(First published on the Easy to Love but Hard to Raise blog (now private), by Adrienne Ehlert Bashista.) This was written when her son was about 10 years old. My child has a default setting, and it is NO. If
Always Remember the Brain: 30 Strategies for Parents of Children with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
People who have been exposed to alcohol in utero have brain differences that express themselves behaviorally. As parents of children with FASDs it’s important to keep these brain differences in mind when caring for our children. Remembering brain differences and
What are the best interventions for FASD? How do we fix it?
Ann Streissguth, a pioneering researcher in FASD, did a study of 400+ people who had been diagnosed with an FASD, to pinpoint exactly what behaviors were associated with FASD. The study, published in 1996, not only created a portrait of the
FASD: Warum diagnostizieren?
(German translation of FASD: Why Get it Diagnosed? kindly provided by fasd-netzwerk.at) Warum eine Diagnose im FASD-Spektrum suchen? Für viele – Eltern, unterstützende Fachkräfte und Betroffene – ,die bereits eine bestätigte FASD-Diagnose haben, ist dies eine verwirrende Frage. Warum sollte