Treatments Of FAS General Methods of Treating fetal alcohol syndrome teach them the reasonsand consequences of their behaviors, followed by repetition and review. http://students.biology.lsa.umich.edu/bio208_2/treatments.html
Extractions: Unfortunately, there is no cure for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. However, there are several ways to treat FAS on a learning and behavioral level. Many people affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome have serious problems maintaining constant attention and internal structure. It is imperative that family members, teachers, and caretakers of such people are consistent in providing them with a secure environment that emphasizes routine. They also must be creative in using several ways to maintain the his or her attention and be brief in expressing descriptions and giving directions. Behaviors Resulting from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome General Methods of Treating FAS Methods of Treating FAS with Special Regards to Discipline Behaviors Resulting from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome People affected by FAS may have difficulties with: Internalizing behaviors modeled to them and relating and generalizing behaviors and information to their environment
/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/in The Class-room/teach fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). fetal alcohol Effect (FAE). NOFAS National Organizatonof fetal alcohol syndrome. Appears to be a major US organization. http://www.wtc.ab.ca/writeword/fas.htm
Extractions: It is estimated that one to three children out of every thousand born in the US has FAS. Probably twice that number have FAE. I could not locate statistics for Canada but my opinion is that the numbers are likely similar. A very good site from Alberta indicated that there are no statistics as of March 2001. FAS/FAE is obviously a cause for concern in many communities.
Special Education Disabilities Fetal Alcohol Syndrome National Organization on fetal alcohol syndrome Offers strategies for working withFAS children. Preparing to teach Children- Tips for first-time FAS teachers http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/special_ed/disabilities/fas/
Extractions: Free Sites ... Professional Development Enter your email address for FREE weekly teaching tips! Home Teacher Resources Special Education Disabilities ... ABC's of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - A good introduction. Advice for Parents of Children with FAS - By Mercedes Alejandro, Coordinator, Familias Hispanas del Arc. Arc's Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Resource and Materials Guide - Covers the educational, medical, and social aspects of FAS. Better Endings-FAS page - Helps you understand the reality of FAS. Educating Children with FAS/FAE - Tips for educators. FAS Quiz for Professionals - How much do you know? Math Skills Checklist - For teaching FAS students. National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Offers strategies for working with FAS children. Normal Responses of Children with FAS - Helps identify problems FAS children may have in your classroom. Parenting Children with FAS/FAE - Tips for parents.
BC Ministry Of Education - Special Education Canadian guide for teachers offers education plans and a chart showing how the responses of children with FAS are frequently misunderstood. Characteristics of Students with FAS/E. Preparing To teach Students with FAS/E http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/fas
Extractions: Jane - Grade 10 Appendices Appendix 1: Sample Questions to Discuss During a Meeting with Parents or Guardians Appendix 2: Notes from First Meeting with Parents or Guardians Appendix 3: Common Misinterpretations of Normal Responses in Students with FAS/E Appendix 4: Adaptive Skills Checklist Appendix 5: Memory Skills Checklist Appendix 6: Language Development Checklist Appendix 7: Motor Skills Checklist Appendix 8: Mathematics Skills Checklist Appendix 9: Science Skills Checklist Appendix 10: Fine Arts Skills Checklist Resources Organizations
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Ann P. The Challenge of fetal alcohol syndrome Overcoming Secondary Disabilities.Univ. of Washington Press. 1997. De Bono, Edward. teach Your Child How To http://www.taconic.net/seminars/fas-e.html
Extractions: Wilens, Timothy. Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids. Guilford Press. 1999. Carol Kranowitz. The Out of Sync Child. Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Berkley Publishing Group. 1998. Greenspan, Stanley. The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth. Addison-Wesley. Reading, MA., 1998. Streissguth, Ann P Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. 1997. Streissguth, Ann P. The Challenge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Overcoming Secondary Disabilities . Univ. of Washington Press. 1997. De Bono, Edward. Teach Your Child How To Think . Penguis Books. 1992. Diane Davis. Reaching Out to Children With Fas/Fae : A Handbook for Teachers,
FASlink - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Listserv and any others whose lives are touched by fetal alcohol syndrome. to deal with thescourge of alcohol induced birth It is our special children who teach us to http://www.acbr.com/fas/faslink.htm
Extractions: JOIN FASLINK FASlink is a free Internet maillist for individuals, families and professionals who deal with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. FASlink provides support and information 24/7. FASlink has the largest archive of FAS information in the world. FASlink serves parents (birth, foster and adoptive), caregivers, adults with FAS, doctors, teachers, social workers, lawyers, students and government policy makers, etc. Bruce Ritchie is the Moderator.
CanTeach: Links: Illness, Diseases, Disabilities... - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome From the ERIC database fetal alcohol syndrome Implications for Educators. Ackerman, Margaret E. and prevalence figures for children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and highlights relevant medical and with FAS and fetal alcohol effects (FAE); (3) teach students the skills http://www.canteach.ca/links/linkfas.html
Extractions: Resources Links Discuss Submit ... Illness, Diseases, Disabilities... BC Ministry of Education: Teaching Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects A fifty page resource guide for teachers that covers the following topics: What are FAS and FAE?, Characteristics of Students with FAS/E, Preparing To Teach Students with FAS/E, Understanding the Needs of the Student with FAS/E, and Developing an Individual Education Plan. The Arc's Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Resource and Materials Guide Medical Overview Materials, FAS Overview Materials, Prevention Campaign Materials, Families With FAS Child, Instructional Materials, and other resources. FAS Community Resource Center Fact Sheet, What is FAS?, Timelines for FAS and FAE, Family Support Group, Report to Congress, Video of a Young Man With FAS, Real Stories, Discipline, Photos, and much more. Fetal Alcohol Effected Student Checklist For Educational Programming A checklist helps teachers recognize symptoms of Fetal Alcohol Effect. The page also offers hints for instructors and schools to deal with kids who might have the condition. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Facts about FAS/FAE, Treatment of Children with FAS/FAE, Educating Children with FAS/FAE, Parenting Children with FAS/FAE, and More info. on FAS/FAE.
FASlink - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Information, Communications And Support Link Comprehensive resource center offers a mailing list, software to download, and an archive of articles and links. FASlink is the Canadian fetal alcohol syndrome Internet support, information, advocacy and discussion forum. Our job is to love and nurture them and to teach them how to live. http://www.acbr.com/fas
Alcohol Abuse Lesson Plans knowledge and understanding about the fetal alcohol syndrome problem with alcohol,effects of alcohol on specific teachnology - The Art and Science of teaching http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/health/alcohol/
Extractions: Free Sites ... Professional Development Enter your email address for FREE weekly teaching tips! Home Teacher Resources Lesson Plans Health ... Alcohol Myths - Each student will be able to identify and discuss common myths about the use of alcoholic beverages. Alternative Party - Students will identify non-alcoholic ways to entertain and/or have fun. Each student will: 1. List 10 things they do to have fun. 2. Learn how to make at least one non-alcoholic beverage. 3. Learn rules and how to play a group game. Blood Alcohol and Accidents - Students will learn of blood alcohol concentration and how it relates to the possibility of having an automobile accident. Blood Alcohol Concentration - Each student will understand that individual physiological differences make the use of Blood Alcohol Concentration Charts useless at best and often dangerous. Blood Alcohol Content/Chart with Word Problems - Each student will identify how body weight affects blood alcohol content in each individual.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome I am trying to teach you to let go and expand the boundaries you have setaround 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
C:\WINWORD\INTERNET\HOMEPG\FAS\J.TXT Article by Debbie Evensen, discussing concerns about the educational implication of teaching prenatally Category Health Reproductive Health fetal alcohol syndrome The students with fetal alcohol syndrome/fetal alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE Use class;made videotapes to teach. behavior in students with fetal alcohol Effect as a http://www.acbr.com/fas/j.htm
Extractions: By Debbie Evensen Fall 1991 Professionals and the public in Alaska are deeply concerned about the educational implication of prenatally alcohol/drug exposed children. At a recent community support group for teachers and other professionals working with children with Fetal Alcohol/Drug Effects, the frustration level was obvious. Teachers shared feelings of being overwhelmed, not only with the sheer numbers of these students entering their classrooms, but also with the ineffectiveness of traditional techniques in teaching these children. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the leading cause of birth defects in the United States today. The students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) demonstrate a wide variety of deficits, depending on the period of fetal brain development when the alcohol or drugs were ingested. A review of the literature shows that only the most severely affected children are discussed, while the other 80%, many undiagnosed, are at-risk for developing significant school problems. The need for long-term planning is obvious. Children exposed to alcohol in utero do not represent a particular socioeconomic class of children though, and may be as varied as children who are not so exposed. However, there are many commonalties among FAS/FAE children and the following generalizations can be made.
BC Ministry Of Education - Special Education teaching Students with fetal alcohol syndrome. If you learning experiences.To next page of Preparing to teach Students With FAS/E. http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/fas/pretea.htm
Extractions: Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome If you have a student with FAS/E in your class, or have been informed that one may be joining your class soon, we hope your concerns are addressed in this resource and that you will be directed to other people who can be of assistance. No one expects you to do it all alone. Consider the following process in preparing for and working with your student. Your principal or special education administrator can assist you to access specialized personnel in your district. Step 1: Collect Information report cards from previous years, a summary of topics discussed at home/school conferences, summaries of recommendations from psychological, speech/language and/or medical reports, family and medical background information, and
Extractions: Alcohol, the Fetus and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome An education misdirected? A college paper by Kirk Van-Beer Written from the a Child and Youth Care Counsellors point of view.) 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 is about FAS and the way we, as a North American society, educate people about its known, and possible, causes. The paper is split into six sections. It begins by looking at a history of the discovery of FAS and Fetal Alcohol Effects, (FAE) and goes on to define each to avoid confusion within the paper. Having dealt with descriptions of FAS/FAE, it briefly examines four articles that offer a contrasting view to that of the mother being solely responsible for a child with it, by showing that alcohol is a teratogen on the sperm, and suggesting that this may effect the fetus. The paper then offers a suggestion as to why FAS/FAE is seen to be such a social and societal leper by comparing its public awareness to the initial awareness of Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the 1970's and 80's, and suggesting that a different approach is needed to the education of the subject. The conclusion is very deliberate.
Conductdisorders.com Reaching Out To Children With FAS/FAE is written specifically for those who parent,caretake, teach, or counsel children with fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal http://www.conductdisorders.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=fasbooks
MCF- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Interventions victim issues is one of the means used to teach empathy for With more general awarenessof the lifelong disability that fetal alcohol syndrome presents, it is http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/child_protection/fas/fas2e.htm
Extractions: Community Action Guide: Working Together for the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Interventions that work with adolescents and young adults In adolescence, some characteristics of children with FAS, such as physical appearance and hyperactivity, tend to soften or diminish. However, these may be replaced by the consequences of low self-esteem, which may become permanent unless effective action is taken in the years preceding adulthood. The key to success is to encourage activities that build self-esteem while allowing a realistic acceptance of limitations. While some characteristics of children with FAS and other alcohol related effects tend to diminish, others do not: After about age 12, measured IQ scores for youth with FAS or other alcohol related effects remain constant or decrease because their abstract thinking is slower to develop than their peers', and basic academic skills (reading and math) may level off. Characteristics such as impulsivity, attention deficit, poor ability to generalize, poor ability to anticipate and respond to consequences, poor judgment, tendency to lie, cheat, and steal, and generally inappropriate social behaviour may become more pronounced.
MCF - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -Early Intervention Guide Working Together for the Prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome age childrenwith 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.
Canku Ota - Mar. 24, 2001 - Teaching About FAS March 24, 2001 Issue 32. How Can Raccoon Twins, a Fox, a Bear and aPuffin 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 aPuffin 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
