University of Helsinki (Finland) - Early
prenatal alcohol exposure affects genes involved in embryonic development
Alcohol exposure in early pregnancy can change gene function during the
tightly regulated embryonic development, and consequently cause developmental
disorders - especially neurodevelopmental disorders.
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CBC (Canada) - Walking together
It was also around that time she was diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder (also known as FASD), which affects the brain and body of a person
exposed to alcohol in the womb.
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Creating a Family - Prenatal Exposure,
Part 1: Parenting Babies through Elementary Ages
In the adoptive, foster, and kinship community, there’s often a wide range
of what parents know about the child’s birth parents. Frequently, information
about the birth mother’s prenatal care can be challenging to verify, especially
in foster care adoptions.
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University of Saskatchewan (Canada) - Research
focused on income, housing security for residents with FASD
Research planned by Dr. Keith Da Silva (DDS), assistant professor at
USask’s College of Dentistry, and Andrea Kotlar, executive director of the
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Network of Saskatchewan, will examine
financial and housing welfare of provincial residents with FASD.
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CanFASD (Canada) - 2022 Successes and
Accomplishments
Welcome to 2023! We hope everyone had a happy, safe, and restful holiday
season and that you’ve come into the new year feeling refreshed and ready for
the year to come.
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The Northern Advocate (New Zealand) - New
Year Honours: Northlander Chris Rogan made ONZM for alcohol harm reduction work
When Mangawhai woman Chris Rogan started working to raise awareness of and
care for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) more than 25 years ago, it was
a largely hidden problem with very little publicity.
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UPCOMING
The Brant FASD Caregiver Support Group - FASD: Challenging Behaviours and
Cognitive Supports with Nate Sheets (25 January 2023)
Virtual training for caregivers, community partners, educators & those
wanting practical strategies to support children and youth with FASD.
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ABLE2 - FASD Symposium (January 17, 2023)
The 2023 Symposium is a virtual event. Attendees will be able to
participate online (virtually) from home or office from all parts of Canada and
the United States and will have access to the conference content for an
additional week after the event ends.
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FASD Hub Scotland - Helping Sleep Happen
(30 January 2023)
Workshop with AUK sleep counsellor and member of FASD Hub who are also
experienced adopters, foster & kinship carers about why our children can
find it difficult to settle, fall asleep and stay asleep.
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FASD Ireland - FASD Ireland Workshops
(January 12, 19, 26, 2023)
This 2-hour workshop focusses on FASD in the Classroom. There is no requirement
to have a child or young adult in your class, school or college to be able to
attend this workshop.
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FASD/TSAF - Towards Healthy Outcomes for
Individuals with FASD (January 11, 2023)
Join us for a presentation by Dr. Jacqueline Pei (R. Psych., PhD), Professor
in the Department of Educational Psychology and Assistant Clinical Professor in
the Department of Pediatrics.
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The National Organisation for FASD - The
Role of Formal Psychometric Assessment in FASD - Raja & Neil Book Club (16
January 2023)
This session will be presented by Alexandra Carlisle & Alexandra
Livesey and will be based on Chapter 14 of the book.
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EPReachOut - Foetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders (FASD): The Parent Perspective and The Role of Educational
Psychologists (EPs) with Dr Rebecca Griffiths (2nd Feb 2023)
During this webinar I will present my doctoral research which gathered the
voice of adoptive parents and foster carers who parent a child with a confirmed
diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
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Saskatchewan Foster Families Association - FASD
Training - January Session (24-Jan-2023)
The Saskatchewan Foster Families Association provides assistance to the
Ministry of Social Services to ensure all foster parents across Saskatchewan
have completed their provincially mandated training.
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FASD Hub Scotland - FASD: Next Steps for
Caregivers (2 Feb 2023)
This course takes place over 2 days (Thursdays 2nd & 9th February 2023,
10am-12pm) and attendance at both sessions is required to complete the course.
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Safe Guards - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder (FASD); A Four-Part Learning Series (February 27, March 6, 13 &
20, 2023)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) presents itself in everyone’s
professional practice and it is important to learn to identify this under
recognized and confusing disability.
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VIDEOS and MATERIALS
United States Drug Testing Laboratories - ToxTime: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders Components & Services Overview
USDTL hosts Guida Brown for this ToxTime presentation on fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASD). She describes the components of identification of
FASDs, and referral services or case management for those with FASDs.
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Whāraurau - Lunchtime Learning - FASD
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Lunchtime Learning - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), presented by John
Vogenthaler from Te Pou, on Thursday 25 August 2022, hosted by Whāraurau
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Al Coates - Conversations - Maggie May
In this episode we speak to Maggie May and she shares her unconventional
journey through the foster care system and her decision to be adopted at 14 in
Ireland. Maggie May has a unique perspective and also lives with the hidden
disability of FASD.
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NOFASD Australia - FASD Forum 22 -
Three-Minute Thesis Finalist: Dr Kirsten Panton
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POPFASD - Shining Through
Shining Through is an 18-minute film that showcases the strengths and
talents of two middle school students in British Columbia. The film highlights
an FASD-informed approach that caregivers, educators, and community workers can
adopt and cultivate. This story shares the simple truth that when we build from
strengths, we all experience more success.
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FASD Hub Scotland - FASD Hub factsheets
Our FASD factsheets have been written by the FASD Hub Team, using their
personal and professional knowledge of FASD to build a comprehensive bank of
factsheets for caregivers and professionals.
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RESEARCH
Nature - Initial study on
quantitative electroencephalographic analysis of bioelectrical activity of the
brain of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) without epilepsy
The main objective of this study was to identify characteristic patterns in
QEEG among individuals affected with FASD.
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BMC Medicine - Chromatin
modifier developmental pluripotency associated factor 4 (DPPA4) is a candidate
gene for alcohol-induced developmental disorders
Our study shows the effects of early alcohol exposure on human embryonic
and extraembryonic cells, introduces candidate genes for alcohol-induced
developmental disorders, and reveals potential biomarkers for prenatal alcohol
exposure.
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The Lancet Public
Health - Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and overall morbidities: a Danish
nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 2018
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with an overall increased
risk of child morbidities and previously unrecognised alcohol-related health
problems. Prenatal alcohol exposure is a key public health issue with a
potential negative impact on child and adolescent health. This study urges for
renewed efforts and substantiates the profound degree to which pre-conceptional
care is mandatory.
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Logopedia
Silesiana - Performance of a picture description by ten-year-olds with fetal
alcohol syndrome
The subject of this paper is describing of a picture by ten-year-olds with
fetal alcohol syndrome and their peers from a control group.
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ResearchGate - Leveraging
Community-University Partnerships to Develop a Strength-Based and
Individualized Approach to Humanizing Housing Service Delivery for Individuals
with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
This field report summarizes and advances key learnings for leveraging
community–university partnerships addressing housing service gaps for
high-risk, marginalized populations with complex needs.
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African Journal
of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine - Alcohol ban during the
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: Lessons for preventing foetal alcohol spectrum
disorder in South Africa
During the two national lockdowns implemented in South Africa to curb the
spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the sale and
consumption of alcoholic beverages were prohibited.
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Nordic Studies on
Alcohol and Drugs - Adverse childhood experiences and neurodevelopmental
disorders among youth with and without prenatal substance exposure: A
longitudinal matched register-based cohort study
A strong association between ACEs and neurodevelopmental disorders was
found. Brain research is needed to examine whether ACEs worsen
neurodevelopmental outcomes caused by PSE.
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Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Comparison of three systems for the
diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in a community sample
These results indicate a lack of consistency in these approaches to
diagnosis. Discrepancies result from differences in specifying the criteria
used to define the diagnosis, including growth, physical features,
neurobehavior and alcohol-use thresholds.
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Journal of
Affective Disorders - Prenatal alcohol exposure enhanced alcohol preference
and susceptibility to PTSD in a sex-dependent manner through the synaptic HCN1
channel
Overall, these results suggest that PAE enhances alcohol preference and
susceptibility to PTSD through synaptic HCN1 channels in the PFC. In addition,
ZD7288 may be a promising candidate for preventing alcohol-associated PTSD-like
syndrome, particularly in males.
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Plos one - Spatial
distribution and determinants of alcohol consumption among pregnant women in
Ethiopia: Spatial and multilevel analysis
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Ethiopia was high. The spatial
distribution of alcohol consumption was significantly varied across the
country.
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International
Journal of Molecular Sciences - Molecular Markers in Maternal Blood Exosomes
Allow Early Detection of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Prenatal alcohol exposure can cause developmental abnormalities (fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders; FASD), including small eyes, face and brain, and
neurobehavioral deficits.
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Developmental
Neuroscience - Auditory Outcomes in Adolescents with Prenatal Alcohol
Exposure
Investigate three aspects of auditory function (auditory acuity, cochlear
dysfunction, and auditory processing) in adolescents with fetal alcohol
exposure without phenotypic changes.
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IN OTHER
LANGUAGES
Alles Münster (Germany) - „Ein kleines Ziel von mir: Erster Arbeitsmarkt!
Folge 9 der Serie „Mein FASD ganz normales Leben“ von Iris Brandewiede und
Ingrid Hagenhenrich mit dem 25-jährigen Kevin aus Havixbeck
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20min (Austria) -
Auch wenig Alkohol schadet Ungeborenen bereits
Ab und zu ein Glas? Gemäss neusten Erkenntnissen sollten Schwangere besser
gar nie mit Alkohol anstossen.
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Sphera Publica
(Spain) – Creación de contenido sonoor confin social: Aprendizaje-Servicio hacia
el compromiso con la comunicación rigurosa
La evolución del audio en los últimos años supone un reto para el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje
en las facultades de comunicación.
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