium.
Journal of
Neuroinflammation - Exposure of neonatal rats to alcohol has
differential effects on neuroinflammation and neuronal survival in
the cerebellum and hippocampus
Fetal alcohol
exposure is a leading cause of preventable birth defects, yet
drinking during pregnancy remains prevalent worldwide. Studies
suggest that activation of the neuroimmune system plays a role in the
effects of alcohol exposure during the rodent equivalent to the third
trimester of human pregnancy (i.e., first week of neonatal life),
particularly by contributing to neuronal loss.
American Journal
of Medical Genetics Part A - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders:
clinical phenotype among a high-risk group of children and
adolescents in Korea
Little is known
about the prevalence and phenotype of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or
spectrum disorders (FASD) in Korea. This study was performed to
describe the distribution of alcohol-related physical features in a
genetically homogeneous sample of children and adolescents in
institutional settings in Korea.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Overexpression of serum
response factor in neurons restores ocular dominance plasticity in a
model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Deficits in
neuronal plasticity underlie many neurobehavioral and cognitive
problems presented in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Our
laboratory has developed a ferret model showing that early alcohol
exposure leads to a persistent disruption in ocular dominance
plasticity (ODP).
Current
Developmental Disorders Reports - Educational needs and care of
children with FASD
The effects from
prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) can cause a range of neurobehavioral
deficits that impact learning and functioning in school. As a result,
children affected by PAE have diverse learning needs and may
experience problems in school.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Maternal iron deficiency
worsens the associative learning deficits and hippocampal and
cerebellar losses in a rat model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Gestational
alcohol exposure causes lifelong physical and neurocognitive deficits
collectively referred to as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).
Micronutrient deficiencies are common in pregnancies of
alcohol-abusing women.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Miejska Platforma
internetowa Magiczny Kraków (Poland) - Ciąża bez alkoholu
Gmina Miejska
Kraków, Województwo Małopolskie i Państwowa Agencja Rozwiązywania
Problemów Alkoholowych będą współpracować w zakresie
upowszechniania wiedzy o negatywnych konsekwencjach spożywania
napojów alkoholowych przez kobiety w ciąży.
YLE (Finland) -
Alkoholi vahingoittaa vuodessa jopa tuhansia sikiöitä – "Ainoa
kehitysvammaisuutta aiheuttava syy, joka olisi täysin ehkäistävissä"
Suomessa syntyy
vuosittain arviolta 600–3000 lasta, joille äidin raskaudenaikainen
alkoholinkäyttö on aiheuttanut eriasteisia vaurioita. He voivat
tarvita eriasteista tukea päivähoidosta työelämään saakka.
Vaikeinta aikaa on kehitysvammaliiton FASD-koordinaattorin mukaan
nuori aikuisuus, jolloin oireet viimeistään tulevat esiin.
DocCheck News
(Germany) - Schwangerschaft: In anderen Umtrünken
Wenn Anziehen und
Zähneputzen zum unüberwindlichen Hindernis werden: Bundesweit
kommen pro Jahr 10.000 Kinder mit fetalen Alkoholspektrum-Störungen
(FASD) auf die Welt. Bei mehr als 2.000 diagnostizieren Pädiater ein
voll ausgeprägtes fetales Alkoholsyndrom (FAS).
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