Below are the sections, designed to provide information related to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Select a link for more information:

• Cover
  
  
  
  
• Table of Contents
  
  
• Section A - Define FASD
  1. Introduction
  2. Language of FASD
     
  3. Center for Excellence
  4. FASD by the Numbers
  5. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and the Brain
  6. Facial Feature Guide
  7. Overlapping Characteristics & Related Mental Health Diagnoses in Children
     
     
• Section B - Recognition
  
  1. Signs, symptoms and classroom behavior

     a. The Visible Kid with the Invisible Disability
     b. Symptoms and Behavior that Effect Learning
     c. Talking to parents by Barb Wybrecht

  2. Skills Checklists from British Columbia Ministry of Education
  3. Protocols and Certification
  4. Michigan Pre-Screen Tool
  5. CDC 2005 Guidelines
     
     
• Section C - What help and Curriculums are available?
  1. Help is out there!

     a. Diagnostic Centers for FAS
     b. Local Community FAS Projects & Support Groups
     c. Statewide Services
     d. FAS Trainer/Consultants

  2. What can teachers do in the classroom?

     a. How to Stop Misbehavior in the Classroom
     b. FASSTAR Trek Model: Behavior Environmental Adaptation Model (BEAM)
     c. Curriculum Overview & Teaching Guides

     i. Alberta "Teaching Students with FAS Disorder" order form
     ii. Reach to Teach Elementary and Middle School by SAMHSA
     iii. ARC overview & order form
     iv. Risk & Reality: Teaching Preschool Children Affected w/FASD
     v. NOFAS K-12 FASD Education and Prevention Curriculum

  3. Additional Strategies for Teachers

     a. Eight Magic Keys: Developing Successful Interventions for Students w/FAS
     b. Teaching Strategies
     c. IFAS: Behaviors, Misinterpretation, Accurate Interpretation Ref Sheet
     d. Age-appropriate vs. Developmental Age Expectations
     e. How to Minimize SCREAMS: Yours not Their's
     

• Section D - IEP vs. 504 Pan
  1. How can an IEP or 504 Plan help the teacher?
  2. IEP's vs. 504 plans
  3. Frequently Asked Questions about 504 Plans
  4. Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavioral Intervention Plans
     
     
• Section E - Learning More about FAS (Articles)
  1. Teacher Training Would Help Identify Students with FASD
  2. Who has to Change? Trying their hardest, doing their best!
  3. How Alcohol Exposure Affects Behavior (helpful articles direct link)

     a. Arrested Social Development
     b. Behavior Mod for FAS/E
     c. Cause and Defect
     d. Disrespect and Manipulation
     e. FAS and Confabulation
     f. FAS and Conscience Development
     g. FAS/E and Impulse Control
     h. FAS and inappropriate Sexual Behavior
     i. FAS and Moral Character
     j. FAS and Stealing
     k. FAS Issues at All Ages
     l. How to Discipline Your Child
     m. How to Explain FAS Behaviors
     n. Motivation
     o. Neuro-behavior in Adolescents and Adult
     p. Suspended
     q. Won't or Can't
     

• Section F - Guidelines for Diagnosis and Referral - National Task Force or (direct link)
  
  
• Section G - Resources
  1. FASD Web site Resources for Teachers
  2. FASD Publication Resources
  3. FASD Multimedia Resources
     
     
• Section H - References
  
  
• Section I - Prevention Messages
  
  
  
  1. Baby drinks what you drink!
  2. If You are Pregnant, Don't Drink/ If You Drink, Don't get Pregnant (Pathways)
  3. National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - fact sheet
  4. When you are pregnant the best drink is NO drink at all (NIAAA)
  5. Not a Single Drop
  6. One Hundred and One Reasons to Abstain
  7. Same Risk for EVERY Pregnant Women Everywhere
  8. Have a healthy baby - Be an Alcohol-free mother-to-be (SAMHSA Poster)
  9. Stop and Think
  10. Think about it! (MCFARES)
  11. Would You?
  12. Pregnant Pause
  13. Zero 4 Nine
      
      Parent Chapter
      1. IEP or 504 Plans?
      2. Parent Resources
      
      
      Link to CARE's website
      
      How can MCFARES help your parents and teachers?
      
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