WTOV Steubenville (USA) - Recognizing
and responding to fetal alcohol disorders
The Brooke-Hancock
Family Resource Center held a hands-on training event discussing
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders on Wednesday.
MetroNews Canada
(Canada) - Alberta aunt faces fetal alcohol spectrum diagnosis
loophole
Rita just wants
proper care for her niece who’s likely suffering from fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder, but she’s unable to get the young girl tested.
Steamboat Pilot &
Today - Thoughtful Parenting: Drinking for two
The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended that women who
want to become pregnant stop drinking alcohol as soon as they stop
using birth control. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend
abstinence for preconceptional and pregnant women.
ABC News (USA) -
Doctors Applaud End of Tennessee's Fetal Assault Law
Brittany Hudson
was pregnant, addicted to painkillers and afraid of a Tennessee law
that calls for the arrest of mothers of drug-dependent babies. She
eventually gave birth without medical help, on the side of a road in
the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.
News-Medical.net -
Study may help identify unborn children at higher risk for birth
defects
Researchers at the
University of Toronto have discovered a novel function performed by
the breast cancer 1 protein (BRCA1), which regulates DNA repair. Well
known for the role it plays in breast and ovarian cancer, this study
revealed that the BRCA1 protein actually plays a much broader
biological role, particularly in protecting the developing embryo
from the damaging effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS).
New Zealand Herald
(New Zealand) - Concerns over number of pregnant NZ women smoking
Thousands of New
Zealanders have turned to Quitline and other organisations for
support to stop smoking in recent months but health officials are
concerned at the number of young people, pregnant women and Maori
continuing with the habit.
UPCOMING
Webinar: Sleep/Wake Behaviour
Algorithm Meeting - April 6
After several
years of clinical and animal research, a group of clinicians and
scientists are discussing an algorithm for how sleep/wake behaviour
assessments should be implemented in the therapeutic interventions of
kids with FASD. This will be a 3 hour session, the 2nd half (1.5 hrs
– starting at 11:00am PST, middle European time = 8:00pm) will be
available via webinar. If you are interested in joining the session
virtually and contributing to this discussion, please respond to Ms.
Mai Berger (mai.berger@cw.bc.ca).
EUFASD - European Conference on FASD
2016: The Call for Abstracts - Deadline 30 April 2016
E-mail your
abstract to abstracts@eufasd.org. You will receive confirmation of
your submission within a week by e-mail.
VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
Erika Krings -
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, FAS, life expectancy and causes of death
UAF eLearning &
Distance Education - Meeting the Needs of Students with FASD and
ADHD
Canadian
Association of Paediatric Health Centres - Listening to the voice
of the child: An inclusive approach to ethical problems in pediatrics
Children and youth
are commonly excluded from discussions and decisions that affect
them. It is frequently stated that children and youth are incapable
of understanding complex matters and that their exclusion “protects”
them. Yet, there is growing evidence that young people’s capacities
are systematically underestimated and exclusion may be experienced as
harmful rather than protective.
Stone Mountain
Counseling - The Kid from Kraznoyarsk: Adopted from Siberia
Dr. Stephen
Larsen, Ph.D. of Stone Mountain Counseling Center discusses the
Neurofeedback treatment of "Christina" for ADHD, Attachment
Disorder and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome with her Mother and Grandmother:
Ann and Cecilia and Clinician Alexandra Linardakis on May 12th 2012
at the Stone Mountain Counseling Center in New Paltz New York.
RESEARCH
Exceptionality: A
Special Education Journal - Special Education of Children with
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
The current study
aimed to estimate the cost associated with special education among
children (5 to 14 years) with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
in elementary and middle school by sex, age group, and province and
territory in Canada.
Dev Med Child
Neurol - Soft neurological signs and prenatal alcohol exposure: a
population-based study in remote Australia
To identify soft
neurological signs (SNS) in a population-based study of children
living in remote Aboriginal communities in the Fitzroy Valley,
Western Australia, born between 2002 and 2003 and explore the
relationship between SNS, prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), and fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
THE JOURNAL OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT - FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER AND SUGGESTIBILITY:
TIPS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTERVIEWERS
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term used to describe the
adaptive, behavioral, cognitive, physical, and social impairments
that can result from prenatal alcohol exposure.
Int. J. Mol. Sci.
- Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy: Analysis of Two Direct
Metabolites of Ethanol in Meconium
Alcohol
consumption in young women is a widespread habit that may continue
during pregnancy and induce alterations in the fetus. We aimed to
characterize prevalence of alcohol consumption in parturient women
and to assess fetal ethanol exposure in their newborns by analyzing
two direct metabolites of ethanol in meconium.
Addictive
Behaviors - Which women are missed by primary health-care based
interventions for alcohol and drug use?
Women of
reproductive age who binge drink or have alcohol-related problem
symptoms (APS) and who do not use contraception are considered at
risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP).
Neuroscience &
Biobehavioral Reviews - Effects of pre-natal alcohol exposure on
hippocampal synaptic plasticity: Sex, age and methodological
considerations
The consumption of
alcohol during gestation is detrimental to the developing central
nervous system (CNS). The severity of structural and functional brain
alterations associated with alcohol intake depends on many factors
including the timing and duration of alcohol consumption.
Journal of Studies
on Alcohol and Drugs - Monthly Estimates of Alcohol Drinking
During Pregnancy: United States, 2002–2011
We detected a
possibly ameliorative pregnancy effect on alcohol use and HED, with
variation in drinking prevalence across the months of the first
trimester. Alcohol dependence might be affecting drinking persistence
among pregnant women, but this effect cannot account for the drinking
persistence observed here.
Hippocampus -
Prenatal alcohol exposure alters synaptic activity of adult
hippocampal dentate granule cells under conditions of enriched
environment
Prenatal alcohol
exposure (PAE) results in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD),
which is characterized by a wide range of cognitive and behavioral
deficits that may be linked to impaired hippocampal function and
adult neurogenesis.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Prospective Memory Impairment
in Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Prenatal alcohol
exposure (PAE) is linked to impaired performance on tests of
retrospective memory, but prospective memory (PM; the ability to
remember and act on delayed intentions) has not been examined in
alcohol-exposed children. We investigated event-based PM in children
with heavy PAE and the degree to which associations between PAE and
PM are influenced by IQ, executive functioning (EF), retrospective
memory, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - A Comparison Among 5 Methods
for the Clinical Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Despite the
prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and the
importance of accurate identification of patients, clinical diagnosis
may not be consistent across sites due to the heterogeneous nature of
FASD and the characteristics of different diagnostic systems used.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Dietary Nutrient Intake in
School-Aged Children With Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Nutrition is an
important factor that affects brain development. Nutritional
deficiencies can exacerbate alcohol's damaging effects.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Süddeutsche.de
(Germany) - Was durch Alkohol in der Schwangerschaft passieren
kann
Als Ben seinen
Hasen über das Balkongeländer hielt, hat seine Mutter es gerade
noch rechtzeitig gesehen und konnte das Haustier retten. Der
Achtjährige wollte einfach mal schauen, was passiert. Dass der Hase
hinunterfallen und dabei sterben könnte, hat der Junge nicht
erkannt.
Süddeutsche.de
(Germany) - Die Diagnose war eine Entlastung
Gisela Michalowski
hat neben vier leiblichen Kindern auch noch vier Adoptiv- und
Pflegekinder, die alle mit alkoholbedingten Störungen geboren
wurden. Der älteste Pflegesohn war 19 Jahre alt, die anderen sechs
Monate, zwei und fünf Jahre, als sie die Diagnose erhielten. Die
Sozialpädagogin ist seit 2005 Vorsitzende von "FASD
Deutschland", einem bundesweiten Zusammenschluss von Eltern,
deren Kinder an Fetalen Alkoholstörungen leiden.
Kehitysvammaliitto
(Finland) - Alkoholin saatavuuden helpottaminen lisäisi
entisestään sikiöaikaisia alkoholivaurioita
Suomalaisten
naisten juominen on lähes kuusinkertaistunut viimeisten 40 vuoden
aikana. WHO:n tilastojen mukaan suomalaisten naisten juominen on
eurooppalaisittain runsasta. Suomessa syntyy vuosittain 600–3000
alkoholin sikiöaikana vaurioittamaa lasta.
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