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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"fetal alcohol"”.
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Speech/Language and Social Behavior Performance as Predictors of Literacy Acquisition in Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects
… engage them in meaningful learning experiences. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) are completely preventable; yet, their presence in classrooms remains high and bears profound implications for educators. This study examined the specific relationships between FAS/FAE and …
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Aggressive behavior in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Behavioral studies of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have indicated that aggression is common amongst alcohol-exposed adolescents, and that it appears to become more prevalent with age in that population. Such studies have documented the presence of aggression as a behavioral outcome, but …
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Event-based prospective memory in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
… vulnerable to the effects of heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. Previous research has, however, been limited to the study of retrospective memory (i.e., episodic or declarative memory) in children with a history of prenatal alcohol exposure. Recently, memory researchers have turned their …
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Biochemical changes in animal models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
<p>Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a completely preventable disease, that has profound effects on life-long health and function of the affected individual. Prevalence estimates of FASD in the United States indicate 33.5 per 1,000 live births are affected with this disorder (Roozen, 2016). …
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Tissue Parameter Mapping in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Background: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), which are caused by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), affects people around the world. Certain communities in South Africa have among the highest reported incidences of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in the world. Although PAE-related brain …
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A field test of computer assisted instruction on fetal alcohol syndrome
… was to determine the changes in attitudes about alcohol among students attending a medical school in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex before and after the use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) on fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Data were collected on a group of 30 medical students. The group …
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Potential roles for Elf3 in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and development
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is a disease caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. It is characterized by craniofacial abnormalities, growth retardation, central nervous system defects, learning disabilities and a variety of other minor defects. Even though it affects 2-5% of individuals born every …
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Stereo facial image matching to aid in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome screening
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Social cognition in South African children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
… profile of individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has confirmed poorer social skills in these children compared to healthy controls, independent of overall cognitive functioning. However, although children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are known to have …
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Fetal alcohol syndrome : prenatal ultrasound assessment of fetuses at high risk
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-119).
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Executive function in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a developmental perspective
Objective: 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 …
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Executive Function in Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Developmental Perspective
Objective: 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 …
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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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Barriers to implementing holistic, community-based treatment for offenders with fetal alcohol conditions
… to carceral options for offenders with fetal alcohol conditions, presents emerging support for this contention, identifies barriers to the implementation of community-based treatment, and culminates with analyses of ways of influencing policy reform or of legally mandating non-carceral …
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Redefining parenting : the process of raising adopted children with fetal alcohol effects (FAE)
… who are raising their adopted children who have Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). Four married couples, and one single mother, who married after she had raised her sons participated in this study. All are white and middle or upper-middle class. Five adoptive mothers and one adoptive father were …
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Statistical analysis of facial landmark data for optimisation of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome diagnosis
… statistical analysis of facial landmark used in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) diagnosis. FAS is a clinical condition caused by excessive maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. Diagnosis of FAS depends on evidence of growth retardation, CNS neurodevelopment abnormalities, and a …
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