Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: The Latest News
We’re here to provide a personal perspective, the latest recommendations, and the science-based facts about the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure.
We also maintain a Resource Directory of articles, research, training and other information. This directory also contains contact information for support services, programs and organizations related to FASD including health care providers and clinics.
Many adoptive parents are faced with the decision of adopting a child that has been or may have been exposed to alcohol during pregnancy. Many other foster/adoptive parents are in the midst of parenting kids that have been prenatally exposed to alcohol. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) can be a
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Register to Attend the 2018 Conference, August 29! Join your Indiana peer hospitals for a day focused exclusively on perinatal substance use and its significant impact on families, caregivers and communities. We are honored to welcome some of the foremost experts from around the country to discuss innovative, supportive care
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Emmanuel was 5 when Holman-Turner discovered that he had fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Minnesota was the first state to require foster parents learn about fetal alcohol disorders For years, Mary Ann Holman-Turner was puzzled by the erratic behavior of her foster child Emmanuel, whom she nicknames "Man-man." Without apparent reason,
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