Seeing FASD Differently: Reframing Misperceptions About Behaviors Through an FASD-Informed Perspective
Individuals with FASD face unique complexities, including difficulties with executive functioning, memory, emotional regulation, and social interactions. This guide intends to help individuals navigate common obstacles with an FASD-based lens, including tips and tricks in order to enhance over all well-being.
How is FASD Recognized Across the United States?
FASD United conducted a national review of how prenatal alcohol exposure and fetalalcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are recognized and supported across the UnitedStates. This included reviewing policies, state websites, and state data. Thisdocument provides a synopsis of the data and policies nationwide.
FASD – What Educators Need to Know
This resource developed by the Fetal Alcohol Advisory Support and Training Team (FAASTT) in collaboration with The University of Edinburgh, provides appropriate strategies and interventions for FASD and is also applicable for use with children and young people who are not yet diagnosed with FASD, but who share some of the same learning needs. The […]
Dear Teacher: What I Want You to Know About Me
This fillable document from Shannon Iacobacci at Embracing the Brain (www.EmbracingTheBrain.com) is a way to help your child’s teacher(s) learn about their specific challenges and strengths as a person living with an FASD.
Interventions for school-aged children with FASD
This webinar originally broadcast live on January 31, 2024, was presented by Dr. Molly Millians, Emory University. Dr. Millians reviewed evidence-based school interventions as well as family and mental health supports for children and youth with prenatal alcohol exposure.
IDEA Intervention Brief on FASD
IDEA Intervention Briefs on FASD and other neurodevelopmental conditions from the US Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
The ABCs of back to school with FASD
Informative PDF on the ABCs of Back to School with FASD from the North American Council on Adoptable Children.
Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects: A Learning Resource for Teachers
A 76 page for teachers from British Columbia Ministry of Education covering characteristics and teaching strategies across content areas.
Students Like Me Videos on FAS
Series of 9 video episodes from Childbirth Media Center. Students Like Me is a pathbreaking video guide for educators teaching children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Over the past few years, practical research has been revealing more about the nature of learning challenges faced by children with alcohol-related birth defects. As a result, strategies are emerging […]
Behavioral Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders article
This article from the Alcohol Research & Health journal, focuses on research-based behavioral interventions for children and youth with FASD.