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Adolescents with FASD: Education-Based Strategies for Social Skills Development
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a permanent neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by physical, mental, and learning disabilities. Despite variability, individuals with FASD consistently struggle with acquiring appropriate social skills. Limited research has explored educational …
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Motives for Caregivers of Children with FASD Who Connect with a Caregiver to Caregiver Mentor
… and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) who accessed caregiver to caregiver mentors. Caregiver to caregiver mentorship is the term used in our study to describe the relationship, and this is the same as the term peer to peer mentorship which is often used as a broader description of …
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The Efficacy of Programming for FASD Youth Incarcerated in Manitoba: Exploring The Perceptions of Service Providers
… living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) have a 60% risk of being charged and/or convicted of a criminal offence. However, existing research has shown that with effective targeted interventions, youth can disengage from involvement with the criminal justice system. This thesis …
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Developing appropriate Fetal Alchohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention initiatives within a rural community in South Africa
This study focused on women who consumed alcohol during pregnancy. The study population was situated in the West Coast/Winelands, a rural area in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The study was done in a community which is classified as one of the many previously disadvantaged groups in …
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Qualitative Exploration of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and Creation of Informed Police Officer Training in Canada
Abstract Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is the leading cause of developmental disability in Canada and individuals with FASD are 30 times more likely to come in contact with the criminal justice system (CJS) and police officers as victims, witnesses, and suspects/accused parties (McLachlan …
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The role of self-efficacy on child welfare workers' fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) training and practice
… training in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) concepts (i.e. recognizing features; making appropriate treatment referrals) engage in more FASD practices (i.e., recognizing clients with FASD; providing care/services). In addition, this study examines whether CWWs who receive more FASD …
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Neuropsychological and adaptive skills deficits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with and without comorbid fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
… children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) have comorbid Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (95%; Fryer et al., 2007). The goal of this study was to compare the neuropsychological and adaptive skills profiles of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with …
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Utilizing facial scanning to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in South Africa
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) remains a significant yet underdiagnosed public health concern in South Africa, with disproportionately high prevalence among historically marginalised populations. Oral Health Professionals (OHPs), through their clinical focus on the craniofacial region and …
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The impact of traumatic childhood experiences on cognitive and behavioural functioning in children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders
… diagnosed as foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). FASD is thought tobe common in the UK, with estimates ranging from 3.24% up to 17% of the population affected,although rates of diagnosis are much lower than this. Children with FASD are at increased risk of arange of traumatic or adverse …
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Mothers’ facilitation of the occupational engagement of their children with FASD: a qualitative descriptive study in an under-resourced district in South Africa
… prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) worldwide. The high prevalence is aggravated by limited remedial and rehabilitative services in the rural Northern Cape. Parents requested guidance to facilitate the development of their children with FASD. Understanding their needs and …
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Executive function in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a developmental perspective
… Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have well-documented deficits in executive function. However, few previous studies have examined executive deficits displayed by children with FASD within a developmental framework. This longitudinal study explored the manifestation of …
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Executive Function in Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Developmental Perspective
… Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have well-documented deficits in executive function. However, few previous studies have examined executive deficits displayed by children with FASD within a developmental framework. This longitudinal study explored the manifestation of …
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'Now You See Me, Now You Don't' - Service Delivery to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Offenders: A Study of Policy and Practice in Saskatchewan Community Corrections
FASD offenders involved in community corrections present a variety of challenges. One of the primary presenting challenges facing community corrections practitioners is how best to provide service to FASD offenders. What would the components of a service delivery program include in order to most …
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Perspectives On Ethanol Toxicity In Medaka Embryogenesis And Possible Protection By Asian Ginseng (Panax Ginseng): Histological And Biochemical Analysis
… now known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). The most clinically recognizable form of FASD is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) which is characterized by specific features including facial dysmorphogenesis, mental dysfunction, growth retardation, and cardiovascular and limb defects. Due to …
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Comparing and contrasting cognitive and personality functioning in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
… Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (FASD/ADHD) and children with ADHD. This study revealed the WISC-IV and PIC-2 each provided unique information to the neuropsychological examination of children with FASD/ADHD and ADHD. Furthermore, the FASD/ADHD group and the ADHD group were found …
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder : circles of healing, transformation and reconciliation, Ke-ge-na-thee-tum-we-in
… with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in integrated areas of law, medicine, education, psychology and justice, through both inductive analysis of field research as well as through relevant documentary analysis, incorporating a global or comparative component. Compliance with …
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Active shape model segmentation of Brain structures in MR images of subjects with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is the most common form of preventable mental retardation worldwide. This condition affects children whose mothers excessively consume alcohol whilst pregnant. FASD can be identified by physical and mental defects, such as stunted growth, facial deformities, …
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The Life Stories of Individuals Who as Adults Were Identified as Experiencing the Effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
… 2004). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term used to describe a group of diagnoses and effects related to prenatal alcohol exposure (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004). Since the effects of alcohol on a fetus were not recognized formally until the mid- twentieth …
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Women's experiences of receiving a child's fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis: a Western Cape study
… known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), which result from the exposure of a developing fetus to alcohol. South Africa has among the highest rates of FASD reported in the world, especially among the impoverished communities in the Western Cape region, with rates of up to 208.8 per …
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