MCF - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -Early Intervention Guide Working Together for the Prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome. age children with FAS and other alcohol related effects but the progress to teach her to http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/child_protection/fas/fas2d.htm
Extractions: Community Action Guide: Working Together for the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Early intervention with those affected by FAS When we raise issues about FAS on the community level, often those living and working with those with FAS identify the need to have more information about how to intervene with those affected. The following information is offered to address this important need. Just as the characteristics of those affected have been presented by age level in the FAS section of this Guide, the interventions that work are presented here by age level. The information provided is general in content. It is important that all interventions be individualized and that all recognize the uniqueness of each child. No two children with FAS and other alcohol related effects are alike, even if they have the same diagnosis and the same family experiences. Environment plays a significant role in the growth and development of all children. It can either enhance or hinder development. Early intervention can reduce the impact of a delay in development. In some situations, it can prevent secondary disabilities (such as mental health problems, school problems, trouble with the law, and alcohol and other drug problems) from occurring later in life.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome I am trying to teach you to let go and expand the boundaries you have set around loving yourself and others. WE ARE HERE TO teach EACH OTHER. http://www.taconic.net/seminars/fas-d.html
Extractions: As an adoptive parent of a young son with FAS, I have come to greatly appreciate stories from other parents of disabled children that describe triumphs, successes or humor with their special child. Humor is especially important. So, I have decided to use this section to share stories of humor and accomplishments we have witnessed with Seth. I will update this page on a monthly basis and I encourage other parents to send their stories as well, so we can all share in our children's growth. FUNNY STORY #1 We are having to spell words at times when we do not want Seth to understand what we are talking about, as many things increase his anxiety. This morning the bus garage called to say they could transport Seth home in 1 1/2 hours instead of 2 (the original plan). I said to my husband, "I hope that doesn't mean they will just be driving F-A-S-T". Seth then responds, "My bus driver doesn't drive fast mom, but sometimes daddy does"! MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE MONTH
Alcohol, The Fetus And Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - By Kirk Van-Beer what follows is to give an overview of what we currently teach people around 1973), a pattern that two of them then named fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), (Jones http://www.arium.org/anthology/kvanbeer/kvbafas.html
Extractions: The Abstract: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), is something whose mere mention implies different things to different people. It is a 'syndrome' immersed in stereotypes by the North American society in which we live, the majority of which are sadly negative. In the paper that follows, though written from a North American perspective, I will refrain from examining the specifics of these stereotypes, for to acknowledge them would only give them attention that I do not believe that they deserve in the context of this article. This paper does not try to give specific answers to the questions on FAS and our education of it. To do so would need a much longer and larger paper than is applicable to this assignment.. The idea of what follows is to give an overview of what we currently teach people around FAS and FAE and to show that from information that is now starting to be slowly become available, that we need to re-examine just what we are teaching. Whether or not the education that currently give people around this subject is fair and accurate remains to be seen. My hope is that this paper at least gives the reader food for thought.
Bioethics Notebook Page He is afraid that taking care of students with fetal alcohol syndrome will reduce his ability to teach his students. What information is relevant? http://www.accessexcellence.org/21st/TE/BE/STAKE4.HTML
Extractions: "This is a school, I'm an educator, I'm supposed to educate. There's no education going on here. We've got our hands full just keeping order. Society hands over its children. All its children. We get kids with emotional problems, family problems, medical problems, drug problems. We're supposed to heal them and teach them. We try, but these kids don't need teachers. They need doctors, social workers, and psychologists. The result is nobody's getting an education here. Nobody." Beneficence is doing good for others. There are several different kinds of beneficence. Individual beneficence is doing good deeds for individualssomeone you know or a stranger. Kinship beneficence is doing good deeds for relatives members of the immediate family, the extended family, or social organizations like tribes, clans, or races. Social beneficence is doing good deeds for society as a whole.
Motherisk FAS Int 2003;1e8 What Do Obstetric Textbooks teach About alcohol FAS Int 2003;1e11 - Contrasting Phenotypes of fetal alcohol syndrome, Toluene Embryopathy http://www.motherisk.org/JFAS/archive.php?issue=2
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome CHARACTERISTICS OF fetal alcohol syndrome / fetal alcohol EFFECTS. alcohol takes away my life in ways that you They try to teach me different things like skills http://home.arcor.de/no/norbert.mallik/miscell/fas_engl.htm
Extractions: Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), various congenital (present at birth) abnormalities in newborn infants caused by mother's chronic ingestion of large amounts of alcohol around time of conception or during pregnancy; symptoms include retarded growth both before and after birth, mental retardation and delayed mental development, characteristic structural abnormalities of the face and head (small head, small eye openings, eyelid droop, upturned nose, thin upper lip), and abnormalities of heart, joints, and limbs; frequency of 0.5 to 3 live births per 1,000 in Western countries; 40 percent of all pregnant women who drink heavily during pregnancy will have such a child; 11 percent of women who drink only moderately will have such a child Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia from: OYATE, August 1996 (Rosebud, S.D.) by Nancy Grant, Columnist For my first article for this column I would like to write about something that I feel is very important to all of us as "Keepers of the Children." I hold this issue very dear to my heart, and that is children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the name given to a combination of mental and physical defects present at birth and continues throughout the rest of the child's life. These defects are caused by a woman drinking alcohol while she is pregnant. FAS is one of the leading causes of mental retardation in the United States. "The rate of FAS may be up 30 times higher on reservations than in the general population, this threatens the future of the Indian people in the way small pox jeopardized an earlier Generation." (1994 SIRS, Inc. STAR TRIBUNE)
Canku Ota - Mar. 24, 2001 - Teaching About FAS March 24, 2001 Issue 32. How Can Raccoon Twins, a Fox, a Bear and a Puffin teach Parents About fetal alcohol syndrome? by PR Newswire. http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues01/Co03242001/CO_03242001_FAS.htm
Extractions: Canku Ota (Many Paths) An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America March 24, 2001 - Issue 32 How Can Raccoon Twins, a Fox, a Bear and a Puffin Teach Parents About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? by PR Newswire QUESTION: Is it possible for a pair of raccoons, a fox, a bear and a puffin to make life more manageable for children and adults suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? ANSWER: Yes, it definitely is possible when these wild creatures are brought to life through the stories and word pictures of a Native American storyteller in an award-winning new video series developed especially to help families who care for children and adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Related Conditions. A partnership of Washington state agencies, health-care experts and traditional Northwest tribal storytellers has produced a collection of stories, health tips, and practical knowledge that will help parents and foster parents learn about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and gain a deeper understanding of how it affects their children. Produced by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), "Journey Through The Healing Circle" is now available to parents, schools, and other social service agencies as a series of videotapes, video CD's and professionally illustrated workbooks. The project was to be premiered at a special luncheon at the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Seattle, on
Canku Ota - Mar.24, 2001 - What'sNew Colby Ave. in Everett. How Can Raccoon Twins, a Fox, a Bear and a Puffin teach Parents About fetal alcohol syndrome? QUESTION Is http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues01/Co03242001/CO_03242001_New.htm
Extractions: The first Native American to be named Small Business Advocate of the Year by the state Small Business Administration, Timeche teaches management and business development skills to tribal leaders on Arizona's 21 Indian nations. The information here will include items of interest for and about Native American schools. If you have news to share, please let us know! I can be reached by emailing: Vlockard@aol.com Artist: Susan Aglukark Born in Churchill, Manitoba, Susan moved around the Northwest Territories for the first twelve years of her life with her father, (a Pentecostal minister), mother and seven brothers and sisters. They eventually settled in Arviat, NWT., a community of 1,300 people on the northwest shore of Hudson Bay. Susan later accepted the position of Executive Assistant to the political lobby group, Inuit Tapirisat (Brotherhood) Of Canada. Shortly after taking this position, her musical career began to take off. 'Listen to the Wind' the Old Turtle Croons
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - THE NEUROLOGICAL CENTER for parents and professionals who live, care, and teach children with Activating Intervention Touchpoints for individuals with fetal alcohol syndrome, 930am http://www.tcfn.org/neurocenter/support_groups/fas.html
Extractions: WHAT: Provide current knowledge about FAS/FAE resources. WHO: The group is for parents and professionals who live, care, and teach children with prenatal fetal alcohol exposure. CONFERENCE: (for Educators) Activating Intervention Touchpoints for individuals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, 9:30am - 4:30pm, Saturday, May 8, 1998, Doris Roberts Gallery, Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate, Richland, WA WHAT IS FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME (FAS)? The FAS diagnosis is based on the following three characteristics and a history of maternal alcohol abuse: growth deficiencies unusual facial features: Central nervous system effects WHAT IS THE FETAL ALCOHOL EFFECT (FEA)? Two of the three FAS characteristics are present along with a history of maternal drinking during pregnancy. The cluster of physical characteristics of FAS are absent. Intelligence
Disability Related Topics | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders methods and strategies to teach and maximize learning in children prenatally exposed to alcohol. State of Alaska, Office of fetal alcohol syndrome http//health http://www.asdk12.org/depts/SEPRC/disability/fas.asp
Extractions: Site Index Site Options Contact Us Search for: Schools Departments About ASD School Board ... myASD This topic has information for parents regarding FASD which includes Fetal Alcohol Effect and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Clicking on these links will take you away from the Anchorage School District's Web site. Each link will open in a new window. The ABCs of FAS/FAE This guide is an attempt by the National Organization on FAS to encourage teachers to know what to look for, what to do if they think that have an FAS/FAE child in their class and how to support the child in their quest for meaning and education in their lives. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Resource Guide
Marcus Institute Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Socio-Cognitive We began an initiative to teach parents how to help their children learn Back to fetal alcohol syndrome and Drug Exposure Clinic. Indicates a link to the web http://www.marcus.org/kki_misc.jsp?pid=2466
Extractions: I am homeschooling two special-needs kids. Some of my friends think that I am very silly to do that. Their advice is to send them off to school because kids need socialization. I like my friends, but I do not think their advice is suitable for my situation. My kids are suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. That means that during the birth mom's pregnancy, she frequently drank, and her baby was damaged. In fact, both kids have retardation due to the alcohol and are classified as having serious brain injury. This brain damage cannot be reversed! Children with FAS can learn, but often in a very different way than offered in the classroom. They must have a place where it is quiet and with very little activity. These kids tend to be ADHD as well, and are constantly minding everyone's business but their own.
Fas/fae_en Only a medical doctor can make the diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome. Characteristics outside. teach social skills and provide words for feelings. http://www.cccf-fcsge.ca/practice/health watch/fasfae_en.htm
Extractions: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/E) refer to physical and mental birth defects that result from mothers drinking alcohol during pregnancy. A pregnant woman who drinks any amount of alcohol is at risk, since a "safe" level of alcohol ingestion during pregnancy has not been established. However, we do know that the more you drink, the more you increase the risk of harming your baby. A diagnosis of FAS is made when there is known or suspected maternal alcohol exposure during pregnancy and when the following three characteristics are present: Delayed growth. Central nervous system involvement (intellectual disabilities, developmental delay or learning disabilities). Characteristic facial features such as small head, small upper jaw, short, up-turned nose, smooth, thin upper lip and narrow, small eyes.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome It would seem that trying to teach you subjects that required coordination and other fetal alcohol syndrome Gene Increases Risk for fetal alcohol syndrome. http://www.addictionnetwork.co.uk/FAS.htm
Extractions: And all for the price of a drink. A sobering thought if youre expecting a baby. Of course, youd never swap your babys bottle for a gin bottle. But if you drink during pregnancy, thats exactly what youre doing. From spirits to alcopops, whatever you drink, your child drinks. So when youre tipsy, your babys drunk. And when youre hung over, your baby could have brain damage. These problems are known as Foetal Alcohol Syndrome. At present 1 in every 1000 babies suffers. The problem is that so few mothers and fathers know this because of the lack of information thats available. If you drink when youre pregnant, so does your baby.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and intoxicated persons. The courses also teach techniques to identify these persons and prevent sales to them. Individuals who http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/syndrom/Seller.htm
Extractions: Seller/Server Certification Program The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission strongly feels that trained sellers, servers, and managers are better able to identify and prevent sales of alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated persons. Because of this belief, the agency has certified courses for seller/server training. These courses are provided by certified private business whose curriculum has been reviewed and approved by the TABC and whose trainers are also certified. These courses cover the laws applicable to the sales or service of alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated persons. The courses also teach techniques to identify these persons and prevent sales to them. Individuals who successfully complete an approved program are issued certificates and licensees or permittees could, under certain terms, receive a restrained administrative case. Terms of a Restrained Administrative Case If all employees of a licensee or permittee who sell, serve, prepare, and/or directly manage those who sell, serve, and prepare alcoholic beverages have been seller trained and certified as such by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, penalties relating to violations of these laws will be taken against the person selling or serving and not Facts about the TABC Seller/Server Training Program Seller/Servers currently certified Number certified in Fiscal Year 2002 Average number certified each month Number of Certified Private Course Providers
Extractions: It was January 1973. I was in shock. I had just finished administering a psychological examination to the seventh young child in the group that Jones and Smith, my dysmorphology colleagues (physicians with expertise in congenital malformations), had asked me to see. Although the seven children represented three racial groups and were not themselves related, they looked eerily alike: small, sparkly eyes; small heads; and an appearance about the mouth that appeared as though they were pursing their lips even when they weren't smiling. Except for the two who were still infants and the one who was so flaccid she was carried in the arms of her mother, the other children had a wispy, flighty quality. I thought to myself that these children who were so curiously and surprisingly unafraid of me were like butterflies. These children clearly had brain damage. To an experienced clinician, their neurological insults were as obvious as the aftereffects of meningitis or encephalitis. Each of these children had experienced damage to his or her central nervous system (CNS) that was apparent in his or her erratic movements, poor coordination, flighty attentional states, and poor performance on psychological tests, despite a captivatingly alert and bright-eyed manner.
Special Needs News & Views (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out) have devised new ways to teach children with the syndrome about sequences and series, said Dr. Claire D. Coles, director of the fetal alcohol Center at the http://www.susanohanian.org/show_special_news.html?id=11
Fetal Alcohol Prevention Syndrome Unit - Links Project CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) is studying a program designed to teach skills to fetal alcohol syndrome Advocacy and Information. http://www.health.state.mn.us/fas/links.html
Extractions: dqmcodebase = "http://www.health.state.mn.us/script/" Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Prevention FAS Home Services for Women Provider Professional Practice Community Awareness ... - Resource Guide Related Sites Minnesota Birth Defects Information System Minnesota Children with Special Health Needs (MCSHN) Children's Environmental Health Helping Women Accept Help Alcohol Screening, Treatment, Support Developmental Disabilities Resources Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ... Smoking and Pregnancy Note: You will be leaving the Minnesota Department of Health website when you link to another website and this link will open a new browser window. To return to our site, exit out of the current Internet browser. Drug Help
Comparison Of Nonassertive, Assertive, And Aggressive Behavior heavily during pregnancy have babies with the full fetal alcohol syndrome. The effects of alcohol depend on the dose We need to teach living skills that are http://web.csuchico.edu/~ah24/fetal.htm
Extractions: Fetal Alcohol Fact Sheet "If a women didn't drink anymore during pregnancy, there would never be another baby born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol Effect." - Ann P. Streissguth, Ph.D., University of Washington What are FAS and FAE? When mothers drink alcohol while pregnant, their babies could have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS_ or Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE). FAS and FAE are a group of birth defects that have no cure. People with FAS and FAE have a range of problems as severe as being mentally retarded to less visible problems like difficulty paying attention in school. Alcohol might cause a child to: be slow or mentally retarded have learning problems, with a lower IQ look different than other children be hyperactive, with a short attention span be small for his or her age have many health problems FAS is the #1 known cause of mental retardation in the United States, and one of the three leading causes of birth defects.
Alcohol Adults, in particular, must teach by example and practice what they preach. to a 10year German study babies born with fetal alcohol syndrome suffer long http://www.islam101.com/sociology/alcohol.html
Extractions: Prophet Muhammad ( S.A.W.) said: " On the day of judgement a man will be brought and thrown into Hell; as a result of this his intestines will come out of his belly, and he will go circling holding his intestines like a donkey running a mill. His companions in Hell will come to him: 'O! So and So! What is this? Did you not ask people to do good and avoid vice?' He will say: 'That is so. I enjoined others to do good, but did not do it myself; and I forbade them to do evil but did it myself.' (Riyadh-us-Saleheen, Ch.24, No. 198) Islam prohibits all intoxicants including wine and beer. This prohibition applies to all places at all times. People who believe in God obey Him and do not drink. Can you imagine Jesus, Moses, Jacob or Abraham getting intoxicated? These pious men were far above such foolishness. They were high and exalted, not by drugs and alcohol, but by their good deeds and noble aims. MEN, ALCOHOL, AND BABIES!
