Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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What is FASD?
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is a new term that refers to a range of outcomes including mild to severe disturbances of physical, behavioural, emotional, and/or social functioning that have been observed in many individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure
(Streissguth & O’Malley, 2000)
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FASD is a Spectrum
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
• Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND)
• Alcohol Related Birth Defects (ARBD)
• Partial FAS (pFAS)(Stratton, et al., 1996)
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Confirmed prenatal alcohol exposure
• Growth retardation
• Central nervous system (CNS) disorders
• Facial dysmorphia
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FAS and Facial Dysmorphia
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FAS and Brain Damage
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Other Disorders on the Spectrum
• Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND)
• Alcohol Related Birth Defects (ARBD)
• Partial FAS (pFAS)
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What is the prevalence rate?
How do you get FASD?
Why isn’t it so well known?
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Recap
• FASD can take different forms.
• It always results in permanent brain damage.
• It is often diagnosed as LD or ADHD.
• FASD is often unrecognized because the physical characteristics are not visible.
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FASD IS ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE.
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Exposure to alcohol in the womb may compromise the
cognitive, social, and emotional development of the unborn child.
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Cognitive Characteristics
• IQ scores are usually within average range
• LD (slow and/faulty processing, math)
• Memory problems – short and long term
• Low academic achievement
• Poor adaptive skills
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Behavioural Characteristics
• Often identified in school as having ADHD (problems with attention, impulsivity, executive functioning)
• Poor memory often makes meting out consequences ineffective
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Emotional Characteristics and Social Behaviour
• Mental health issues – depression, ODD, conduct disorder, anxiety disorders, OCD, and bipolar disorder
• Low self-esteem, mood disorders, substance abuse
• Aggression • Social skills are delayed• Easily manipulated, few “real” friends
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General Teaching Techniques for Students with FASD
• Know the student’s strengths and weaknesses.• Observe the student to see how he or she
experiences stress, relieves tension, copes with problems and change.
• Be aware of times when a student is feeling anxious or frustrated and re-direct activities.
• Supervise the student closely to ensure that situations where he or she may harm others do not occur (anticipate and prevent problems from occurring).
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General Teaching Techniques for Students with FASD
• Have a structured environment, follow routines, and have a class schedule.
• Repeat the rules and expectations often.• Be consistent with consequences and link them to
choices.• Teach self-control through verbalization.• Help them learn to take responsibility for their actions
– do not accept the excuse of “I couldn’t help it” or “It was somebody else’s fault.”
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Common Accommodations for Secondary Students with FASD
• Extra time for examinations• Resource room for 1:1 assistance, instruction on
study skills• Special education class placement with integration• Coop placements• Individualized curriculum with life skills• Assignment of a paraprofessional• Permission to leave the class when overwhelmed
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What do we know about the educational
experiences of individuals with FASD?
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High School Completion
• Educators who know about FASD and are willing to make accommodations and modifications to curriculum
• Students said they persist because of their friends
• Parent support and advocacy
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Parent Advocacy
Four dimensions:
• Awareness• Information seeking• Presenting the case• Monitoring
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Post-Secondary School, Employment, and Adult Life
Our research has shown that a few young
adults with FASD do register in post-secondary programs, have jobs, and can live semi-independently.
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In conclusion
• Support for parents
• Support for students
• Support for research
• Prevention
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THANK YOU!